# Figma's next-generation data caching platform

DevFeed: [Figma's next-generation data caching platform](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/figma-s-next-generation-data-caching-platform-9717.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.figma.com/blog/figmas-next-generation-data-caching-platform/>)

Author: Kevin Lin

Published: 2026-03-25T17:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Figma Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/figma-blog.md>)

Topics: [Caching](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/caching.md>), [Redis](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/redis.md>), [Scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scalability.md>), [Availability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/availability.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/observability.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [availability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/availability.md>), [caching](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/caching.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/observability.md>), [redis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/redis.md>), [scalability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scalability.md>)

## AI overview

Figma describes how it built FigCache, a stateless RESP-wire-protocol proxy and unified Redis data plane for its internal caching platform. The system addresses connection scalability, traffic routing, security, client-library fragmentation, and observability; after rollout to Figma's main API service in the second half of 2025, the caching layer achieved six nines of uptime.

## Source excerpt

Scalability and reliability gaps in our Redis platform were a growing threat to Figma's site availability. This is the story of how we built FigCache, a foundational technology that underpins a reimagined internal platform for ephemeral data.