At the risk of sounding repetitive, cache invalidation is routinely seen, thanks to a now-immortal statement from Phil Karlton, as one of computer science's two most difficult things.
And it's true: due to the difficult nature of maintaining real-time, up-to-date cache coherency, cache invalidation is a challenge. It's one we've been working on for just about as long as Varnish has existed.
To delve further into how exactly the different components of cache invalidation work with Varnish, here's an excerpt from the Varnish Wiki on this very subject.
As usual, I'd like to remind you that the Wiki isn't just ours - it's also yours. I encourage you not only to take a look at it but also to contribute to it based on your own Varnish experience.
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