diff --git a/src/network/cache/Cache.zig b/src/network/cache/Cache.zig
index 159984f08..c336c406f 100644
--- a/src/network/cache/Cache.zig
+++ b/src/network/cache/Cache.zig
@@ -67,6 +67,19 @@ pub fn clear(self: *Cache) !void {
     };
 }
 
+/// RFC 9111 delta-seconds values larger than this are capped rather than
+/// rejected (§1.2.2). Capping also keeps the value safely castable to i64
+/// for freshness arithmetic and storage.
+const max_delta_seconds: u64 = 2147483648;
+
+fn parseDeltaSeconds(value: []const u8) ?u64 {
+    const seconds = std.fmt.parseInt(u64, value, 10) catch |err| switch (err) {
+        error.Overflow => return max_delta_seconds,
+        error.InvalidCharacter => return null,
+    };
+    return @min(seconds, max_delta_seconds);
+}
+
 pub const CacheControl = struct {
     max_age: u64,
     must_revalidate: bool = false,
@@ -79,16 +92,12 @@ pub const CacheControl = struct {
 
         var iter = std.mem.splitScalar(u8, value, ',');
         while (iter.next()) |part| {
-            const stripped = std.mem.trim(u8, part, &std.ascii.whitespace);
+            const directive = std.mem.trim(u8, part, &std.ascii.whitespace);
 
-            var buf: [16]u8 = undefined;
-            const len = @min(buf.len, stripped.len);
-            const directive = std.ascii.lowerString(buf[0..len], stripped[0..len]);
-
-            if (std.mem.eql(u8, directive, "no-store")) {
+            if (std.ascii.eqlIgnoreCase(directive, "no-store")) {
                 return null;
             }
-            if (std.mem.eql(u8, directive, "no-cache")) {
+            if (std.ascii.eqlIgnoreCase(directive, "no-cache")) {
                 if (!max_age_set) {
                     cc.max_age = 0;
                     max_age_set = true;
@@ -97,19 +106,19 @@ pub const CacheControl = struct {
                 cc.must_revalidate = true;
                 continue;
             }
-            if (std.mem.eql(u8, directive, "private")) {
+            if (std.ascii.eqlIgnoreCase(directive, "private")) {
                 return null;
             }
 
-            if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, directive, "max-age=")) {
+            if (std.ascii.startsWithIgnoreCase(directive, "max-age=")) {
                 if (!max_s_age_set) {
-                    if (std.fmt.parseInt(u64, directive[8..], 10) catch null) |max_age| {
+                    if (parseDeltaSeconds(directive[8..])) |max_age| {
                         cc.max_age = max_age;
                         max_age_set = true;
                     }
                 }
-            } else if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, directive, "s-maxage=")) {
-                if (std.fmt.parseInt(u64, directive[9..], 10) catch null) |max_age| {
+            } else if (std.ascii.startsWithIgnoreCase(directive, "s-maxage=")) {
+                if (parseDeltaSeconds(directive[9..])) |max_age| {
                     cc.max_age = max_age;
                     max_age_set = true;
                     max_s_age_set = true;
@@ -184,7 +193,7 @@ pub const CachedMetadata = struct {
             const value = h.value;
 
             if (std.ascii.eqlIgnoreCase("Age", name)) {
-                self.age_at_store = std.fmt.parseInt(u64, value, 10) catch 0;
+                self.age_at_store = parseDeltaSeconds(value) orelse 0;
             } else if (std.ascii.eqlIgnoreCase("Cache-Control", name)) {
                 self.cache_control = CacheControl.parse(value) orelse continue;
             } else if (std.ascii.eqlIgnoreCase("ETag", name)) {
@@ -300,7 +309,7 @@ pub fn tryCache(
         .content_type = if (content_type) |ct| try arena.dupe(u8, ct) else "application/octet-stream",
         .status = status,
         .stored_at = timestamp,
-        .age_at_store = if (age) |a| std.fmt.parseInt(u64, a, 10) catch 0 else 0,
+        .age_at_store = if (age) |a| parseDeltaSeconds(a) orelse 0 else 0,
         .cache_control = cc,
         .headers = &.{},
         .vary_headers = &.{},
@@ -342,6 +351,15 @@ test "Cache: CacheControl.parse" {
 
     try testing.expectEqual(null, CacheControl.parse("max-age=abc"));
     try testing.expectEqual(null, CacheControl.parse("max-age="));
+
+    // values longer than 8 digits must not be truncated
+    try testing.expectEqual(315360000, CacheControl.parse("max-age=315360000").?.max_age);
+
+    // delta-seconds too large to represent are capped at 2^31 (RFC 9111 §1.2.2)
+    try testing.expectEqual(max_delta_seconds, CacheControl.parse("max-age=2147483649").?.max_age);
+    try testing.expectEqual(max_delta_seconds, CacheControl.parse("max-age=9999999999999999999").?.max_age);
+    try testing.expectEqual(max_delta_seconds, CacheControl.parse("max-age=99999999999999999999999").?.max_age);
+    try testing.expectEqual(max_delta_seconds, CacheControl.parse("s-maxage=9999999999999999999").?.max_age);
 }
 
 test "Cache: CachedMetadata.renew updates timestamp and age" {
@@ -381,6 +399,14 @@ test "Cache: CachedMetadata.renew updates age from Age header" {
     });
 
     try testing.expectEqual(42, meta.age_at_store);
+
+    meta.renew(.{
+        .url = "https://example.com",
+        .timestamp = 2000,
+        .headers = &.{.{ .name = "Age", .value = "18446744073709551615" }},
+    });
+
+    try testing.expectEqual(max_delta_seconds, meta.age_at_store);
 }
 
 test "Cache: CachedMetadata.renew updates cache_control" {