{"version":"2.1.251","anchor":"model-catalog-cached-on-disk-instead-of-refetched","canonical_anchor":"model-catalog-cached-on-disk-instead-of-refetched","heading":"Model catalog cached on disk instead of refetched","tier":"notice","area":"Elsewhere","scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.251\/e\/model-catalog-cached-on-disk-instead-of-refetched","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.251","markdown":"### Model catalog cached on disk instead of refetched\n\nModel list is cached on disk now, so startup does fewer network fetches.\n\n**What**\n\nThe served catalog of models and thinking settings per surface is now written to disk with fetch and staleness timestamps plus an etag, and expires on a jittered lifetime rather than being fetched on every use.\n\n**Details**\n\n- No user-facing setting controls the cache.\n\n**Evidence**\n\n`servedCatalog`\n\n- Area: Elsewhere\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 2\/5\n- Signal: 2\/5"}