Application.temporaryCachePath -- when does it get cleared?

Request for doc clarification on Application.temporaryCachePath:

1. Under what circumstances will (or may) files under this path be deleted automatically?
2. Under what circumstances are files stored here guaranteed to NOT be deleted?
3. Does this behavior vary significantly between platform targets?

Current docs:

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Application-temporaryCachePath.html​

Platform specific details provided by a Unity employee:

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/saving-application-data.239298/#post-1587347​

Edit:
In particular, I'm afraid to use this on mobile devices if something as simple as the app losing foreground due to user responding to a push can cause the temporaryCachePath to be cleared out.

Thank you!

 

I've asked the mobile teams but they haven't got back to me yet. In lieu of an answer from them, I'd say store anything you like there, just don't expect it to be there when you want it again, so just check to make sure it exists and fetch it / create it if it doesn't. That is to say, use the temporary cache as a temporary cache - something to speed up things that it would be nice to speed up, but aren't critical. Sorry I can't be more help!

 

Is this the place where downloaded AssetBundles are cached, so they can be retrieved without downloading again between runs of the application?

 

@brunoleos I have the same question as you, did you find any answer ?

 

I ended up writing my own temporary cache code to store and clean-up things in Application.persistentDataPath. Hate reinventing the wheel, but it's faster than reverse engineering behavior of a black box on multiple platforms.

 

I had the same question and came across the below in a different documentation.

"You can save required files to the Application.temporaryCachePath folder (stored in Library/Caches which is regularly "cleaned out" by the OS) or the Application.persistentDataPath folder (stored in Documents which is not cleaned out by the OS)."

Which tells me OS is cleaning it in some interval. I know it is not the full answer to the question. Though better than nothing ;-)

 

Yes, this is the place where the bundle caches are stored by Unity. Addressables stores the caches in there as well. But the bundles are something that we would expect to use quite often in game, I don't know why Unity decides to store these kinds of things in the temporary cache folder.

 

If you find this thread because of weird behaviour on Linux, that AssetBundle Cache or Addressable Cache is saved in this temp/tmp folder, then I found a solution:

You can use Caching class and Cache class to specify cache save location. Just add something like this line:

Code (CSharp):

1. Caching.currentCacheForWriting = Caching.AddCache(yourPath);

And these cache will be saved to your own location. For both AssetBundle and Addressable.