The present disclosure relates to processing operations that enable use of cache memory for content validation and error remediation of content. Functionality of the cache is extended to enable interfacing between a cache and a validation component, which is configured to validate data read directly from the cache. Corrupted content may be updated and propagated to a permanent data store associated with an application/service, system, etc. Use of the cache may be optimal for targeting recent and/or heavily accessed content as well as a means for offloading data processing operations from a permanent data storage. Examples described herein extend to those in which data associated with an electronic file is already stored in cache memory as well as those in which update occurs directly to a permanent data storage and subsequently forwarded for validation processing.