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id: use-cache-remote-shared-origin-data
title: Remote cache for shared origin data
status: active
candidateKinds: ["external_api_slow", "slow_route", "uncached_route"]
frameworks: ["next@>=16.0.0"]
priority: 87
citations: ["https://vercel.com/docs/caching/runtime-cache", "https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/directives/use-cache-remote"]
maxBriefChars: 950
---

## Investigation Brief
For Next 16 candidates, check whether shared origin data or reusable route-handler work belongs in remote cache. Default `'use cache'` is not cross-request on Vercel. Use `'use cache: remote'` or `generateStaticParams`.

## Evidence To Check
Hostname p75, caller routes, call count, bytes. Verify data is shared and tolerates the freshness window. Confirm `'use cache: remote'`.

## Do Not Recommend When
Skip per-user, mutation, secret, or freshness-critical data. Skip when upstream is fast or rarely called. Avoid sub-ms reads (Edge Config) — overhead exceeds source latency.

## Verification
Name hostname, shared data, freshness window, and exact boundary. State `'use cache: remote'`.