A Request Timeline
Sokudo
Request Lifecycle

First request warms it. Later requests benefit.

01

Cold request

Full prefix prefill. The system prompt, tools, and long context are computed.

0 cached tokens
02

Cache entry exists

Reusable KV state is retained under the provider’s scope and retention policy.

prefix warmed
03

Warm request

Matching prefix is loaded. Prefill starts only where the new suffix begins.

cache hit
A “partial hit” reuses the longest matching prefix, then computes the remainder.