Yes, which we btw also offer. However, it's just one way to invalidate. The first request after the max age expired will still be stale, even if new content is

Yes, which we btw also offer. However, it's just one way to invalidate. The first request after the max age expired will still be stale, even if new content is refetched within the swr time frame - in certain applications not acceptable. Most of our customers even use both things together to reduce the likelyhood for stale content.