diff --git a/app/lib/docs/doc.server.ts b/app/lib/docs/doc.server.ts
index acfb1df..175e7f7 100644
--- a/app/lib/docs/doc.server.ts
+++ b/app/lib/docs/doc.server.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { readFile } from 'fs/promises'
 import LRUCache from 'lru-cache'
 import path from 'path'
 import { z } from 'zod'
+import { NO_CACHE, SALT, createCache } from '~/utils/cache.server.ts'
 import { removeLastSlash } from '~/utils/removeEndSlashes.ts'
 import { type DocAttributes } from './attrs.server.ts'
 import { contentPath, getJsonFile, privateContentPath } from './fs.server.ts'
@@ -20,8 +21,6 @@ declare global {
 	var docCache: LRUCache<string, Doc | undefined>
 }
 
-let NO_CACHE = process.env.NO_CACHE ?? false
-
 /**
  * While we're using HTTP caching, we have this memory cache too so that
  * document requests and data request to the same document can do less work for
@@ -29,22 +28,15 @@ let NO_CACHE = process.env.NO_CACHE ?? false
  * let's have simpler and faster deployments with just one origin server, but
  * still distribute the documents across the CDN.
  */
-global.docCache ??= new LRUCache<string, Doc | undefined>({
-	// let docCache = new LRUCache<string, Doc | undefined>({
-	max: 300,
-	ttl: NO_CACHE ? 1 : 1000 * 60 * 60, // 1 hour
-	allowStale: !NO_CACHE,
-	noDeleteOnFetchRejection: true,
-	fetchMethod: async key => {
-		console.log('Fetching fresh doc', key)
-		const [access, product, version, slug] = key.split(':')
-		return getFreshDoc({
-			product,
-			version,
-			slug,
-			isPrivate: access === 'private',
-		})
-	},
+global.docCache ??= createCache<Doc | undefined>(async key => {
+	console.log('Fetching fresh doc', key)
+	const [access, product, version, slug] = key.split(':')
+	return getFreshDoc({
+		product,
+		version,
+		slug,
+		isPrivate: access === 'private',
+	})
 })
 
 export async function getDoc({
@@ -63,12 +55,12 @@ export async function getDoc({
 	}
 
 	if (isPrivate) {
-		const key = `private:${product}:${version}:${slug}:2023-12-04`
+		const key = `private:${product}:${version}:${slug}:${SALT}`
 		const doc = await docCache.fetch(key)
 		if (doc) return doc
 	}
 
-	const key = `public:${product}:${version}:${slug}:2023-12-04`
+	const key = `public:${product}:${version}:${slug}:${SALT}`
 	const doc = await docCache.fetch(key)
 	return doc
 }
diff --git a/app/lib/docs/menu.server.ts b/app/lib/docs/menu.server.ts
index d5d8ab2..2bae50e 100644
--- a/app/lib/docs/menu.server.ts
+++ b/app/lib/docs/menu.server.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import fs from 'fs/promises'
 import LRUCache from 'lru-cache'
+import { NO_CACHE, SALT, createCache } from '~/utils/cache.server.ts'
 import { parseAttrs } from './attrs.server.ts'
 import { contentPath, privateContentPath, walk } from './fs.server.ts'
 import { makeSlug } from './utils.ts'
@@ -26,14 +27,8 @@ declare global {
 	var menuCache: LRUCache<string, NavItem[]>
 }
 
-let NO_CACHE = process.env.NO_CACHE ?? false
-
-global.menuCache ??= new LRUCache<string, NavItem[]>({
-	max: 10,
-	ttl: NO_CACHE ? 1 : 1000 * 60 * 60, // 1 hour
-	allowStale: !NO_CACHE,
-	noDeleteOnFetchRejection: true,
-	fetchMethod: async (cacheKey, _stale, { context }) => {
+global.menuCache ??= createCache<NavItem[]>(
+	async (cacheKey, _stale, { context }) => {
 		let [access, product, ref] = cacheKey.split(':')
 		let menu = await getMenuFromDir({
 			product,
@@ -43,7 +38,7 @@ global.menuCache ??= new LRUCache<string, NavItem[]>({
 		})
 		return menu
 	},
-})
+)
 
 export async function getMenu({
 	product,
@@ -59,7 +54,7 @@ export async function getMenu({
 	return NO_CACHE
 		? getMenuFromDir({ product, version, ref, isPrivate })
 		: menuCache.fetch(
-				`${isPrivate ? 'private' : 'public'}:${product}:${ref}:2023-12-04`,
+				`${isPrivate ? 'private' : 'public'}:${product}:${ref}:${SALT}`,
 				{
 					fetchContext: { version },
 				},
diff --git a/app/lib/docs/pdf.server.tsx b/app/lib/docs/pdf.server.tsx
index 529b75b..145deb3 100644
--- a/app/lib/docs/pdf.server.tsx
+++ b/app/lib/docs/pdf.server.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import LRUCache from 'lru-cache'
 import { getMDXComponent } from 'mdx-bundler/client/index.js'
 import stream from 'node:stream'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
+import { NO_CACHE, SALT, createCache } from '~/utils/cache.server.ts'
 import { removeEndSlashes } from '~/utils/removeEndSlashes.ts'
 import { getConfig, getDocFromDir } from './doc.server.ts'
 import { NavItem, getMenu } from './menu.server.ts'
@@ -74,8 +75,6 @@ declare global {
 	var pdfCache: LRUCache<string, string[] | undefined>
 }
 
-let NO_CACHE = process.env.NO_CACHE ?? false
-
 /**
  * While we're using HTTP caching, we have this memory cache too so that
  * document requests and data request to the same document can do less work for
@@ -83,12 +82,8 @@ let NO_CACHE = process.env.NO_CACHE ?? false
  * let's have simpler and faster deployments with just one origin server, but
  * still distribute the documents across the CDN.
  */
-global.pdfCache ??= new LRUCache<string, string[] | undefined>({
-	max: 1000,
-	ttl: NO_CACHE ? 1 : 1000 * 60 * 60, // 1 hour
-	allowStale: !NO_CACHE,
-	noDeleteOnFetchRejection: true,
-	fetchMethod: async (key, _stale, { context }) => {
+global.pdfCache ??= createCache<string[] | undefined>(
+	async (key, _stale, { context }) => {
 		console.log('Fetching fresh pdf', key)
 		const [access, product, version] = key.split(':')
 		return getFreshPDFData({
@@ -98,7 +93,7 @@ global.pdfCache ??= new LRUCache<string, string[] | undefined>({
 			isPrivate: access === 'private',
 		})
 	},
-})
+)
 
 export async function getPDFData({
 	product,
@@ -116,14 +111,14 @@ export async function getPDFData({
 	}
 
 	if (isPrivate) {
-		const key = `private:${product}:${ref}:2023-12-04`
+		const key = `private:${product}:${ref}:${SALT}`
 		if (pdfCache.has(key)) {
 			const doc = await pdfCache.fetch(key, { fetchContext: { ref } })
 			return doc
 		}
 	}
 
-	const key = `public:${product}:${ref}:2023-12-04`
+	const key = `public:${product}:${ref}:${SALT}`
 	const docs = await pdfCache.fetch(key, { fetchContext: { ref } })
 	return docs
 }
diff --git a/app/lib/docs/search.server.ts b/app/lib/docs/search.server.ts
index 4f6e633..fc08904 100644
--- a/app/lib/docs/search.server.ts
+++ b/app/lib/docs/search.server.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import LRUCache from 'lru-cache'
 import lunr from 'lunr'
 import { remark } from 'remark'
 import strip from 'strip-markdown'
+import { NO_CACHE, SALT, createCache } from '~/utils/cache.server.ts'
 import { parseAttrs } from './attrs.server.ts'
 import { contentPath, privateContentPath, walk } from './fs.server.ts'
 import { makeSlug } from './utils.ts'
@@ -22,8 +23,6 @@ declare global {
 	var searchCache: LRUCache<string, SearchCache | undefined>
 }
 
-let NO_CACHE = process.env.NO_CACHE ?? false
-
 /**
  * While we're using HTTP caching, we have this memory cache too so that
  * document requests and data request to the same document can do less work for
@@ -31,13 +30,8 @@ let NO_CACHE = process.env.NO_CACHE ?? false
  * let's have simpler and faster deployments with just one origin server, but
  * still distribute the documents across the CDN.
  */
-global.searchCache ??= new LRUCache<string, SearchCache | undefined>({
-	// let docCache = new LRUCache<string, Doc | undefined>({
-	max: 300,
-	ttl: NO_CACHE ? 1 : 1000 * 60 * 60, // 1 hour
-	allowStale: !NO_CACHE,
-	noDeleteOnFetchRejection: true,
-	fetchMethod: async (key, _stale, { context }) => {
+global.searchCache ??= createCache<SearchCache | undefined>(
+	async (key, _stale, { context }) => {
 		console.log('Fetching fresh doc', key)
 		const [access, product] = key.split(':')
 		return getFreshSearch({
@@ -46,7 +40,7 @@ global.searchCache ??= new LRUCache<string, SearchCache | undefined>({
 			isPrivate: access === 'private',
 		})
 	},
-})
+)
 
 export async function getSearch({
 	product,
@@ -62,7 +56,7 @@ export async function getSearch({
 	return NO_CACHE
 		? getFreshSearch({ product, isPrivate, version })
 		: searchCache.fetch(
-				`${isPrivate ? 'private' : 'public'}:${product}:${ref}:2023-12-04`,
+				`${isPrivate ? 'private' : 'public'}:${product}:${ref}:${SALT}`,
 				{ fetchContext: { version } },
 		  )
 }
diff --git a/app/lib/docs/versions.server.ts b/app/lib/docs/versions.server.ts
index 708345e..2dd2e4f 100644
--- a/app/lib/docs/versions.server.ts
+++ b/app/lib/docs/versions.server.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import path from 'path'
 import semver from 'semver'
 import { z } from 'zod'
 import { type NavLink } from '~/types.ts'
+import { createCache, NO_CACHE, SALT } from '~/utils/cache.server.ts'
 import {
 	find,
 	fromArray,
@@ -33,20 +34,11 @@ declare global {
 	var versionsCache: LRUCache<string, string[]>
 }
 
-let NO_CACHE = process.env.NO_CACHE ?? false
-
 // global for SS "HMR", we need a better story here
-global.versionsCache ??= new LRUCache<string, string[]>({
-	// let versionsCache = new LRUCache<string, string[]>({
-	max: 3,
-	ttl: 1000 * 60 * 60, // 5 minutes, so we can see new versions quickly
-	allowStale: true,
-	noDeleteOnFetchRejection: true,
-	fetchMethod: async key => {
-		console.log('Fetching fresh versions')
-		let [access, product] = key.split(':')
-		return getAllVersions({ product, isPrivate: access === 'private' })
-	},
+global.versionsCache ??= createCache<string[]>(async key => {
+	console.log('Fetching fresh versions')
+	let [access, product] = key.split(':')
+	return getAllVersions({ product, isPrivate: access === 'private' })
 })
 
 export async function getProductVersions({
@@ -60,7 +52,7 @@ export async function getProductVersions({
 		return getAllVersions({ product, isPrivate })
 	}
 	return versionsCache.fetch(
-		`${isPrivate ? 'private' : 'public'}:${product}:v2`,
+		`${isPrivate ? 'private' : 'public'}:${product}:${SALT}`,
 	)
 }
 
diff --git a/app/utils/cache.server.ts b/app/utils/cache.server.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6526162
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/utils/cache.server.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import LRUCache from 'lru-cache'
+
+export let NO_CACHE = process.env.NO_CACHE ?? false
+export let SALT = process.env.CRUNCHY_CACHE_SALT ?? Date.now()
+
+export function createCache<T>(fetchMethod: LRUCache.Fetcher<string, T>) {
+	return new LRUCache<string, T>({
+		max: 1000,
+		ttl: NO_CACHE ? 1 : 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 365, // 1 year
+		allowStale: !NO_CACHE,
+		noDeleteOnFetchRejection: true,
+		fetchMethod,
+	})
+}
diff --git a/app/utils/env.server.ts b/app/utils/env.server.ts
index 8c393fa..807c2cf 100644
--- a/app/utils/env.server.ts
+++ b/app/utils/env.server.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 import invariant from 'tiny-invariant'
 
 const requiredServerEnvs = ['NODE_ENV', 'SESSION_SECRET'] as const
+const allServerEnvs = [
+	...requiredServerEnvs,
+	'NO_CACHE',
+	'CRUNCHY_CACHE_SALT',
+] as const
 
 declare global {
 	namespace NodeJS {
 		interface ProcessEnv
-			extends Record<(typeof requiredServerEnvs)[number], string> {}
+			extends Record<(typeof allServerEnvs)[number], string> {}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0382f21..c67f7e9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "build:server": "tsx ./scripts/build-server.ts",
     "dev": "run-p dev:*",
     "dev:remix": "remix dev -c \"npm run dev-server\" --no-restart",
-    "dev-server": "cross-env MOCKS=true tsx watch --clear-screen=false --ignore \"app/**\" --ignore \"docs-build/**\" --ignore \"node_modules/**\" ./index.js",
+    "dev-server": "cross-env MOCKS=true tsx watch --clear-screen=false --ignore \"app/**\" --ignore \"docs-build/**\" --ignore \"node_modules/**\" ./docs-index.js",
     "format": "prettier --write .",
     "lint": "eslint --cache --cache-location ./node_modules/.cache/eslint .",
     "lint:files": "ts-node --esm scripts/lint-file-case.ts",