Cache

Ory Talos caches verification results to reduce database load and lower latency.

Backends

Set the backend with cache.type. The default is noop. memory and redis require a commercial license.

Backend	Edition	Shared	Description
noop	OSS	N/A	No caching (default)
Memory	Commercial	No	Per-process in-memory cache (ristretto)
Redis	Commercial	Yes	Shared cache across instances

Configuration

cache:
  type: "memory" # "noop", "memory", or "redis"
  ttl: "5m" # Cache entry lifetime

cache.type is immutable and requires a server restart to change. cache.ttl is hot-reloadable: changes apply to new cache writes without a restart.

Consistency

Caching introduces eventual consistency. A revoked key keeps passing verification until its cache entry expires (default: 5 minutes).

To force a fresh lookup, send Cache-Control: no-cache on the verification request. This skips the cache read for that request.