From 9835b9f6d4c2f5a6c35eed18f448415d74af59ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Pine <ijamespine@me.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:07:44 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: prevent stale release data by removing Next.js fetch
 cache

Replace next: { revalidate: 600 } with cache: 'no-store' on GitHub
API fetches so new releases show up within 5 minutes (in-memory cache
only, no Next.js/Vercel cache layer on top).
---
 landing/src/app/api/releases/route.ts | 1 -
 landing/src/lib/releases.ts           | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/landing/src/app/api/releases/route.ts b/landing/src/app/api/releases/route.ts
index 60689465..cf10309d 100644
--- a/landing/src/app/api/releases/route.ts
+++ b/landing/src/app/api/releases/route.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { NextResponse } from 'next/server';
 import { getLatestRelease } from '@/lib/releases';
 
 export const dynamic = 'force-dynamic';
-export const revalidate = 600; // Revalidate every 10 minutes
 
 export async function GET() {
   try {
diff --git a/landing/src/lib/releases.ts b/landing/src/lib/releases.ts
index b2847dfe..70baba36 100644
--- a/landing/src/lib/releases.ts
+++ b/landing/src/lib/releases.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const GITHUB_API_BASE = 'https://api.github.com';
 // Cache for release info (in-memory cache, resets on server restart)
 let cachedReleaseInfo: ReleaseInfo | null = null;
 let cacheTimestamp: number = 0;
-const CACHE_DURATION = 1000 * 60 * 10; // 10 minutes
+const CACHE_DURATION = 1000 * 60 * 5; // 5 minutes
 
 // Cache for star count
 let cachedStarCount: number | null = null;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export async function getLatestRelease(): Promise<ReleaseInfo> {
 
   try {
     const response = await fetch(`${GITHUB_API_BASE}/repos/${GITHUB_REPO}/releases/latest`, {
-      next: { revalidate: 600 }, // Revalidate every 10 minutes
+      cache: 'no-store',
       headers: {
         Accept: 'application/vnd.github.v3+json',
       },
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ async function getTotalDownloads(): Promise<number> {
       const response = await fetch(
         `${GITHUB_API_BASE}/repos/${GITHUB_REPO}/releases?per_page=100&page=${page}`,
         {
+          cache: 'no-store',
           headers: { Accept: 'application/vnd.github.v3+json' },
         },
       );