diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/AbstractPlayerFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/AbstractPlayerFragment.kt
index 17a90da9..f43f0c67 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/AbstractPlayerFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/AbstractPlayerFragment.kt
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ abstract class AbstractPlayerFragment(
         throw NotImplementedError()
     }
 
+    open fun playerStatusChanged(){
+        throw NotImplementedError()
+    }
+
     open fun playerDimensionsLoaded(width: Int, height: Int) {
         throw NotImplementedError()
     }
@@ -431,6 +435,7 @@ abstract class AbstractPlayerFragment(
 
             is StatusEvent -> {
                 updateIsPlaying(wasPlaying = event.wasPlaying, isPlaying = event.isPlaying)
+                playerStatusChanged()
             }
 
             is PositionEvent -> {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/GeneratorPlayer.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/GeneratorPlayer.kt
index 0a626471..3a2e46fa 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/GeneratorPlayer.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/GeneratorPlayer.kt
@@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ class GeneratorPlayer : FullScreenPlayer() {
         }
     }
 
+    override fun playerStatusChanged() {
+        if(player.getIsPlaying()){
+            viewModel.clearCache = false
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun noSubtitles(): Boolean {
         return setSubtitles(null)
     }
@@ -913,10 +919,15 @@ class GeneratorPlayer : FullScreenPlayer() {
 
     override fun playerError(exception: Throwable) {
         Log.i(TAG, "playerError = $currentSelectedLink")
+        if(!hasNextMirror()){
+            viewModel.clearCache = true
+        }
         super.playerError(exception)
     }
 
     private fun noLinksFound() {
+        viewModel.clearCache = true
+
         showToast(R.string.no_links_found_toast, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
         activity?.popCurrentPage()
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/PlayerGeneratorViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/PlayerGeneratorViewModel.kt
index 3179cb9f..1bf7fa19 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/PlayerGeneratorViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/PlayerGeneratorViewModel.kt
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ class PlayerGeneratorViewModel : ViewModel() {
      */
     private var currentLoadingEpisodeId: Int? = null
 
+    var clearCache = false
+
     fun setSubtitleYear(year: Int?) {
         _currentSubtitleYear.postValue(year)
     }
@@ -168,7 +170,7 @@ class PlayerGeneratorViewModel : ViewModel() {
         }
     }
 
-    fun loadLinks(clearCache: Boolean = false, type: LoadType = LoadType.InApp) {
+    fun loadLinks(type: LoadType = LoadType.InApp) {
         Log.i(TAG, "loadLinks")
         currentJob?.cancel()
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/PlayerSubtitleHelper.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/PlayerSubtitleHelper.kt
index 25d7e3dd..8b78f799 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/PlayerSubtitleHelper.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/PlayerSubtitleHelper.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import android.view.ViewGroup
 import android.widget.FrameLayout
 import androidx.media3.common.MimeTypes
 import androidx.media3.ui.SubtitleView
+import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.APIHolder
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.SubtitleFile
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.ui.player.CustomDecoder.Companion.regexSubtitlesToRemoveBloat
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.ui.player.CustomDecoder.Companion.regexSubtitlesToRemoveCaptions
@@ -38,7 +39,8 @@ data class SubtitleData(
     val origin: SubtitleOrigin,
     val mimeType: String,
     val headers: Map<String, String>,
-    val languageCode: String?
+    val languageCode: String?,
+    val createdTime: Long = APIHolder.unixTime
 ) {
     /** Internal ID for exoplayer, unique for each link*/
     fun getId(): String {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/RepoLinkGenerator.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/RepoLinkGenerator.kt
index 5626e9a0..67c234e5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/RepoLinkGenerator.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/RepoLinkGenerator.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.lagradost.cloudstream3.ui.player
 
 import android.util.Log
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.APIHolder.getApiFromNameNull
+import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.APIHolder.unixTime
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.LoadResponse
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.ui.APIRepository
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.ui.result.ResultEpisode
@@ -89,6 +90,14 @@ class RepoLinkGenerator(
         val currentSubsUrls = mutableSetOf<String>()    // makes all subs urls unique
         val currentSubsNames = mutableSetOf<String>()   // makes all subs names unique
 
+        val invalidateCache = currentLinkCache.size - currentLinkCache.filter { link -> unixTime-link.createdTime < 60 * 20  }.size !=0 // 20 minutes
+        if(invalidateCache)
+            currentLinkCache.clear()
+
+        val invalidateSubtitleCache = currentSubsCache.size - currentSubsCache.filter { link -> unixTime-link.createdTime < 60 * 20 }.size !=0 // 20 minutes
+        if(invalidateSubtitleCache)
+            currentSubsCache.clear()
+
         currentLinkCache.filter { allowedTypes.contains(it.type) }.forEach { link ->
             currentLinks.add(link.url)
             callback(link to null)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/utils/ExtractorApi.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/utils/ExtractorApi.kt
index 1ae1b9b5..786a5668 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/utils/ExtractorApi.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/utils/ExtractorApi.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils
 
 import android.net.Uri
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore
+import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.APIHolder
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.SubtitleFile
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.TvType
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.USER_AGENT
@@ -394,6 +395,7 @@ open class ExtractorLink constructor(
     /** Used for getExtractorVerifierJob() */
     open val extractorData: String? = null,
     open val type: ExtractorLinkType,
+    open val createdTime: Long = APIHolder.unixTime
 ) : VideoDownloadManager.IDownloadableMinimum {
     val isM3u8 : Boolean get() = type == ExtractorLinkType.M3U8
     val isDash : Boolean get() = type == ExtractorLinkType.DASH