Azure front door doesn't cache 404 response

Question

I have enabled caching on Azure Front Door and have observed that it caches only if the HTTP response status is 200.
How can I force Azure Front Door to cache failure responses like 404?

Answer 1

Hello @Ankita-0970 ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Platform. Thank you for reaching out & hope you are doing well.

I understand that you would like to know how you can force Azure Front Door to cache failure responses like 404.

I checked with the Azure Front Door Product Group team and they mentioned the below:

We do not support it now. However it is in roadmap (No ETA as of yet).

Kindly let us know if the above helps or you need further assistance on this issue.

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