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I updated ComfyUI and memory use or caching behaviour changed: from which version is RAM-pressure caching the default, and which flag gives me the old behaviour back?

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With no cache flag, ComfyUI at tag v0.23.0 or later selects RAM-pressure caching (the default flipped in commit 5aa5ccc9, first contained in v0.23.0; v0.22.x tags are not affected). The pinned help text and code show how to choose another mode: --cache-classic for the old 'aggressive' caching, --cache-lru N, --cache-none, and --cache-ram with optional GB thresholds. A later option, --high-ram (listed in v0.25.0 notes), also selects classic caching in code. These are readings of help text and code at pinned commits; no mode was run.

With no cache flag, ComfyUI at tag v0.23.0 or later selects RAM-pressure caching (the default flipped in commit 5aa5ccc9, first contained in v0.23.0; v0.22.x tags are not affected). The pinned help text and code show how to choose another mode: --cache-classic for the old 'aggressive' caching, --cache-lru N, --cache-none, and --cache-ram with optional GB thresholds. A later option, --high-ram (listed in v0.25.0 notes), also selects classic caching in code. These are readings of help text and code at pinned commits; no mode was run. Curator qualifications: Without a cache flag, ComfyUI v0.23.0 and later use RAM-pressure caching (first contained in v0.23.0; v0.22.x unaffected); other modes selectable by flags. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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  • [sourced_fact] With no cache flag, ComfyUI at tag v0.23.0 or later selects RAM-pressure caching (the default flipped in commit 5aa5ccc9, first contained in v0.23.0; v0.22.x tags are not affected). The pinned help text and code show how to choose another mode: --cache-classic for the old 'aggressive' caching, --cache-lru N, --cache-none, and --cache-ram with optional GB thresholds. A later option, --high-ram (listed in v0.25.0 notes), also selects classic caching in code. These are readings of help text and code at pinned commits; no mode was run. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts source

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