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diff --git a/docs/topics/cache.txt b/docs/topics/cache.txt index 97c54918cd..2ebc015c75 100644 --- a/docs/topics/cache.txt +++ b/docs/topics/cache.txt @@ -363,9 +363,14 @@ Each cache backend can be given additional arguments to control caching behavior. These arguments are provided as additional keys in the :setting:`CACHES` setting. Valid arguments are as follows: + * :setting:`TIMEOUT <CACHES-TIMEOUT>`: The default timeout, in - seconds, to use for the cache. This argument defaults to ``300`` - seconds (5 minutes). + seconds, to use for the cache. This argument defaults to ``300`` seconds (5 minutes). + + .. versionadded:: 1.7 + + You can set ``TIMEOUT`` to ``None`` so that, by default, cache keys never + expire. * :setting:`OPTIONS <CACHES-OPTIONS>`: Any options that should be passed to the cache backend. The list of valid options will vary |