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title: Schedule a cache invalidation at a predefined time
summary: Purge your edge cache automatically at a certain time. This may cause an inrush of traffic to origin at the scheduled time and should be used with care.
url: https://www.fastly.com/documentation/solutions/examples/scheduled-invalidation
---

Purge your edge cache automatically at a certain time. This may cause an inrush of traffic to origin at the scheduled time and should be used with care.

## VCL

[Try it in Fastly Fiddle](https://fiddle.fastly.dev/18b95c43)