This cache timeout is pretty useless in practice.

folder_paths.py

@@ -184,8 +184,7 @@ def cached_filename_list_(folder_name):
     if folder_name not in filename_list_cache:
         return None
     out = filename_list_cache[folder_name]
-    if time.perf_counter() < (out[2] + 0.5):
+
-        return out
     for x in out[1]:
         time_modified = out[1][x]
         folder = x