Fixes pages cache revalidation behavior for pages router (#132)

* Ensure cache handler is used in dev mode

* Fixes pages cache revalidation behavior for pages router

* Package bumps

Author: AyronK

examples/redis-minimal/cache-handler.mjs

@@ -97,14 +97,6 @@ CacheHandler.onCreation(() => {
     }
   }
 
-  if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "development") {
-    const config = { handlers: [createLruHandler()] };
-    if (isSingleConnectionModeEnabled) {
-      global.cacheHandlerConfig = config;
-    }
-    return config;
-  }
-
   const promise = createCacheConfig();
   if (isSingleConnectionModeEnabled) {
     global.cacheHandlerConfigPromise = promise;

examples/redis-minimal/next.config.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 import type { NextConfig } from "next";
 
 const nextConfig: NextConfig = {
-  cacheHandler:
-    process.env.NODE_ENV === "production"
-      ? require.resolve("./cache-handler.mjs")
-      : undefined,
+  cacheHandler: require.resolve("./cache-handler.mjs"),
   cacheMaxMemorySize: 0, // disable default in-memory caching
   experimental: {
     //ppr: "incremental",

examples/redis-minimal/package-lock.json

@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
     "lint": "next lint"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@fortedigital/nextjs-cache-handler": "^2.1.1",
+    "@fortedigital/nextjs-cache-handler": "^2.1.6",
     "next": "^15.5.6",
     "react": "^19.2.0",
     "react-dom": "^19.2.0",
-    "redis": "^5.8.3"
+    "redis": "^5.9.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@eslint/eslintrc": "^3",