diff --git a/src/State/Processor/CacheableDocumentationProcessor.php b/src/State/Processor/CacheableDocumentationProcessor.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6496b426e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/State/Processor/CacheableDocumentationProcessor.php
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the API Platform project.
+ *
+ * (c) Kévin Dunglas <dunglas@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ApiPlatform\State\Processor;
+
+use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Operation;
+use ApiPlatform\State\ProcessorInterface;
+use ApiPlatform\State\StopwatchAwareInterface;
+use ApiPlatform\State\StopwatchAwareTrait;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
+
+/**
+ * Adds an ETag and revalidating Cache-Control headers on the API documentation
+ * and entrypoint responses so clients can avoid re-downloading the (often large)
+ * payload when nothing changed.
+ *
+ * @template T1
+ * @template T2
+ *
+ * @implements ProcessorInterface<T1, T2>
+ */
+final class CacheableDocumentationProcessor implements ProcessorInterface, StopwatchAwareInterface
+{
+    use StopwatchAwareTrait;
+
+    /**
+     * @param ProcessorInterface<T1, T2> $decorated
+     */
+    public function __construct(private readonly ProcessorInterface $decorated)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public function process(mixed $data, Operation $operation, array $uriVariables = [], array $context = []): mixed
+    {
+        $response = $this->decorated->process($data, $operation, $uriVariables, $context);
+
+        if (!$response instanceof Response || 200 !== $response->getStatusCode()) {
+            return $response;
+        }
+
+        $content = $response->getContent();
+        if (false === $content || '' === $content) {
+            return $response;
+        }
+
+        $this->stopwatch?->start('api_platform.processor.cacheable_documentation');
+
+        $response->setEtag(md5($content));
+        $response->setPublic();
+        $response->setMaxAge(0);
+        $response->headers->addCacheControlDirective('must-revalidate');
+
+        if (($request = $context['request'] ?? null) instanceof Request) {
+            $response->isNotModified($request);
+        }
+
+        $this->stopwatch?->stop('api_platform.processor.cacheable_documentation');
+
+        return $response;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/State/Tests/Processor/CacheableDocumentationProcessorTest.php b/src/State/Tests/Processor/CacheableDocumentationProcessorTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64c28e068d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/State/Tests/Processor/CacheableDocumentationProcessorTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the API Platform project.
+ *
+ * (c) Kévin Dunglas <dunglas@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace ApiPlatform\State\Tests\Processor;
+
+use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Get;
+use ApiPlatform\State\Processor\CacheableDocumentationProcessor;
+use ApiPlatform\State\ProcessorInterface;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
+
+class CacheableDocumentationProcessorTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testItSetsEtagAndCacheHeadersOnResponse(): void
+    {
+        $body = '{"hello":"world"}';
+        $processor = new CacheableDocumentationProcessor($this->decoratedReturning(new Response($body)));
+
+        $response = $processor->process(new \stdClass(), new Get(), [], ['request' => new Request()]);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Response::class, $response);
+        $this->assertSame('"'.md5($body).'"', $response->getEtag());
+        $this->assertTrue($response->headers->hasCacheControlDirective('public'));
+        $this->assertTrue($response->headers->hasCacheControlDirective('must-revalidate'));
+        $this->assertSame(0, (int) $response->headers->getCacheControlDirective('max-age'));
+        $this->assertSame(200, $response->getStatusCode());
+    }
+
+    public function testItReturnsNotModifiedWhenIfNoneMatchHeaderMatches(): void
+    {
+        $body = '{"hello":"world"}';
+        $etag = '"'.md5($body).'"';
+        $request = new Request();
+        $request->headers->set('If-None-Match', $etag);
+        $processor = new CacheableDocumentationProcessor($this->decoratedReturning(new Response($body)));
+
+        $response = $processor->process(new \stdClass(), new Get(), [], ['request' => $request]);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Response::class, $response);
+        $this->assertSame(304, $response->getStatusCode());
+        $this->assertEmpty($response->getContent());
+        $this->assertSame($etag, $response->getEtag());
+    }
+
+    public function testItPassesThroughWhenDecoratedDoesNotReturnResponse(): void
+    {
+        $data = new \stdClass();
+        $processor = new CacheableDocumentationProcessor($this->decoratedReturning($data));
+
+        $this->assertSame($data, $processor->process($data, new Get(), [], ['request' => new Request()]));
+    }
+
+    public function testItDoesNothingForNonOkResponses(): void
+    {
+        $response = new Response('error', 500);
+        $processor = new CacheableDocumentationProcessor($this->decoratedReturning($response));
+
+        $result = $processor->process(new \stdClass(), new Get(), [], ['request' => new Request()]);
+
+        $this->assertSame($response, $result);
+        $this->assertNull($result->getEtag());
+    }
+
+    public function testItDoesNothingWhenResponseHasNoBody(): void
+    {
+        $response = new Response('');
+        $processor = new CacheableDocumentationProcessor($this->decoratedReturning($response));
+
+        $result = $processor->process(new \stdClass(), new Get(), [], ['request' => new Request()]);
+
+        $this->assertSame($response, $result);
+        $this->assertNull($result->getEtag());
+    }
+
+    public function testItStillSetsHeadersWhenRequestIsAbsent(): void
+    {
+        $body = 'payload';
+        $processor = new CacheableDocumentationProcessor($this->decoratedReturning(new Response($body)));
+
+        $response = $processor->process(new \stdClass(), new Get(), [], []);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Response::class, $response);
+        $this->assertSame('"'.md5($body).'"', $response->getEtag());
+        $this->assertSame(200, $response->getStatusCode());
+    }
+
+    private function decoratedReturning(mixed $value): ProcessorInterface
+    {
+        $decorated = $this->createStub(ProcessorInterface::class);
+        $decorated->method('process')->willReturn($value);
+
+        return $decorated;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/Resources/config/symfony/events.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/Resources/config/symfony/events.php
index c8c2c833e7..2a464991af 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/Resources/config/symfony/events.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/Resources/config/symfony/events.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 namespace Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Loader\Configurator;
 
 use ApiPlatform\State\Processor\AddLinkHeaderProcessor;
+use ApiPlatform\State\Processor\CacheableDocumentationProcessor;
 use ApiPlatform\State\Processor\RespondProcessor;
 use ApiPlatform\State\Processor\SerializeProcessor;
 use ApiPlatform\State\Processor\WriteProcessor;
@@ -145,6 +146,10 @@
 
     $services->alias('api_platform.state_processor.documentation', 'api_platform.state_processor.respond');
 
+    $services->set('api_platform.state_processor.documentation.cache', CacheableDocumentationProcessor::class)
+        ->decorate('api_platform.state_processor.documentation', null, 300)
+        ->args([service('api_platform.state_processor.documentation.cache.inner')]);
+
     $services->set('api_platform.state_processor.documentation.serialize', SerializeProcessor::class)
         ->decorate('api_platform.state_processor.documentation', null, 200)
         ->args([