Why Inline SVG Is Not Cached By Browser?

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The benefit of inline SVG is that it can be changed using CSS and JS, and that we can use the <use> tag to reference the original element when we want to repeat the same SVG over an html document. Inline SVGs may also aid in the reduction of HTTP requests.

Many sources, however, imply (without providing data) that while we utilize inline SVG to save HTTP requests, it is no longer cacheable by…