How does Cloudflare Workers caching differ from traditional CDN caching?

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How does Cloudflare Workers caching differ from traditional CDN caching?
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Traditional CDN caching typically stores static assets closer to users. Cloudflare Workers caching, however, allows you to cache *responses* generated by your Worker code, including dynamically generated content. This means you can cache the output of complex logic, API calls, or database queries, not just files. Workers caching is also more flexible, allowing for cache keys based on request headers, cookies, or other factors, enabling fine-grained control over caching behavior.