Cache Eviction - CI/CD Glossary Definition
Cache eviction is the removal of entries to free space under a capacity limit, governed by a policy such as LRU, LFU, or FIFO; a too-small cache evicts hot entries early, dropping the hit rate and undermining CI cache speedups.
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