Reduce the friction on viewing the files in Gitlab UI

Problem to solve

As a user I want the Gitlab site to take less time to load the already viewed pages

For example, I view File1 (takes 1 sec to load), then File2 (takes 1 sec to load), then go back to File1 (again takes 1 sec to load). I want the browser to show me the already loaded version of the page.

Intended users

Everyone using Gitlab to browse files will benefit

User experience goal

The user should be able to view files seamlessly in Gitlab UI.

Proposal

Remove no-store response header when loading pages(Document type).

only use cache-control: max-age=0, private, must-revalidate

Further details

Permissions and Security

Documentation

Availability & Testing

What does success look like, and how can we measure that?

After the change, measure the number of pages a user views on Gitlab UI per session on average, compared to before the change

What is the type of buyer?

Is this a cross-stage feature?

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