When check_mutable_updates: true is set on a remote, expired user-defined
mutable files are revalidated before re-downloading:
- On expiry a conditional HEAD is sent with If-None-Match / If-Modified-Since
- 304 Not Modified: TTL is refreshed in Redis, S3 cache is untouched
- 200 / no conditional support: cache is invalidated and file re-downloaded
- Network error: safe fallback — assume changed, re-download
ETag and Last-Modified from upstream responses are stored in Redis under
mutable:meta:<remote>:<hash> (no expiry, cleaned up on re-download or
cache flush). The flag only applies to user-configured mutable_patterns;
built-in package-type defaults (APKINDEX, repomd.xml, Docker manifests)
are always re-fetched unconditionally.
cache/flush also clears mutable:meta:* keys alongside index:* keys.
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