Bug 16222 - AUTOREV cache needs a "timeout" option
Summary: AUTOREV cache needs a "timeout" option
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: BitBake
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: bitbake (show other bugs)
Version: 6.0
Hardware: x86 Multiple
: Medium enhancement
Target Milestone: 6.1
Assignee: Unassigned
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Reported: 2026-03-30 11:59 UTC by Ross Burton
Modified: 2026-04-02 14:38 UTC (History)
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Description Ross Burton 2026-03-30 11:59:18 UTC
It would be useful for the autorev cache to have an expiration time on it, so that a recipe could use autorev but still only hit the network and update once every day.

This would be very useful for recipes that fetch data that is updated often, such as the cvelistv5 repository.