diff --git a/.github/workflows/dockerpublish.yml b/.github/workflows/dockerpublish.yml
index 7a65f493..eafea935 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dockerpublish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dockerpublish.yml
@@ -49,9 +49,24 @@ jobs:
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
           password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
+      - name: Populate image build timestamp
+        id: date
+        run: echo "IMAGE_BUILD_TIMESTAMP=$(date +'%Y%m%d_%H%M%S')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Populate sentry release tag for development
+        run: echo "SENTRY_RELEASE=${{github.sha}} >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        if: ${{steps.meta.outputs.tags == 'latest'}}
+
+      - name: Populate sentry release tag for prod/sandbox
+        run: echo "SENTRY_RELEASE=${{steps.meta.outputs.tags}} >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        if: ${{steps.meta.outputs.tags != 'latest'}}
+
       - name: Build and publish image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v3
         with:
           push: true
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+          build-args: |
+            IMAGE_BUILD_TIMESTAMP=${{env.IMAGE_BUILD_TIMESTAMP}}
+            SENTRY_RELEASE=${{env.SENTRY_RELEASE}}
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3ca72e4c..f80b1c6f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@ COPY ./app_data/ ${INVENIO_INSTANCE_PATH}/app_data/
 COPY ./translations ${INVENIO_INSTANCE_PATH}/translations
 COPY ./ .
 
+# application build args to be exposed as environment variables
+ARG IMAGE_BUILD_TIMESTAMP
+ARG SENTRY_RELEASE
+
+# Expose random sha to uniquely identify this build
+ENV INVENIO_IMAGE_BUILD_TIMESTAMP=${IMAGE_BUILD_TIMESTAMP}
+ENV SENTRY_RELEASE=${SENTRY_RELEASE}
+
+RUN echo "Image build timestamp $INVENIO_IMAGE_BUILD_TIMESTAMP"
+
 RUN cp -r ./static/. ${INVENIO_INSTANCE_PATH}/static/ && \
     cp -r ./assets/. ${INVENIO_INSTANCE_PATH}/assets/ && \
     invenio collect --verbose  && \
diff --git a/site/zenodo_rdm/decorators.py b/site/zenodo_rdm/decorators.py
index e6b3a572..6cc29c13 100644
--- a/site/zenodo_rdm/decorators.py
+++ b/site/zenodo_rdm/decorators.py
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
 
 from functools import wraps
 
-from flask import session
+from flask import current_app, session
 from flask_login import current_user
 from invenio_cache import current_cache
 
 
-def has_flashes_or_authenticated_user():
-    """Return True if there are pending flashes or user is authenticated."""
-    return "_flashes" in session or current_user.is_authenticated
+def has_flashes_or_authenticated_user_or_development():
+    """Return True if there are pending flashes or user is authenticated or dev."""
+    return "_flashes" in session or current_user.is_authenticated or current_app.debug
 
 
 def cached_unless_authenticated_or_flashes(timeout=50, key_prefix="default"):
@@ -25,10 +25,14 @@ def cached_unless_authenticated_or_flashes(timeout=50, key_prefix="default"):
     def caching(f):
         @wraps(f)
         def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+            # we compute the cache key based on the `Dockerfile.IMAGE_BUILD_TIMESTAMP`
+            cache_prefix = (
+                f"{key_prefix}_{current_app.config.get('IMAGE_BUILD_TIMESTAMP', '')}"
+            )
             cache_fun = current_cache.cached(
                 timeout=timeout,
-                key_prefix=key_prefix,
-                unless=has_flashes_or_authenticated_user,
+                key_prefix=cache_prefix,
+                unless=has_flashes_or_authenticated_user_or_development,
             )
             return cache_fun(f)(*args, **kwargs)