Amazon CloudFront announces managed cache policies for web applications

Amazon CloudFront announces two new managed cache policies, UseOriginCacheControlHeaders and UseOriginCacheControlHeaders-QueryStrings, for dynamically generated websites and applications that return Cache-Control headers. These new policies allow CloudFront to cache content based on the Cache-Control headers returned by the origin server, providing more flexibility for caching dynamically generated content.

Specifically, the article covers:

• The new managed cache policies UseOriginCacheControlHeaders and UseOriginCacheControlHeaders-QueryStrings
• The ability to cache dynamically generated content based on Cache-Control headers
• The previous limitations with managed cache policies and the need for custom cache policies
• The availability and usage of the new managed cache policies in the CloudFront Console, SDK, and CLI
• Recommendations on cache policies based on origin type in the CloudFront Console