From d10ee1d686b9c2e85505a7d99a3981303c15e0ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ztimson <zaktimson@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 17:31:50 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Auto caching

---
 package.json   |  2 +-
 src/manager.js | 10 ----------
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 20e4b1e..5670a68 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@ztimson/zim-utils",
-	"version": "0.2.1",
+	"version": "0.2.2",
 	"description": "Native, dependency-light ZIM archive reader/searcher and Kiwix catalog downloader for Node.js",
 	"author": "Zak Timson",
 	"license": "MIT",
diff --git a/src/manager.js b/src/manager.js
index e06e505..abfc02a 100644
--- a/src/manager.js
+++ b/src/manager.js
@@ -160,16 +160,6 @@ export class ZimManager {
 
 	/** Opens a fresh `ZimReader` for a local ZIM, resolved by file path or catalog `name`. Caller must `.close()` it. */
 	async open(fileOrName) {
-		await this.#ensureDir();
-		const file = await this.#resolveFile(fileOrName);
-		return new ZimReader(file, {clusterTTL: this.#clusterTTL}).open();
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Returns a cached, persistently-open `ZimReader` for serving requests — avoids
-	 * re-opening the file per request. Idle-evicted after `readerTTL` ms of no use.
-	 */
-	async getCached(fileOrName) {
 		await this.#ensureDir();
 		const file = await this.#resolveFile(fileOrName);
 		let entry = this.#readers.get(file);