api: increase stale seconds to 7 days. #21262
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This increases the time when we will update from the API even if we're not in a command that needs auto-updates e.g. `brew services`. We might make this higher still in future as this could technically be indefinite.
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This PR increases the default API staleness threshold from 1 day to 7 days, reducing the frequency of API updates in non-auto-update commands like brew services. This change helps minimize unnecessary API fetches while still keeping the data reasonably fresh.
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DEFAULT_API_STALE_SECONDSfrom 86400 (1 day) to 604800 (7 days)
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This increases the time when we will update from the API even if we're not in a command that needs auto-updates e.g.
brew services.We might make this higher still in future as this could technically be indefinite.
Fixes #21201