diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2ed5e948..68bafeb7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2501,6 +2501,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "sha2",
  "tracing",
+ "vrl",
  "web-time",
 ]
 
diff --git a/plugins/http_caching/Cargo.toml b/plugins/http_caching/Cargo.toml
index e5f4663c..efd12fad 100644
--- a/plugins/http_caching/Cargo.toml
+++ b/plugins/http_caching/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
+vrl = { workspace = true }
 conductor_common = { path = "../../libs/common" }
 conductor_cache = { path = "../../libs/cache" }
 reqwest = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/plugins/http_caching/src/plugin.rs b/plugins/http_caching/src/plugin.rs
index bf640575..61f0a4dc 100644
--- a/plugins/http_caching/src/plugin.rs
+++ b/plugins/http_caching/src/plugin.rs
@@ -1,28 +1,25 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use crate::config::HttpCachePluginConfig;
+use anyhow::anyhow;
 use conductor_cache::cache_manager::{CacheManager, CacheStoreProxy};
 use conductor_common::{
   execute::RequestExecutionContext,
   http::{ConductorHttpRequest, ConductorHttpResponse},
   plugin::{CreatablePlugin, Plugin, PluginError},
+  vrl_utils::{conductor_request_to_value, VrlProgramProxy},
 };
 use hex::encode as hex_encode;
 use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
+use vrl::value;
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct HttpCachingPlugin {
   config: HttpCachePluginConfig,
+  session_builder: Option<VrlProgramProxy>,
   store: Option<CacheStoreProxy<ConductorHttpResponse>>,
 }
 
 impl HttpCachingPlugin {
-  pub fn new(config: HttpCachePluginConfig) -> Self {
-    Self {
-      config,
-      store: None,
-    }
-  }
-
   fn generate_cache_key(request: &ConductorHttpRequest) -> String {
     let query_body = String::from_utf8_lossy(&request.body);
     format!("{}:{}", request.uri, query_body)
@@ -45,22 +42,110 @@ impl CreatablePlugin for HttpCachingPlugin {
   type Config = HttpCachePluginConfig;
 
   async fn create(config: Self::Config) -> Result<Box<Self>, PluginError> {
-    Ok(Box::new(Self::new(config)))
+    let session_builder = match &config.session_builder {
+      Some(condition) => match condition.program() {
+        Ok(program) => Some(program),
+        Err(e) => {
+          return Err(PluginError::InitError {
+            source: anyhow::anyhow!("vrl compiler error: {:?}", e),
+          })
+        }
+      },
+      None => None,
+    };
+
+    Ok(Box::new(Self {
+      config,
+      store: None,
+      session_builder,
+    }))
   }
 }
 
 impl HttpCachingPlugin {
-  fn build_session_from_request(&self, ctx: &RequestExecutionContext) -> Option<String> {
+  fn default_session_builder(ctx: &mut RequestExecutionContext) -> String {
+    "".to_string()
+  }
+
+  fn build_session_from_request(&self, ctx: &mut RequestExecutionContext) -> Option<String> {
+    if let Some(session_builder) = &self.session_builder {
+      let downstream_http_req = conductor_request_to_value(&ctx.downstream_http_request);
+
+      let maybe_session = match session_builder.resolve_with_state(
+        value::Value::Null,
+        value!({
+          downstream_http_req: downstream_http_req,
+        }),
+        ctx.vrl_shared_state(),
+      ) {
+        Ok(ret) => {
+          let t = match ret {
+            vrl::value::Value::Bytes(v) => String::from_utf8(v.to_vec()).ok(),
+            _ => {
+              tracing::error!("HttpCachingPlugin::vrl::session_builder must return a string, but returned a non-string value: {:?}, ignoring...", ret);
+
+              None
+            }
+          };
+
+          t
+        }
+        Err(err) => {
+          tracing::error!(
+            "HttpCachingPlugin::vrl::session_builder resolve error: {:?}, ignoring",
+            err
+          );
+
+          None
+        }
+      };
+
+      return maybe_session;
+    }
+
     None
   }
+
+  fn build_cache_key(ctx: &RequestExecutionContext, session_id: String) -> String {
+    sha256(
+      format!(
+        "{}|{}|{}|{}",
+        ctx
+          .downstream_graphql_request
+          .as_ref()
+          .map(|v| v.request.operation.clone())
+          .unwrap_or_default(),
+        ctx
+          .downstream_graphql_request
+          .as_ref()
+          .and_then(|v| v.request.operation_name.clone())
+          .unwrap_or_default(),
+        ctx
+          .downstream_graphql_request
+          .as_ref()
+          .map(|v| format!("{:?}", v.request.variables))
+          .unwrap_or_default(),
+        session_id
+      )
+      .as_bytes(),
+    )
+  }
 }
 
 #[async_trait::async_trait(?Send)]
 impl Plugin for HttpCachingPlugin {
   async fn on_downstream_http_request(&self, ctx: &mut RequestExecutionContext) {
     if let Some(store) = &self.store {
-      let session = self.build_session_from_request(ctx);
-      // ok
+      let session_id = self
+        .build_session_from_request(ctx)
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| Self::default_session_builder(ctx));
+      let cache_key = Self::build_cache_key(ctx, session_id);
+
+      if let Some(record) = store.get(&cache_key).await {
+        ctx.short_circuit(record);
+
+        return;
+      }
     } else {
       tracing::warn!(
         "Cache store '{}' is not configured correctly for http_caching plugin, plugin is skipped.",
@@ -70,7 +155,7 @@ impl Plugin for HttpCachingPlugin {
   }
 }
 
-fn generate_etag(body: &[u8]) -> String {
+fn sha256(body: &[u8]) -> String {
   let mut hasher = Sha256::new();
   hasher.update(body);
   let result = hasher.finalize();