feat: extend cache durations for improved performance across various endpoints and pages

Author: csharpfritz

Web/Extensions/EndpointExtensions.cs

@@ -12,12 +12,11 @@ public static class EndpointExtensions
 {    public static void MapSitemapEndpoint(this WebApplication app)
     {
         app.MapGet("/sitemap.xml", async (HttpContext context, IContentService contentService) =>
-        {
-            // Enable output caching for sitemap
+        {            // Enable output caching for sitemap - extended to 6 hours
             context.Response.GetTypedHeaders().CacheControl = new Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers.CacheControlHeaderValue
             {
                 Public = true,
-                MaxAge = TimeSpan.FromHours(1)
+                MaxAge = TimeSpan.FromHours(6)
             };
             // Define the XML namespace for the sitemap
             XNamespace ns = "http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9";
@@ -111,21 +110,19 @@ public static class EndpointExtensions
             context.Response.ContentType = MediaTypeNames.Application.Xml;
 
             // Return the XML document as a string
-            return sitemap.ToString();
-        })
+            return sitemap.ToString();        })
         .CacheOutput(policy => policy
-            .Expire(TimeSpan.FromHours(1))
+            .Expire(TimeSpan.FromHours(6))
             .SetVaryByHost(true)
             .Tag("sitemap"));
     }    public static void MapRssFeedEndpoint(this WebApplication app)
     {
         app.MapGet("/feed.rss", async (HttpContext context, IContentService contentService) =>
-        {
-            // Enable output caching for RSS feed
+        {            // Enable output caching for RSS feed - extended to 2 hours for better performance
             context.Response.GetTypedHeaders().CacheControl = new Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers.CacheControlHeaderValue
             {
                 Public = true,
-                MaxAge = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(30)
+                MaxAge = TimeSpan.FromHours(2)
             };// Create the RSS feed XML document
             var rss = new XDocument(
                 new XDeclaration("1.0", "utf-8", null),
@@ -186,10 +183,9 @@ public static class EndpointExtensions
             }
 
             // Return the XML document as a string
-            return rss.ToString();
-        })
+            return rss.ToString();        })
         .CacheOutput(policy => policy
-            .Expire(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(30))
+            .Expire(TimeSpan.FromHours(2))
             .SetVaryByHost(true)
             .Tag("rss"));
     }

Web/Pages/About.cshtml.cs

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ namespace Web.Pages;
 
 public class AboutModel : BasePageModel
 {
-    // Override cache duration for static pages - cache for 1 hour
-    protected override int CacheDurationSeconds => 3600;
+    // Override cache duration for static pages - cache for 3 days
+    protected override int CacheDurationSeconds => 259200; // 3 days
 
     public void OnGet()
     {

Web/Pages/BasePageModel.cs

@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ namespace Web.Pages;
 
 [OutputCache]
 public abstract class BasePageModel : PageModel
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// The default output cache duration for dynamic pages
+{    /// <summary>
+    /// The default output cache duration for dynamic pages - extended to 6 hours
     /// </summary>
-    protected virtual int CacheDurationSeconds => 300; // 5 minutes by default
+    protected virtual int CacheDurationSeconds => 21600; // 6 hours by default
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Whether the page allows caching by default

Web/Pages/Contribute.cshtml.cs

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ namespace Web.Pages;
 
 public class ContributeModel : BasePageModel
 {
-    // Override cache duration for static content - cache for 1 hour
-    protected override int CacheDurationSeconds => 3600;
+    // Override cache duration for static content - cache for 3 days
+    protected override int CacheDurationSeconds => 259200; // 3 days
 
     public void OnGet()
     {

Web/Pages/Index.cshtml.cs

@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ public class IndexModel : BasePageModel
 {
     private readonly ILogger<IndexModel> _logger;
     private readonly IContentService _contentService;
-    
-    // Override cache duration for home page - cache for 10 minutes
-    protected override int CacheDurationSeconds => 600;
+      // Use default cache duration for home page (6 hours) - good balance for fresh content
+    // protected override int CacheDurationSeconds => base.CacheDurationSeconds; // 6 hours default
 
     public List<TipModel> RecentTips { get; set; } = new();
     public List<string> Categories { get; set; } = new();

Web/Pages/Privacy.cshtml.cs

@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ public class PrivacyModel : BasePageModel
 {
     private readonly ILogger<PrivacyModel> _logger;
     private readonly IConfiguration _configuration;
-    
-    // Override cache duration for static pages - cache for 1 hour
-    protected override int CacheDurationSeconds => 3600;
+      // Override cache duration for static pages - cache for 3 days
+    protected override int CacheDurationSeconds => 259200; // 3 days
 
     public PrivacyModel(ILogger<PrivacyModel> logger, IConfiguration configuration)
     {

Web/Pages/Terms.cshtml.cs

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ namespace Web.Pages;
 
 public class TermsModel : BasePageModel
 {
-    // Override cache duration for static pages - cache for 1 hour
-    protected override int CacheDurationSeconds => 3600;
+    // Override cache duration for static pages - cache for 3 days
+    protected override int CacheDurationSeconds => 259200; // 3 days
 
     public void OnGet()
     {

Web/Pages/Tips/Category.cshtml.cs

@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@ public class CategoryModel : BasePageModel
 {
     private readonly IContentService _contentService;
     private readonly ILogger<CategoryModel> _logger;
-    
-    // Override cache duration for category pages - cache for 5 minutes
-    protected override int CacheDurationSeconds => 300;
+      // Use default cache duration for category pages (6 hours) - categories change infrequently
+    // protected override int CacheDurationSeconds => base.CacheDurationSeconds; // 6 hours default
 
     public CategoryModel(IContentService contentService, ILogger<CategoryModel> logger)
     {

Web/Pages/Tips/Details.cshtml.cs

@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ namespace Web.Pages.Tips;
 public class DetailsModel : BasePageModel
 {
     private readonly IContentService _contentService;
-    private readonly ILogger<DetailsModel> _logger;
-      // Override cache duration for individual tips - cache for 24 hours since tips are relatively static content
-    protected override int CacheDurationSeconds => 86400; // 24 hours
+    private readonly ILogger<DetailsModel> _logger;      // Override cache duration for individual tips - cache for 3 days since tips are static content
+    protected override int CacheDurationSeconds => 259200; // 3 days
 
     public DetailsModel(IContentService contentService, ILogger<DetailsModel> logger)
     {

Web/Pages/Tips/Index.cshtml.cs

@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ namespace Web.Pages.Tips;
 public class IndexModel : BasePageModel
 {
     private readonly IContentService _contentService;
-    private readonly ILogger<IndexModel> _logger;
-      // Override cache duration for tips list - cache for 1 hour since new tips are added infrequently
-    protected override int CacheDurationSeconds => 3600; // 1 hour
+    private readonly ILogger<IndexModel> _logger;      // Use default cache duration for tips list (6 hours) since new tips are added infrequently
+    // protected override int CacheDurationSeconds => base.CacheDurationSeconds; // 6 hours default
 
     public IndexModel(IContentService contentService, ILogger<IndexModel> logger)
     {