Make Next.js image responses respect generateEtags by enforcing cache headers

Make Next.js image responses respect generateEtags by enforcing cache headers targets a $3.6B = 600,000 web-focused companies × $6,000 ACV for web performance and image optimization tooling total addressable market with medium saturation and a year-over-year growth rate of 12% annual growth — driven by edge adoption and web performance investments (industry reports on CDN and edge market growth).

Key trends driving demand: Edge-first architectures are becoming standard — this creates demand for consistent header enforcement at the edge because origin assumptions no longer hold.; Framework-level optimizations (Next.js image optimizer) are widely adopted — this concentrates potential customers and makes framework-aware tools valuable.; Developer experience and automation are prioritized — teams prefer single-line middleware or plugins that fix platform mismatches without deep infra changes..