chore: enable cache by default with 120s TTL (baserow#5463)

* chore: enable cache by default with 120s TTL

* chore: add changelog entry

Author: silvestrid

backend/src/baserow/config/settings/base.py

@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@
         "baserow.throttling.middleware.ConcurrentUserRequestsMiddleware",
     ]
 
-BASEROW_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS = int(os.getenv("BASEROW_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS", 0))
+BASEROW_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS = int(os.getenv("BASEROW_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS", 120))
 
 PUBLIC_VIEW_AUTHORIZATION_HEADER = "Baserow-View-Authorization"
 

changelog/entries/unreleased/feature/enables_caching_by_default_for_improved_performance.json

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+    "type": "feature",
+    "message": "Enables caching by default for improved performance",
+    "issue_origin": "github",
+    "issue_number": null,
+    "domain": "core",
+    "bullet_points": [],
+    "created_at": "2026-06-04"
+}