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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Cache-Control

What specific section or headline is this issue about?

max-stale

What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?

The max-stale=N request directive indicates that the client allows a stored response that is stale within N seconds.

Cache-Control: max-stale=3600

In the case above, if the response with Cache-Control: max-age=604800 was generated more than 3 hours ago (calculated from max-age and the Age header), the cache couldn't reuse that response.

What did you expect to see?

I believe the text should be changed to below:

... if the response with Cache-Control: max-age=7200 was generated more than 3 hours ago ...

max-stale=3600 in request means that cached responses that were stale up to 3600 seconds (1h) may be served. So the response should be considered stale after 7200 seconds (2h), set in max-age.

Do you have any supporting links, references, or citations?

https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7234#section-5.2.1.2

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