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  "@id": "https://www.requesty.ai/data/coding-agent-cache-hit-rate-oct-2026",
  "id": "coding-agent-cache-oct26",
  "slug": "coding-agent-cache-hit-rate-oct-2026",
  "title": "Cache hit rate by coding agent, October 2026",
  "shortTitle": "Agent cache hit rate",
  "topic": "agentic",
  "abstract": "Which coding agents get the most from prompt caching? In October 2026 Cline led at 96% of input tokens from cache. Qwen Code was lowest at 82%. Most agents sat above 90%.",
  "whyItMatters": "Coding agents resend large contexts on every turn, so cache hit rate drives their cost. A few points of cache hit rate is a large share of the input bill.",
  "questions": [
    "Which coding agent has the best cache hit rate?",
    "How much do coding agents rely on prompt caching?",
    "Why is Claude Code cache hit rate lower than other agents?"
  ],
  "period": "Oct 2026",
  "updated": "2026-11-11",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "caveats": [
    "Agents identified from client user agent and app title, with at least 1,000 calls and 5 organizations."
  ],
  "keyFindings": [
    "Cline: 96%.",
    "Roo Code: 96%.",
    "GitHub Copilot: 95%.",
    "Cursor: 95%.",
    "Pi: 95%."
  ],
  "columns": [
    {
      "key": "agent",
      "label": "Agent",
      "unit": "count"
    },
    {
      "key": "cache_hit_rate",
      "label": "Cache hit rate",
      "unit": "percent"
    }
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "agent": "Cline",
      "cache_hit_rate": 0.96
    },
    {
      "agent": "Roo Code",
      "cache_hit_rate": 0.9557
    },
    {
      "agent": "GitHub Copilot",
      "cache_hit_rate": 0.9545
    },
    {
      "agent": "Cursor",
      "cache_hit_rate": 0.9542
    },
    {
      "agent": "Pi",
      "cache_hit_rate": 0.9458
    },
    {
      "agent": "Kilo Code",
      "cache_hit_rate": 0.9382
    },
    {
      "agent": "OpenCode",
      "cache_hit_rate": 0.9375
    },
    {
      "agent": "Hermes Agent",
      "cache_hit_rate": 0.9278
    },
    {
      "agent": "Zed",
      "cache_hit_rate": 0.9198
    },
    {
      "agent": "Zoo Code",
      "cache_hit_rate": 0.8966
    },
    {
      "agent": "Claude Code",
      "cache_hit_rate": 0.8522
    },
    {
      "agent": "Qwen Code",
      "cache_hit_rate": 0.8187
    }
  ],
  "rowKey": "agent",
  "citation": {
    "apa": "Requesty (2026). Cache hit rate by coding agent, October 2026. Requesty Data. https://www.requesty.ai/data/coding-agent-cache-hit-rate-oct-2026",
    "bibtex": "@misc{requesty_coding_agent_cache_hit_rate_oct_2026,\n  author       = {{Requesty}},\n  title        = {Cache hit rate by coding agent, October 2026},\n  year         = {2026},\n  howpublished = {\\url{https://www.requesty.ai/data/coding-agent-cache-hit-rate-oct-2026}},\n  note         = {Requesty Data}\n}"
  },
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    "markdown": "https://www.requesty.ai/data/coding-agent-cache-hit-rate-oct-2026.md"
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  "citedIn": [],
  "image": "https://www.requesty.ai/data/coding-agent-cache-hit-rate-oct-2026/opengraph-image",
  "source": {
    "organization": "Requesty",
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