---
title: Serve stale content from cache while origins are offline
summary: Deal with all potential scenarios for using stale content to satisfy requests when origin is unhealthy or misbehaving.
url: https://www.fastly.com/documentation/solutions/examples/serve-stale-on-origin-failure
---

Deal with all potential scenarios for using stale content to satisfy requests when origin is unhealthy or misbehaving.

## VCL

[Try it in Fastly Fiddle](https://fiddle.fastly.dev/e9f9ebb5)