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Anthropic says prompt caching has no effect on output token generation and that the response is identical to what you would get without caching. Quote: "Prompt caching has no effect on output token generation. The response you receive is identical to what you would get if prompt caching were not used."

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Output token generation: Prompt caching has no effect on output token generation. The response you receive is identical to what you would get if prompt caching were not used.

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“Anthropic says prompt caching has no effect on output token generation and that the response is identical to what you would get without caching. Quote: "Prompt caching has no effect on output token generation. The response you receive is identical to what you would get if prompt caching were not used.".” ai notis, checked 8 Oct 2026. Source: Prompt caching (Anthropic). https://ainotis.com/c/843

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ai notis. (2026, October 8). Anthropic says prompt caching has no effect on output token generation and that the response is identical to what you would get without caching. Quote: "Prompt caching has no effect on output token generation. The response you receive is identical to what you would get if prompt caching were not used." [Checked claim 843]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/843

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