Greg Boggs Seeks Fix for Drupal Easy Breadcrumb Cache Bug Impacting 86,000+ Sites

Greg Boggs, Senior Development Analyst at Multnomah County Library, has appealed to the Drupal community to address a critical bug in the Easy Breadcrumb module that currently impacts over 86,000 sites.

Default settings in Easy Breadcrumb add `url.path` to the breadcrumb cache context, causing every unique 404 page to generate its own entry in the `cache_dynamic_page_cache` table. This behavior leads to database bloat and can degrade performance on high-traffic sites.

Easy Breadcrumb is widely used to enhance site navigation, but its current caching approach creates scaling challenges for administrators relying on dynamic page caching. Resolving this issue will help maintain optimal performance across a large number of Drupal installations.

Greg is seeking a clear fix and a merge request to implement it. He has shared reproduction steps and detailed analysis of the problem, while also pointing to a related core issue that deals with cache contexts and HTTP status-code handling.

Developers with expertise in Drupal’s caching system are invited to contribute to the discussion and propose a patch. For more information or to join the effort, visit Issue #3516169 at https://www.drupal.org/project/easy_breadcrumb/issues/3516169.