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Explainers: browser cache

A browser validates a cached copy with an ETag and receives an HTTP 304 response without a body.
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HTTP 304 Not Modified: How Cache Validation Works

How browsers validate cached responses with ETags, why 304 has no body, and when a server sends 200 instead.

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