Vercel CDN now respects Cache-Control headers from external origins by default (opens in new tab)

# Vercel CDN now respects Cache\-Control headers from external origins by default **Published:** March 30, 2026 | **Authors:** Agustin Falco --- New Vercel projects will honor `cache-control` headers by default when proxying requests to external origins, starting April 6th. Previously, responses served through rewrites to external origins were uncached by default, and enabling caching required the `x-vercel-enable-rewrite-caching` header in `vercel.json`. Now, Vercel's CDN automatically r...