Subject: Why is Cloudflare not caching my site?

Direct Response

Thanks for the curl output. The headers show Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate... which instruct Cloudflare not to cache this content. By default, Cloudflare respects origin headers.

Thought Process

Cloudflare won’t cache resources marked as no-cache by the origin, or responses with cookies in many cases. The primary reason here is the origin headers.

Steps I’d Recommend

1. Update origin headers to allow caching (e.g., Cache-Control: public, max-age=3600).
2. Create a Page Rule with “Cache Everything” and set Edge Cache TTL for the desired paths.
3. Check for cookies that may prevent caching.
4. Purge the cache after updating rules.

Tools Used

• curl -I — to inspect headers like Cache-Control and CF-Cache-Status.
• Cloudflare Dashboard — to configure Page Rules and caching.
• Origin server config — to update headers at the source.

Summary: the origin headers are preventing caching. Adjust headers or use a Page Rule to override if appropriate.