next-cache-components

Partial prerendering in Next.js 16 is enabled by configuring the cacheComponents setting, allowing static, cached, and dynamic content to coexist within a single route efficiently.

The use cache directive in the Next.js App Router annotates components to enable efficient content caching, working alongside cacheLife and cacheTag to control data freshness and invalidation.

You control cache invalidation and data freshness in Next.js by using the cacheTag and updateTag directives, which manage when cached content is purged or refreshed based on specific tags.

Yes, utilizing cache components, the use cache directive, cacheLife, and cacheTag explicitly requires a Next.js 16 or higher project to function properly within the App Router.

You migrate from older experimental flags to the modern Next.js 16 cache components workflow by adopting the cacheComponents setting and replacing legacy configurations with use cache and cacheLife directives.