Content Cache outputs a result without having activated it?

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Whenever I insert a Content Cache component and connect it to a Query Model Objects, it automatically pushes/ pulls the Content. This means that regardless of whether I pushed the Push button of the component — and regardless of having an input for the ‘Action’ slot, there will always be an output for the ‘Result’ and ‘Content’ outputs.

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This is on Rhino 8 SR23 (8.23.25251.13001, 2025-09-08), as well as in the R9 WIP
(9.0.25259.12305, 2025-09-16) on Windows 11.

So I am suspecting that perhaps the component is also processing things when these two outputs are hidden, which would explain this issue:

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Since when has this behavior changed? I can confirm the same thing happening on another laptop. I actually hoped to use Content Cache to mitigate Query Model Objects expiring on layer property changes or by adding objects, but alas.

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Never mind it was in the Content Cache Guide all along but in a different place then I was looking for. I have always had the outputs hidden, so never noticed it really.

The Action input is used to automate the Content Cache component from within Grasshopper. There are a few ways it can be used.

By sending a Boolean (True/False) the default Action set in the component will be run:

True - The default action is run. (Push, Pull, Bake, Purge)
False - The default action is not run, but if Result is showing, the component will continue to pull.