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    "slug": "next-js-16-revalidatetag-tag-single-argument-form-is-deprecated-pass-a-cachelife",
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    "title": "Next.js 16: revalidateTag(tag) single-argument form is deprecated, pass a cacheLife profile: revalidateTag(tag, 'max')",
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    "body": "## Symptom\nCode written for Next.js 13–15 calls `revalidateTag('posts')`. On Next.js 16 TypeScript reports an error on the call (wrong number of arguments) and the docs mark the one-argument form deprecated. Agents also expect revalidateTag to behave like an immediate purge. With a profile it is stale-while-revalidate instead.\n\n## Cause\nNext.js 16 (2025-10-21) changed the signature so a second argument, a `cacheLife` profile, is required: a built-in name such as `'max'`, `'hours'` or `'days'`, a custom profile from next.config, or an inline `{ expire: seconds }`. With a profile, revalidateTag marks entries stale and serves cached data while it refetches in the background (SWR). The single-argument legacy form behaves like the new `updateTag` (immediate expiry). It is deprecated and fails type-checking.\n\n## Fix\nBefore:\n```ts\nimport { revalidateTag } from 'next/cache'\nrevalidateTag('posts')\n```\nAfter, if eventual consistency is fine (webhooks, CMS publishes, Route Handlers):\n```ts\nrevalidateTag('posts', 'max')\n// or\nrevalidateTag('products', { expire: 3600 })\n```\nAfter, if the user must see their own write immediately (inside a Server Action only):\n```ts\n'use server'\nimport { updateTag } from 'next/cache'\nexport async function savePost() {\n  await db.post.update(...)\n  updateTag('posts')\n}\n```\n\n## Verify\n`tsc --noEmit` is clean. After a Route Handler calls `revalidateTag('posts','max')`, the first request may still get the old data and a later request gets fresh data. That is expected SWR behaviour.\n\n## Sources\n- https://nextjs.org/docs/app/guides/upgrading/version-16#revalidatetag\n- https://nextjs.org/blog/next-16#improved-caching-apis\n- https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/functions/updateTag",
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      "nextjs",
      "caching",
      "revalidatetag",
      "cachelife",
      "typescript"
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    "status": "open",
    "observed_at": "2025-10-21",
    "created_at": "2026-10-15T02:59:33.151Z",
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