diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index c0129c6..0948865 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ REDIS_REQUIRED=false
 REDIS_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MS=5000
 REDIS_STARTUP_RETRIES=10
 
+# Cache
+CACHE_KEY_PREFIX=friendolls
+CACHE_DEFAULT_TTL_SECONDS=60
+CACHE_MAX_TTL_SECONDS=86400
+CACHE_METRICS_LOG_INTERVAL_MS=60000
+
 # JWT Configuration
 JWT_SECRET=replace-with-strong-random-secret
 JWT_ISSUER=friendolls
@@ -24,6 +30,10 @@ AUTH_CLEANUP_ENABLED=true
 AUTH_CLEANUP_INTERVAL_MS=900000
 AUTH_SESSION_REVOKED_RETENTION_DAYS=7
 
+# Rate limiting
+THROTTLE_TTL=1000
+THROTTLE_LIMIT=5
+
 # Google OAuth
 GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID="replace-with-google-client-id"
 GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET="replace-with-google-client-secret"
diff --git a/src/app.module.ts b/src/app.module.ts
index 2f66ac4..4626f2c 100644
--- a/src/app.module.ts
+++ b/src/app.module.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { EventEmitterModule } from '@nestjs/event-emitter';
 import { ThrottlerGuard, ThrottlerModule } from '@nestjs/throttler';
 import { AppController } from './app.controller';
 import { AppService } from './app.service';
+import { CacheModule, RedisThrottlerStorage } from './common/cache';
 import { UsersModule } from './users/users.module';
 import { AuthModule } from './auth/auth.module';
 import { DatabaseModule } from './database/database.module';
@@ -12,7 +13,10 @@ import { RedisModule } from './database/redis.module';
 import { WsModule } from './ws/ws.module';
 import { FriendsModule } from './friends/friends.module';
 import { DollsModule } from './dolls/dolls.module';
-import { parseRedisRequired } from './common/config/env.utils';
+import {
+  parsePositiveInteger,
+  parseRedisRequired,
+} from './common/config/env.utils';
 
 /**
  * Validates required environment variables.
@@ -117,15 +121,33 @@ function validateOptionalProvider(
       envFilePath: '.env',
       validate: validateEnvironment,
     }),
+    CacheModule,
     ThrottlerModule.forRootAsync({
-      imports: [ConfigModule],
-      inject: [ConfigService],
-      useFactory: (config: ConfigService) => [
-        {
-          ttl: config.get('THROTTLE_TTL', 1000),
-          limit: config.get('THROTTLE_LIMIT', 5),
-        },
-      ],
+      imports: [ConfigModule, CacheModule],
+      inject: [ConfigService, RedisThrottlerStorage],
+      useFactory: (
+        config: ConfigService,
+        redisThrottlerStorage: RedisThrottlerStorage,
+      ) => {
+        const ttl = parsePositiveInteger(
+          config.get<string>('THROTTLE_TTL'),
+          1000,
+        );
+        const limit = parsePositiveInteger(
+          config.get<string>('THROTTLE_LIMIT'),
+          5,
+        );
+
+        return {
+          storage: redisThrottlerStorage,
+          throttlers: [
+            {
+              ttl,
+              limit,
+            },
+          ],
+        };
+      },
     }),
     EventEmitterModule.forRoot(),
     DatabaseModule,
diff --git a/src/common/cache/cache.module.ts b/src/common/cache/cache.module.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53ed337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/cache/cache.module.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { Global, Module } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { RedisModule } from '../../database/redis.module';
+import { CacheService } from './cache.service';
+import { RedisThrottlerStorage } from './redis-throttler.storage';
+
+@Global()
+@Module({
+  imports: [RedisModule],
+  providers: [CacheService, RedisThrottlerStorage],
+  exports: [CacheService, RedisThrottlerStorage],
+})
+export class CacheModule {}
diff --git a/src/common/cache/cache.service.ts b/src/common/cache/cache.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d4de209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/cache/cache.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+import { Inject, Injectable, Logger, OnModuleDestroy } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { ConfigService } from '@nestjs/config';
+import Redis from 'ioredis';
+import { REDIS_CLIENT } from '../../database/redis.module';
+import { parsePositiveInteger } from '../config/env.utils';
+
+const DEFAULT_CACHE_KEY_PREFIX = 'friendolls';
+const DEFAULT_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS = 60;
+const DEFAULT_CACHE_MAX_TTL_SECONDS = 86_400;
+const DEFAULT_CACHE_METRICS_LOG_INTERVAL_MS = 60_000;
+
+@Injectable()
+export class CacheService implements OnModuleDestroy {
+  private readonly logger = new Logger(CacheService.name);
+  private readonly keyPrefix: string;
+  private readonly defaultTtlSeconds: number;
+  private readonly maxTtlSeconds: number;
+  private readonly metricsLogIntervalMs: number;
+
+  private readonly metrics = {
+    getHits: 0,
+    getMisses: 0,
+    sets: 0,
+    deletes: 0,
+    errors: 0,
+    unavailable: 0,
+  };
+
+  private metricsTimer: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
+
+  constructor(
+    private readonly configService: ConfigService,
+    @Inject(REDIS_CLIENT) private readonly redisClient: Redis | null,
+  ) {
+    this.keyPrefix =
+      this.configService.get<string>('CACHE_KEY_PREFIX') ||
+      DEFAULT_CACHE_KEY_PREFIX;
+    this.defaultTtlSeconds = parsePositiveInteger(
+      this.configService.get<string>('CACHE_DEFAULT_TTL_SECONDS'),
+      DEFAULT_CACHE_TTL_SECONDS,
+    );
+    this.maxTtlSeconds = parsePositiveInteger(
+      this.configService.get<string>('CACHE_MAX_TTL_SECONDS'),
+      DEFAULT_CACHE_MAX_TTL_SECONDS,
+    );
+    this.metricsLogIntervalMs = parsePositiveInteger(
+      this.configService.get<string>('CACHE_METRICS_LOG_INTERVAL_MS'),
+      DEFAULT_CACHE_METRICS_LOG_INTERVAL_MS,
+    );
+
+    if (this.metricsLogIntervalMs > 0) {
+      this.metricsTimer = setInterval(() => {
+        this.flushMetrics();
+      }, this.metricsLogIntervalMs);
+      this.metricsTimer.unref();
+    }
+  }
+
+  onModuleDestroy(): void {
+    if (this.metricsTimer) {
+      clearInterval(this.metricsTimer);
+      this.metricsTimer = null;
+    }
+
+    this.flushMetrics();
+  }
+
+  getNamespacedKey(namespace: string, key: string): string {
+    return `${this.keyPrefix}:${namespace}:${key}`;
+  }
+
+  resolveTtlSeconds(ttlSeconds?: number): number {
+    if (ttlSeconds === undefined) {
+      return this.defaultTtlSeconds;
+    }
+
+    if (!Number.isFinite(ttlSeconds) || ttlSeconds <= 0) {
+      return this.defaultTtlSeconds;
+    }
+
+    return Math.min(Math.floor(ttlSeconds), this.maxTtlSeconds);
+  }
+
+  async get(key: string): Promise<string | null> {
+    if (!this.redisClient) {
+      this.metrics.unavailable += 1;
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const value = await this.redisClient.get(key);
+      if (value === null) {
+        this.metrics.getMisses += 1;
+      } else {
+        this.metrics.getHits += 1;
+      }
+      return value;
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.metrics.errors += 1;
+      this.logger.warn(`Cache get failed for key ${key}`, error as Error);
+      return null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  async set(key: string, value: string, ttlSeconds?: number): Promise<boolean> {
+    if (!this.redisClient) {
+      this.metrics.unavailable += 1;
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const ttl = this.resolveTtlSeconds(ttlSeconds);
+      await this.redisClient.set(key, value, 'EX', ttl);
+      this.metrics.sets += 1;
+      return true;
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.metrics.errors += 1;
+      this.logger.warn(`Cache set failed for key ${key}`, error as Error);
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  async del(key: string): Promise<boolean> {
+    if (!this.redisClient) {
+      this.metrics.unavailable += 1;
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      await this.redisClient.del(key);
+      this.metrics.deletes += 1;
+      return true;
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.metrics.errors += 1;
+      this.logger.warn(`Cache delete failed for key ${key}`, error as Error);
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  getRedisClient(): Redis | null {
+    return this.redisClient;
+  }
+
+  recordError(operation: string, key: string, error: unknown): void {
+    this.metrics.errors += 1;
+    this.logger.warn(
+      `Cache ${operation} failed for key ${key}`,
+      error as Error,
+    );
+  }
+
+  recordUnavailable(): void {
+    this.metrics.unavailable += 1;
+  }
+
+  private flushMetrics(): void {
+    const totalReads = this.metrics.getHits + this.metrics.getMisses;
+
+    if (
+      totalReads === 0 &&
+      this.metrics.sets === 0 &&
+      this.metrics.deletes === 0 &&
+      this.metrics.errors === 0 &&
+      this.metrics.unavailable === 0
+    ) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const hitRate =
+      totalReads === 0
+        ? '0.00'
+        : ((this.metrics.getHits / totalReads) * 100).toFixed(2);
+
+    this.logger.log(
+      `metrics reads=${totalReads} hits=${this.metrics.getHits} misses=${this.metrics.getMisses} hitRate=${hitRate}% sets=${this.metrics.sets} deletes=${this.metrics.deletes} errors=${this.metrics.errors} unavailable=${this.metrics.unavailable}`,
+    );
+
+    this.metrics.getHits = 0;
+    this.metrics.getMisses = 0;
+    this.metrics.sets = 0;
+    this.metrics.deletes = 0;
+    this.metrics.errors = 0;
+    this.metrics.unavailable = 0;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/common/cache/index.ts b/src/common/cache/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eeb7604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/cache/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export { CacheModule } from './cache.module';
+export { CacheService } from './cache.service';
+export { RedisThrottlerStorage } from './redis-throttler.storage';
diff --git a/src/common/cache/redis-throttler.storage.ts b/src/common/cache/redis-throttler.storage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cceb247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/cache/redis-throttler.storage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { ThrottlerStorage } from '@nestjs/throttler';
+import { CacheService } from './cache.service';
+
+interface RedisThrottlerStorageRecord {
+  totalHits: number;
+  timeToExpire: number;
+  isBlocked: boolean;
+  timeToBlockExpire: number;
+}
+
+@Injectable()
+export class RedisThrottlerStorage implements ThrottlerStorage {
+  private static readonly IN_MEMORY_CLEANUP_INTERVAL = 500;
+  private readonly inMemoryStorage = new Map<
+    string,
+    { totalHits: number; expiresAt: number; blockExpiresAt: number }
+  >();
+  private inMemoryOperationCount = 0;
+
+  constructor(private readonly cacheService: CacheService) {}
+
+  async increment(
+    key: string,
+    ttl: number,
+    limit: number,
+    blockDuration: number,
+    throttlerName: string,
+  ): Promise<RedisThrottlerStorageRecord> {
+    const safeLimit = Math.max(0, Math.floor(limit));
+    const ttlMilliseconds = this.normalizeDurationMs(ttl);
+    const blockDurationMilliseconds = this.normalizeDurationMs(blockDuration);
+    const counterKey = this.cacheService.getNamespacedKey(
+      'throttle:counter',
+      `${throttlerName}:${key}`,
+    );
+    const blockKey = this.cacheService.getNamespacedKey(
+      'throttle:block',
+      `${throttlerName}:${key}`,
+    );
+
+    const redisClient = this.cacheService.getRedisClient();
+    if (!redisClient) {
+      this.cacheService.recordUnavailable();
+      return this.incrementInMemory(
+        counterKey,
+        ttlMilliseconds,
+        safeLimit,
+        blockDurationMilliseconds,
+      );
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const initialized = await redisClient.set(
+        counterKey,
+        '1',
+        'PX',
+        ttlMilliseconds,
+        'NX',
+      );
+
+      if (initialized === 'OK') {
+        const existingBlockTtlRemainingMs = await redisClient.pttl(blockKey);
+        return {
+          totalHits: 1,
+          timeToExpire: Math.ceil(ttlMilliseconds / 1000),
+          isBlocked: existingBlockTtlRemainingMs > 0,
+          timeToBlockExpire:
+            existingBlockTtlRemainingMs > 0
+              ? this.toSecondsFromPttl(
+                  existingBlockTtlRemainingMs,
+                  blockDurationMilliseconds,
+                )
+              : 0,
+        };
+      }
+
+      const [
+        existingBlockTtlRemainingMs,
+        ttlRemainingBeforeHitMs,
+        currentCount,
+      ] = await Promise.all([
+        redisClient.pttl(blockKey),
+        redisClient.pttl(counterKey),
+        redisClient.get(counterKey),
+      ]);
+
+      if (existingBlockTtlRemainingMs > 0) {
+        const totalHits = Number(currentCount ?? '0');
+        return {
+          totalHits: Number.isFinite(totalHits) ? totalHits : 0,
+          timeToExpire: this.toSecondsFromPttl(
+            ttlRemainingBeforeHitMs,
+            ttlMilliseconds,
+          ),
+          isBlocked: true,
+          timeToBlockExpire: this.toSecondsFromPttl(
+            existingBlockTtlRemainingMs,
+            blockDurationMilliseconds,
+          ),
+        };
+      }
+
+      const count = await redisClient.incr(counterKey);
+      if (count === 1) {
+        await redisClient.pexpire(counterKey, ttlMilliseconds);
+      }
+
+      const [ttlRemainingMs, blockTtlRemainingMs] = await Promise.all([
+        redisClient.pttl(counterKey),
+        redisClient.pttl(blockKey),
+      ]);
+
+      let isBlocked = blockTtlRemainingMs > 0;
+
+      if (!isBlocked && safeLimit > 0 && count > safeLimit) {
+        await redisClient.set(blockKey, '1', 'PX', blockDurationMilliseconds);
+        isBlocked = true;
+      }
+
+      const refreshedBlockTtlRemainingMs = isBlocked
+        ? await redisClient.pttl(blockKey)
+        : -1;
+
+      return {
+        totalHits: count,
+        timeToExpire: this.toSecondsFromPttl(ttlRemainingMs, ttlMilliseconds),
+        isBlocked,
+        timeToBlockExpire: isBlocked
+          ? this.toSecondsFromPttl(
+              refreshedBlockTtlRemainingMs,
+              blockDurationMilliseconds,
+            )
+          : 0,
+      };
+    } catch (error) {
+      this.cacheService.recordError('throttler increment', counterKey, error);
+
+      return this.incrementInMemory(
+        counterKey,
+        ttlMilliseconds,
+        safeLimit,
+        blockDurationMilliseconds,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  private incrementInMemory(
+    key: string,
+    ttlMilliseconds: number,
+    limit: number,
+    blockDurationMilliseconds: number,
+  ): RedisThrottlerStorageRecord {
+    const now = Date.now();
+    this.inMemoryOperationCount += 1;
+    if (
+      this.inMemoryOperationCount %
+        RedisThrottlerStorage.IN_MEMORY_CLEANUP_INTERVAL ===
+      0
+    ) {
+      this.cleanupExpiredInMemory(now);
+    }
+
+    const existing = this.inMemoryStorage.get(key);
+
+    if (existing && existing.blockExpiresAt > now) {
+      return {
+        totalHits: existing.totalHits,
+        timeToExpire: Math.max(1, Math.ceil((existing.expiresAt - now) / 1000)),
+        isBlocked: true,
+        timeToBlockExpire: Math.max(
+          1,
+          Math.ceil((existing.blockExpiresAt - now) / 1000),
+        ),
+      };
+    }
+
+    let totalHits = 1;
+    let expiresAt = now + ttlMilliseconds;
+    let blockExpiresAt = 0;
+
+    if (existing && existing.expiresAt > now) {
+      totalHits = existing.totalHits + 1;
+      expiresAt = existing.expiresAt;
+    }
+
+    if (blockExpiresAt <= now) {
+      blockExpiresAt = 0;
+    }
+
+    let isBlocked = blockExpiresAt > now;
+    if (!isBlocked && limit > 0 && totalHits > limit) {
+      blockExpiresAt = now + blockDurationMilliseconds;
+      isBlocked = true;
+    }
+
+    this.inMemoryStorage.set(key, {
+      totalHits,
+      expiresAt,
+      blockExpiresAt,
+    });
+
+    return {
+      totalHits,
+      timeToExpire: Math.max(1, Math.ceil((expiresAt - now) / 1000)),
+      isBlocked,
+      timeToBlockExpire: isBlocked
+        ? Math.max(1, Math.ceil((blockExpiresAt - now) / 1000))
+        : 0,
+    };
+  }
+
+  private normalizeDurationMs(value: number): number {
+    if (!Number.isFinite(value) || value <= 0) {
+      return 1000;
+    }
+
+    return Math.max(1, Math.floor(value));
+  }
+
+  private toSecondsFromPttl(pttlMs: number, fallbackMs: number): number {
+    if (pttlMs > 0) {
+      return Math.max(1, Math.ceil(pttlMs / 1000));
+    }
+
+    return Math.max(1, Math.ceil(fallbackMs / 1000));
+  }
+
+  private cleanupExpiredInMemory(now: number): void {
+    for (const [mapKey, value] of this.inMemoryStorage) {
+      const counterExpired = value.expiresAt <= now;
+      const blockExpired = value.blockExpiresAt <= now;
+
+      if (counterExpired && blockExpired) {
+        this.inMemoryStorage.delete(mapKey);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}