Agentic Workflow's Cache Keepalive Costs 8x Too Much
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Published by Hacker News · workflow (T2 source). The original is at https://blog.mempko.com/keeping-the-kv-cache-warm-measuring-prompt-cache-eviction-across-anthropic-openai-and-google/.
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SummaryBlog post measures prompt cache eviction across Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google APIs, reporting that keepalive costs for agentic workflows run about 8x higher than expected due to cache eviction behavior.
Why it mattersFirsthand cross-provider cache eviction numbers let agent builders size budgets and pick APIs on real keepalive economics, not vendor framing.

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