# Your cache is NOT working. Please check the settings in config/app.php

**URL:** <https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/your-cache-is-not-working-please-check-the-settings-in-config-app-php/12261>\
**Category:** Need Help\
**Created:** [September 23, 2024, 6:14am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/your-cache-is-not-working-please-check-the-settings-in-config-app-php/12261 "2024-09-23T06:14:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![lish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/47e85d/32.png) [@lish](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/lish)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 6:14am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/your-cache-is-not-working-please-check-the-settings-in-config-app-php/12261/1 "2024-09-23T06:14:20Z")

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Hi… Developers I need help

Your cache is NOT working. Please check the settings in config/app.php  
how to enable that now? hehhehe

 ![Screenshot from 2024-09-23 11-40-20](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/cakephp/original/2X/0/0b8f714003d881bf88d3ab03334ea46e7b9bca77.png)

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**Author:** ![KevinPfeifer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.cakephp.org/kevinpfeifer/32/3365_2.png) [@KevinPfeifer](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/KevinPfeifer)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 6:20am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/your-cache-is-not-working-please-check-the-settings-in-config-app-php/12261/2 "2024-09-23T06:20:04Z")

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The default cache config uses the file system

> <https://github.com/cakephp/app/blob/5.x/config/app.php#L98-L102>

Therefore make sure, that your `<app-root>/tmp/cache` folder inside your project is present/can be written to.

> <https://github.com/cakephp/app/blob/5.x/config/paths.php#L76>

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**Author:** ![lish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/47e85d/32.png) [@lish](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/lish)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 9:40am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/your-cache-is-not-working-please-check-the-settings-in-config-app-php/12261/3 "2024-09-25T09:40:39Z")

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So checked all which you mention above but i am still getting this red indicator

 ![Screenshot from 2024-09-25 15-10-15](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/cakephp/original/2X/e/ee306a9e4a4006b02bfd1eb67c16a0b1f9398edc.png)

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**Author:** ![KevinPfeifer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.cakephp.org/kevinpfeifer/32/3365_2.png) [@KevinPfeifer](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/KevinPfeifer)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2024, 9:51am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/your-cache-is-not-working-please-check-the-settings-in-config-app-php/12261/4 "2024-09-25T09:51:24Z")

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are you running inside a docker container?

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**Author:** ![yousuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/898d66/32.png) [@yousuo](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/yousuo)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2024, 11:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/your-cache-is-not-working-please-check-the-settings-in-config-app-php/12261/5 "2024-09-26T23:27:01Z")

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Check your folder permissions for `logs` and `tmp` (including folder inside). It should have write access

![tmp folder writable](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/cakephp/original/2X/2/25ed2e140b0ef3ddc95d8913599e79f7c1070bfb.png)

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**Author:** ![Oliv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@Oliv](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/Oliv)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 9:50am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/your-cache-is-not-working-please-check-the-settings-in-config-app-php/12261/6 "2024-10-03T09:50:13Z")

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It has been fixed in app 5.1.1 ([Your cache is NOT working. Please check the settings in config/app.php · Issue #1020 · cakephp/app · GitHub](https://github.com/cakephp/app/issues/1020))