#FusionCache
FusionCache v2 is finally out 🎉

I still can't believe it: months of work & experiments, tons of features, perf tuning & more.

The big themes are:
🏷️ Tagging
🧼 Clear()
Ⓜ️ Microsoft HybridCache support

The gargantuan release note has the jiucy details!

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Release v2.0.0 · ZiggyCreatures/FusionCache
ImportantThis is a world's first! FusionCache is the FIRST production-ready implementation of Microsoft HybridCache: not just the first 3rd party implementation, which it is, but the very first imp...
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January 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Ok I think 1100 tests are enough for now.

FusionCache v2 is right around the corner 😬
January 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I just released FusionCache v2.4.0 🥳

It includes:
🏷️ explicit stale tags handling
Ⓜ️ better HybridCache options mapping
🐞 some bugs fixed
📕 better docs

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Release v2.4.0 · ZiggyCreatures/FusionCache
🏷️ Add StaleTags to factory execution context Community user @ted-mundy noticed a tricky behavior when using Tagging with stale entries (see next point). To solve it, I added a new StaleTags proper...
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August 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I just release FusionCache v2.5.0 🥳
It includes a lot of stuff:
🛡️ Distributed Cache Stampede Protection
🔒 Extensible Distributed Locking
⚙️ newMemoryCacheDuration option
🏅 Best Practices Advisor
⚙️ newIgnoreTimeoutsWhenDebugging option

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Release v2.5.0 · ZiggyCreatures/FusionCache
🛡️ Distributed Cache Stampede Protection Since the very beginning FusionCache offered a solid Cache Stampede protection, as explained in the docs where it is clearly illustrated: Such protection w...
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December 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I do read the FusionCache docs though. But that's it.

#SoftwareEngineering #Developers #Memes
June 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
FusionCache just crossed 10M downloads on Nuget and 2.1K stars on GitHub 🥳

Oh, and V2 is right around the corner!
December 30, 2024 at 7:39 PM
This made my day 😊

🗨️ The docs are top-tier, probably the best I've seen.
🗨️ The FailSafe feature is great.
🗨️ The SoftFactoryTimeout functionality is amazing.

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I'm using FusionCache! · ZiggyCreatures FusionCache · Discussion #479
Scenario I'm using FusionCache in our project SmartField. The goal of SmartField is to reduce Denmark's agriculture-related nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions. FusionCache is currently used in the backe...
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May 19, 2025 at 10:08 AM
FusionCache is now part of the official @opentelemetry.io registry 🥳

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February 12, 2026 at 11:44 AM
The preview 1 of FusionCache v2.2 is out 🥳
Inside:
🎯 multi-targeting changes
🚀 better AOT
🧼 faster Clear
🔀 expose distributed components
📢 better backplane
😶 DI + NullFusionCache
📜 better logging
🔓 new 3rd party memory locker
🐞 small fixes

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Release v2.2.0-preview-1 · ZiggyCreatures/FusionCache
🎯 Changes in multi-targeting Some time ago I started enabling multi-targeting on FusionCache: I didn't do that because I needed to special case some parts of the code, but just because I wanted to ...
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April 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
FusionCache con Fabio Spaziani a #XmasDev
December 13, 2024 at 1:01 PM
I just released FusionCache v2.9.0 🥳
In this version:
🦅 Eager Refresh L2 check
🔒 fix for memory locker + Eager Refresh edge case
🔒 fix for distributed locker + skip L1 edge case
🧼 fix for Clear(false) + Fail-Safe
🔭 allocation-free metrics hot path

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Release v2.9.0 · ZiggyCreatures/FusionCache
🦅 Eager Refresh now also checks L2 Community member @sfhb24 noticed that during an Eager Refresh the L2 was not being checked. Now, this is admittedly not a huge thing per se, because of 2 reasons:...
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September 22, 2026 at 3:49 PM
FusionCache with Redis is a GAME CHANGER for EF Core Powered Web Apps

My favorite caching library is SO easy to configure a distributed cache alongside the in-memory cache. FusionCache makes it a cake walk!
May 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
@jodydonetti.bsky.social I'm adding FusionCache to a thing that I'm building, and I just wanted to tell you that I love it. Great work!
March 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I just released FusionCache v2.8.0 🎉
In this version:
🔒 fix for distributed lock when skipping L2
🏷️ fix for tag marker re-materialization
🏷️ better RemoveByTagBehavior handling
🔭 better O11Y for user-initiated cancellations
👷 New builder ext methods

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Release v2.8.0 · ZiggyCreatures/FusionCache
🔒 Fix for distributed lock release when skipping L2 write Community member @joaopbnogueira spotted a problem with an edge case: when using SkipDistributedCacheWrite the distributed locker was not b...
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September 13, 2026 at 7:33 PM
FusionCache is now featured on the official Redis docs in the Libraries and tools section 🥳

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March 17, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Recently FusionCache v2 has been released, and today it crossed 11M downloads on Nuget and 2.4K stars on GitHub.

Can't be happier 🥳
February 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The upcoming FusionCache V2 is shaping up as something really special, and I'm very proud of it.

Can't wait to release it (soon, very soon 🤟)
December 22, 2024 at 8:33 PM
March 23, 2026 at 5:48 AM
FusionCache has been approved by the European OpenSource project 🎉
February 14, 2026 at 3:15 PM
The preview-4 of FusionCache V2 is out 🥳

Most probably the very last preview before going GA, it contains:
Ⓜ️ better support for HybridCache by Microsoft
🆕 new AllowStaleOnReadOnly option
⚡ better serializers (thanks @stebet.net !)
ℹ️ better metadata

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Release v2.0.0-preview-4 · ZiggyCreatures/FusionCache
ImportantThis is most probably the LAST PREVIEW of FusionCache V2, before going GA. All help is more than welcome since the main feature, Tagging, is an uber complex beast. WarningBecause of the M...
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January 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
fusioncache is the missing piece here
May 25, 2026 at 2:00 PM