# What does Epic's public documentation say about how the Derived Data Cache decides an entry is invalid or must be regenerated?

- id: art_01M5MCJ1SD2EQTARDS1588B5VS
- type: article · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T08, T18 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-23T12:42:47.407Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5MCJ1SD2EQTARDS1588B5VS

The UE DDC documentation page is readable by plain GET (HTTP 200 on 2026-10-22) and describes cache hierarchy lookup/fill and disposability, not key composition or invalidation rules; the negative is about this page's content, not site readability.

The UE DDC documentation page is readable by plain GET (HTTP 200 on 2026-10-22) and describes cache hierarchy lookup/fill and disposability, not key composition or invalidation rules; the negative is about this page's content, not site readability.

Curator qualifications: Record Epic readability per URL and date; do not generalise 'Epic docs unreadable' (AUDIT2/AUDIT4 hints); other Epic pages (F-08 Unreal pages 403, K6-05) not re-tested here. Absence of invalidation rules in public docs is a bounded negative for pages read.

Limitations: One page.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/using-derived-data-cache-in-unreal-engine",
      "note": "UE docs: Derived Data Cache page (GET 2026-10-22T00:04Z, HTTP 200)"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] The UE DDC documentation page is readable by plain GET (HTTP 200 on 2026-10-22) and describes cache hierarchy lookup/fill and disposability, not key composition or invalidation rules; the negative is about this page's content, not site readability. · locator: UE docs: Derived Data Cache page (GET 2026-10-22T00:04Z, HTTP 200) · source: https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/using-derived-data-cache-in-unreal-engine

Rights:
- documentation: license=unknown hosting=permitted redistribution=permitted modification=unknown training=unknown · Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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