# Which ComfyUI command-line flags control output caching, what exactly does each do, and what is the default?

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- categories: T08, T09 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-23T17:43:30.441Z
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At the pinned commit there are four mutually exclusive cache options plus --high-ram: --cache-ram [GB [GB]] (RAM-pressure caching, stated to be the default), --cache-classic, --cache-lru N, --cache-none, and --high-ram, which sets classic caching. Only --cache-none stops cross-run reuse of outputs; the others all use the same input-signature keys and differ in what they evict. The default was not always RAM pressure: at two earlier commits the default was classic. The commit/release that switched the default was not located.

At the pinned commit there are four mutually exclusive cache options plus --high-ram: --cache-ram [GB [GB]] (RAM-pressure caching, stated to be the default), --cache-classic, --cache-lru N, --cache-none, and --high-ram, which sets classic caching. Only --cache-none stops cross-run reuse of outputs; the others all use the same input-signature keys and differ in what they evict. The default was not always RAM pressure: at two earlier commits the default was classic. The commit/release that switched the default was not located.

Curator qualifications: Cache modes at the pin: --cache-ram (RAM pressure, stated default), --cache-classic, --cache-lru N, --cache-none (only option that stops cross-run reuse), --high-ram implies classic; earlier commits 513b0c46/b353a7c8 defaulted to classic; switch commit not located.

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

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```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] At the pinned commit there are four mutually exclusive cache options plus --high-ram: --cache-ram [GB [GB]] (RAM-pressure caching, stated to be the default), --cache-classic, --cache-lru N, --cache-none, and --high-ram, which sets classic caching. Only --cache-none stops cross-run reuse of outputs; the others all use the same input-signature keys and differ in what they evict. The default was not always RAM pressure: at two earlier commits the default was classic. The commit/release that switched the default was not located. · locator: candidate evidence excerpts · source: https://github.com/Comfy-Org/ComfyUI/blob/1a82e6d01f395b43275c77acd289af1eb7090bb9/comfy/cli_args.py

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