diff --git a/common/utils/hash.go b/common/utils/hash.go
index 38ba15b49..6957e2c3e 100644
--- a/common/utils/hash.go
+++ b/common/utils/hash.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package utils
 import (
 	"crypto/md5"
 	"encoding/hex"
+	"errors"
 )
 
 // HashType warps hash array inside struct
@@ -15,14 +16,6 @@ func MakeHash(data []byte) HashType {
 	return HashType{md5.Sum(data)}
 }
 
-func MakeHashFromBytes(hashBytes []byte) (h HashType) {
-	if len(hashBytes) != md5.Size {
-		return
-	}
-	copy(h.md5[:], hashBytes)
-	return
-}
-
 func (h HashType) Equal(hash HashType) bool {
 	return h.md5 == hash.md5
 }
@@ -35,6 +28,30 @@ func (h HashType) String() string {
 	return hex.EncodeToString(h.Bytes())
 }
 
+func (h HashType) MarshalText() ([]byte, error) {
+	return []byte(h.String()), nil
+}
+
+func (h *HashType) UnmarshalText(data []byte) error {
+	if hex.DecodedLen(len(data)) != md5.Size {
+		return errors.New("invalid hash length")
+	}
+	_, err := hex.Decode(h.md5[:], data)
+	return err
+}
+
+func (h HashType) MarshalBinary() ([]byte, error) {
+	return h.md5[:], nil
+}
+
+func (h *HashType) UnmarshalBinary(data []byte) error {
+	if len(data) != md5.Size {
+		return errors.New("invalid hash length")
+	}
+	copy(h.md5[:], data)
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (h HashType) Len() int {
 	return len(h.md5)
 }
diff --git a/component/profile/cachefile/cache.go b/component/profile/cachefile/cache.go
index 6a9180417..f5101f5bb 100644
--- a/component/profile/cachefile/cache.go
+++ b/component/profile/cachefile/cache.go
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 package cachefile
 
 import (
-	"math"
 	"os"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/metacubex/mihomo/common/utils"
 	"github.com/metacubex/mihomo/component/profile"
 	C "github.com/metacubex/mihomo/constant"
 	"github.com/metacubex/mihomo/log"
@@ -72,58 +70,6 @@ func (c *CacheFile) SelectedMap() map[string]string {
 	return mapping
 }
 
-func (c *CacheFile) SetETagWithHash(url string, hash utils.HashType, etag string) {
-	if c.DB == nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	lenHash := hash.Len()
-	if lenHash > math.MaxUint8 {
-		return // maybe panic is better
-	}
-
-	data := make([]byte, 1, 1+lenHash+len(etag))
-	data[0] = uint8(lenHash)
-	data = append(data, hash.Bytes()...)
-	data = append(data, etag...)
-
-	err := c.DB.Batch(func(t *bbolt.Tx) error {
-		bucket, err := t.CreateBucketIfNotExists(bucketETag)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		return bucket.Put([]byte(url), data)
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Warnln("[CacheFile] write cache to %s failed: %s", c.DB.Path(), err.Error())
-		return
-	}
-}
-func (c *CacheFile) GetETagWithHash(key string) (hash utils.HashType, etag string) {
-	if c.DB == nil {
-		return
-	}
-	c.DB.View(func(t *bbolt.Tx) error {
-		if bucket := t.Bucket(bucketETag); bucket != nil {
-			if v := bucket.Get([]byte(key)); v != nil {
-				if len(v) == 0 {
-					return nil
-				}
-				lenHash := int(v[0])
-				if len(v) < 1+lenHash {
-					return nil
-				}
-				hash = utils.MakeHashFromBytes(v[1 : 1+lenHash])
-				etag = string(v[1+lenHash:])
-			}
-		}
-		return nil
-	})
-
-	return
-}
-
 func (c *CacheFile) Close() error {
 	return c.DB.Close()
 }
diff --git a/component/profile/cachefile/etag.go b/component/profile/cachefile/etag.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..028fe5043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/component/profile/cachefile/etag.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package cachefile
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/metacubex/mihomo/common/utils"
+	"github.com/metacubex/mihomo/log"
+
+	"github.com/metacubex/bbolt"
+	"github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5"
+)
+
+type EtagWithHash struct {
+	Hash utils.HashType
+	ETag string
+	Time time.Time
+}
+
+func (c *CacheFile) SetETagWithHash(url string, etagWithHash EtagWithHash) {
+	if c.DB == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	data, err := msgpack.Marshal(etagWithHash)
+	if err != nil {
+		return // maybe panic is better
+	}
+
+	err = c.DB.Batch(func(t *bbolt.Tx) error {
+		bucket, err := t.CreateBucketIfNotExists(bucketETag)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		return bucket.Put([]byte(url), data)
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Warnln("[CacheFile] write cache to %s failed: %s", c.DB.Path(), err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+}
+func (c *CacheFile) GetETagWithHash(key string) (etagWithHash EtagWithHash) {
+	if c.DB == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	c.DB.View(func(t *bbolt.Tx) error {
+		if bucket := t.Bucket(bucketETag); bucket != nil {
+			if v := bucket.Get([]byte(key)); v != nil {
+				if err := msgpack.Unmarshal(v, &etagWithHash); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+
+	return
+}
diff --git a/component/resource/vehicle.go b/component/resource/vehicle.go
index b24adfa95..a9382329f 100644
--- a/component/resource/vehicle.go
+++ b/component/resource/vehicle.go
@@ -117,14 +117,14 @@ func (h *HTTPVehicle) Read(ctx context.Context, oldHash utils.HashType) (buf []b
 	header := h.header
 	setIfNoneMatch := false
 	if etag && oldHash.IsValid() {
-		hashBytes, etag := cachefile.Cache().GetETagWithHash(h.url)
-		if oldHash.Equal(hashBytes) && etag != "" {
+		etagWithHash := cachefile.Cache().GetETagWithHash(h.url)
+		if oldHash.Equal(etagWithHash.Hash) && etagWithHash.ETag != "" {
 			if header == nil {
 				header = http.Header{}
 			} else {
 				header = header.Clone()
 			}
-			header.Set("If-None-Match", etag)
+			header.Set("If-None-Match", etagWithHash.ETag)
 			setIfNoneMatch = true
 		}
 	}
@@ -146,7 +146,11 @@ func (h *HTTPVehicle) Read(ctx context.Context, oldHash utils.HashType) (buf []b
 	}
 	hash = utils.MakeHash(buf)
 	if etag {
-		cachefile.Cache().SetETagWithHash(h.url, hash, resp.Header.Get("ETag"))
+		cachefile.Cache().SetETagWithHash(h.url, cachefile.EtagWithHash{
+			Hash: hash,
+			ETag: resp.Header.Get("ETag"),
+			Time: time.Now(),
+		})
 	}
 	return
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e3eeb456b..c1a8fab35 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3 v3.24.5
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
+	github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.4.1
 	github.com/wk8/go-ordered-map/v2 v2.1.8
 	gitlab.com/go-extension/aes-ccm v0.0.0-20230221065045-e58665ef23c7
 	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.3
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.6.1 // indirect
 	github.com/u-root/uio v0.0.0-20230220225925-ffce2a382923 // indirect
 	github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.4 // indirect
+	github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.4 // indirect
 	gitlab.com/yawning/bsaes.git v0.0.0-20190805113838-0a714cd429ec // indirect
 	go.uber.org/mock v0.4.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e1f5490d5..001e76af4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -210,6 +210,10 @@ github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20191106174202-0a2b9b5464df/go.mod h1:JP3t17
 github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20210104183010-2eb08e3e575f/go.mod h1:DD4vA1DwXk04H54A1oHXtwZmA0grkVMdPxx/VGLCah0=
 github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.4 h1:Oeaw1EM2JMxD51g9uhtC0D7erkIjgmj8+JZc26m1YX8=
 github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.4/go.mod h1:SpkAiCQRtJ6TvvxPnOSyH3BMl6unz3xZlaprSwhNNJM=
+github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.4.1 h1:cQriyiUvjTwOHg8QZaPihLWeRAAVoCpE00IUPn0Bjt8=
+github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.4.1/go.mod h1:GaZTsDaehaPpQVyxrf5mtQlH+pc21PIudVV/E3rRQok=
+github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser/v2 v2.0.0 h1:y09buUbR+b5aycVFQs/g70pqKVZNBmxwAhO7/IwNM9g=
+github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:Wri+At7QHww0WTrCBeu4J6bNtoV6mEfg5OIWRZA9qds=
 github.com/wk8/go-ordered-map/v2 v2.1.8 h1:5h/BUHu93oj4gIdvHHHGsScSTMijfx5PeYkE/fJgbpc=
 github.com/wk8/go-ordered-map/v2 v2.1.8/go.mod h1:5nJHM5DyteebpVlHnWMV0rPz6Zp7+xBAnxjb1X5vnTw=
 github.com/yusufpapurcu/wmi v1.2.4 h1:zFUKzehAFReQwLys1b/iSMl+JQGSCSjtVqQn9bBrPo0=