--- title: Stop Serving Stale Data: Automatic Eloquent Query... description: AutoCache is an open-source Laravel package that makes Eloquent query caching automatic and self-invalidating. Unlike existing solutions, it hooks at the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/stop-serving-stale-data-automatic-eloquent-query-caching-on-any-cache-store-ol6zhzzq5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Stop Serving Stale Data: Automatic Eloquent Query Caching on Any Cache Store | daily.dev og:description: AutoCache is an open-source Laravel package that makes Eloquent query caching automatic and self-invalidating. Unlike existing solutions, it hooks at the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/stop-serving-stale-data-automatic-eloquent-query-caching-on-any-cache-store-ol6zhzzq5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Ol6zHZZQ5.png og:image:alt: Stop Serving Stale Data: Automatic Eloquent Query Caching on Any Cache Store og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Stop Serving Stale Data: Automatic Eloquent Query Caching on Any Cache Store **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AutoCache is an open-source Laravel package that makes Eloquent query caching automatic and self-invalidating. Unlike existing solutions, it hooks at the query-builder layer rather than model events, catching bulk updates, raw inserts, and quiet writes that bypass model events. It works on any Laravel cache store (file, database, array) using cache tags when available and a per-model version counter as fallback — no Redis required. Key features include row-level find() caching, transaction-aware invalidation (flushes only after commit), stale-while-revalidate support (Laravel 11+), stampede protection, TTL jitter, a result-size guard, Octane safety, and a test fake for asserting cache behavior. Install via Composer with PHP 8.1+ and Laravel 10–13. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How can I cache Eloquent queries in Laravel without using Redis? AutoCache, an open-source Laravel package, caches Eloquent queries automatically without requiring Redis, Memcached, or any taggable cache store. It works on file, database, and array cache drivers by falling back to a per-model version counter for invalidation when cache tags aren't available, while using tags automatically when the store supports them. Add one trait to a model to enable it. _Laravel developers weighing Redis-free caching options can track packages like this one on daily.dev._ ### Why does my Laravel cache still serve stale data even though I invalidate on model save and delete events? Model-event-based cache invalidation misses bulk writes like Model::where()->update(), raw builder writes such as insert(), upsert(), and insertUsing(), and quiet writes like saveQuietly() and updateQuietly() that intentionally suppress events. These operations bypass Eloquent's model events entirely, so an event-hooked cache layer never learns the data changed, producing stale reads. Hooking invalidation at the query-builder layer instead of model events catches all of these cases. _Developers debugging stale-cache bugs in Laravel apps can follow write-path caching patterns like this on daily.dev._ ### What Laravel versions does the eloquent-autocache package support? The eloquent-autocache package requires PHP 8.1 or higher and supports Laravel versions 10, 11, 12, and 13, with Laravel 13 support added in release v0.2.2. It can be installed via composer require wddyousuf/eloquent-autocache and works with any cache store out of the box, with no migrations or external services required. _Laravel developers evaluating caching packages for their version stack can compare options via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Cache Smart Invalidation](https://daily.dev/posts/cache-smart-invalidation-ksaribika) · Laravel News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Storage Cache Store in Laravel 13.10.0](https://daily.dev/posts/storage-cache-store-in-laravel-13-10-0-r1lc1xf37) · Laravel News · 35 upvotes · 5 comments - [Interactively Search and Delete Cache Keys in Laravel with Cache UI](https://daily.dev/posts/interactively-search-and-delete-cache-keys-in-laravel-with-cache-ui-zw6bgjfyc) · Laravel News · 12 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#php](https://daily.dev/tags/php), [#laravel](https://daily.dev/tags/laravel) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/stop-serving-stale-data-automatic-eloquent-query-caching-on-any-cache-store-ol6zhzzq5) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Stop Serving Stale Data: Automatic Eloquent Query Caching on Any Cache Store","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/stop-serving-stale-data-automatic-eloquent-query-caching-on-any-cache-store-ol6zhzzq5","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/stop-serving-stale-data-automatic-eloquent-query-caching-on-any-cache-store-ol6zhzzq5"},"datePublished":"2026-07-19T20:56:13.948Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T06:25:13.055Z","description":"AutoCache is an open-source Laravel package that makes Eloquent query caching automatic and self-invalidating. 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