diff --git a/src/lib/__snapshots__/create-config.test.ts.snap b/src/lib/__snapshots__/create-config.test.ts.snap
index fe141f607b..87e3639d4f 100644
--- a/src/lib/__snapshots__/create-config.test.ts.snap
+++ b/src/lib/__snapshots__/create-config.test.ts.snap
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ exports[`should create default config 1`] = `
         },
       },
       "filterInvalidClientMetrics": false,
+      "globalFrontendApiCache": false,
       "googleAuthEnabled": false,
       "inMemoryScheduledChangeRequests": false,
       "increaseUnleashWidth": false,
diff --git a/src/lib/proxy/fake-client-feature-toggle-read-model.ts b/src/lib/proxy/fake-client-feature-toggle-read-model.ts
index 206ec46b25..e34833e046 100644
--- a/src/lib/proxy/fake-client-feature-toggle-read-model.ts
+++ b/src/lib/proxy/fake-client-feature-toggle-read-model.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { IClientFeatureToggleReadModel } from './client-feature-toggle-read-mode
 export default class FakeClientFeatureToggleReadModel
     implements IClientFeatureToggleReadModel
 {
-    constructor(private value: Record<string, IFeatureToggleClient[]>) {}
+    constructor(private value: Record<string, IFeatureToggleClient[]> = {}) {}
 
     getClient(): Promise<Record<string, IFeatureToggleClient[]>> {
         return Promise.resolve(this.value);
diff --git a/src/lib/proxy/frontend-api-repository.ts b/src/lib/proxy/frontend-api-repository.ts
index 18eb5f9a4f..d660a70c14 100644
--- a/src/lib/proxy/frontend-api-repository.ts
+++ b/src/lib/proxy/frontend-api-repository.ts
@@ -23,20 +23,20 @@ export class FrontendApiRepository
 
     private readonly token: IApiUser;
 
-    private globalFrontendApiRepository: GlobalFrontendApiCache;
+    private globalFrontendApiCache: GlobalFrontendApiCache;
 
     private running: boolean;
 
     constructor(
         config: Config,
-        globalFrontendApiRepository: GlobalFrontendApiCache,
+        globalFrontendApiCache: GlobalFrontendApiCache,
         token: IApiUser,
     ) {
         super();
         this.config = config;
         this.logger = config.getLogger('frontend-api-repository.ts');
         this.token = token;
-        this.globalFrontendApiRepository = globalFrontendApiRepository;
+        this.globalFrontendApiCache = globalFrontendApiCache;
     }
 
     getTogglesWithSegmentData(): EnhancedFeatureInterface[] {
@@ -45,18 +45,18 @@ export class FrontendApiRepository
     }
 
     getSegment(id: number): Segment | undefined {
-        return this.globalFrontendApiRepository.getSegment(id);
+        return this.globalFrontendApiCache.getSegment(id);
     }
 
     getToggle(name: string): FeatureInterface {
         //@ts-ignore (we must update the node SDK to allow undefined)
-        return this.globalFrontendApiRepository
-            .getToggles(this.token)
-            .find((feature) => feature.name);
+        return this.getToggles(this.token).find(
+            (feature) => feature.name === name,
+        );
     }
 
     getToggles(): FeatureInterface[] {
-        return this.globalFrontendApiRepository.getToggles(this.token);
+        return this.globalFrontendApiCache.getToggles(this.token);
     }
 
     async start(): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/src/lib/proxy/global-frontend-api-cache.test.ts b/src/lib/proxy/global-frontend-api-cache.test.ts
index 50ef45c1d4..44c40b11b6 100644
--- a/src/lib/proxy/global-frontend-api-cache.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/proxy/global-frontend-api-cache.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@ import noLogger from '../../test/fixtures/no-logger';
 import { FakeSegmentReadModel } from '../features/segment/fake-segment-read-model';
 import FakeClientFeatureToggleReadModel from './fake-client-feature-toggle-read-model';
 import EventEmitter from 'events';
-import { IApiUser, IFeatureToggleClient, ISegment } from '../types';
+import {
+    IApiUser,
+    IFeatureToggleClient,
+    IFlagResolver,
+    ISegment,
+} from '../types';
 import { UPDATE_REVISION } from '../features/feature-toggle/configuration-revision-service';
 
 const state = async (
@@ -33,11 +38,17 @@ const defaultFeature: IFeatureToggleClient = {
 };
 const defaultSegment = { name: 'segment', id: 1 } as ISegment;
 
+const alwaysOnFlagResolver = {
+    isEnabled() {
+        return true;
+    },
+} as unknown as IFlagResolver;
+
 const createCache = (
     segment: ISegment = defaultSegment,
     features: Record<string, IFeatureToggleClient[]> = {},
 ) => {
-    const config = { getLogger: noLogger };
+    const config = { getLogger: noLogger, flagResolver: alwaysOnFlagResolver };
     const segmentReadModel = new FakeSegmentReadModel([segment as ISegment]);
     const clientFeatureToggleReadModel = new FakeClientFeatureToggleReadModel(
         features,
diff --git a/src/lib/proxy/global-frontend-api-cache.ts b/src/lib/proxy/global-frontend-api-cache.ts
index b484ec8dd1..a73e55e83c 100644
--- a/src/lib/proxy/global-frontend-api-cache.ts
+++ b/src/lib/proxy/global-frontend-api-cache.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { UPDATE_REVISION } from '../features/feature-toggle/configuration-revisi
 import { mapValues } from '../util';
 import { IClientFeatureToggleReadModel } from './client-feature-toggle-read-model-type';
 
-type Config = Pick<IUnleashConfig, 'getLogger'>;
+type Config = Pick<IUnleashConfig, 'getLogger' | 'flagResolver'>;
 
 export type GlobalFrontendApiCacheState = 'starting' | 'ready' | 'updated';
 
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ export class GlobalFrontendApiCache extends EventEmitter {
     }
 
     private async onUpdateRevisionEvent() {
-        await this.refreshData();
+        if (this.config.flagResolver.isEnabled('globalFrontendApiCache')) {
+            await this.refreshData();
+        }
     }
 
     private environmentNameForToken(token: IApiUser): string {
diff --git a/src/lib/routes/proxy-api/index.ts b/src/lib/routes/proxy-api/index.ts
index 3ac91b7d4d..69d0543cbc 100644
--- a/src/lib/routes/proxy-api/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/routes/proxy-api/index.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
     emptyResponse,
     getStandardResponses,
     ProxyClientSchema,
+    ProxyFeatureSchema,
     proxyFeaturesSchema,
     ProxyFeaturesSchema,
 } from '../../openapi';
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ import NotImplementedError from '../../error/not-implemented-error';
 import NotFoundError from '../../error/notfound-error';
 import rateLimit from 'express-rate-limit';
 import { minutesToMilliseconds } from 'date-fns';
+import isEqual from 'lodash.isequal';
 
 interface ApiUserRequest<
     PARAM = any,
@@ -173,10 +175,32 @@ export default class FrontendAPIController extends Controller {
         if (!this.config.flagResolver.isEnabled('embedProxy')) {
             throw new NotFoundError();
         }
-        const toggles = await this.services.proxyService.getProxyFeatures(
-            req.user,
-            FrontendAPIController.createContext(req),
-        );
+        let toggles: ProxyFeatureSchema[];
+        let newToggles: ProxyFeatureSchema[];
+        if (this.config.flagResolver.isEnabled('globalFrontendApiCache')) {
+            [toggles, newToggles] = await Promise.all([
+                this.services.proxyService.getProxyFeatures(
+                    req.user,
+                    FrontendAPIController.createContext(req),
+                ),
+                this.services.proxyService.getNewProxyFeatures(
+                    req.user,
+                    FrontendAPIController.createContext(req),
+                ),
+            ]);
+            if (!isEqual(toggles, newToggles)) {
+                this.logger.warn(
+                    'old features and new feature are different',
+                    toggles.length,
+                    newToggles.length,
+                );
+            }
+        } else {
+            toggles = await this.services.proxyService.getProxyFeatures(
+                req.user,
+                FrontendAPIController.createContext(req),
+            );
+        }
 
         res.set('Cache-control', 'no-cache');
 
diff --git a/src/lib/services/index.ts b/src/lib/services/index.ts
index 501dc479fc..9560ee1593 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/index.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ import {
 import { InactiveUsersService } from '../users/inactive/inactive-users-service';
 import { SegmentReadModel } from '../features/segment/segment-read-model';
 import { FakeSegmentReadModel } from '../features/segment/fake-segment-read-model';
+import { GlobalFrontendApiCache } from '../proxy/global-frontend-api-cache';
+import ClientFeatureToggleReadModel from '../proxy/client-feature-toggle-read-model';
+import FakeClientFeatureToggleReadModel from '../proxy/fake-client-feature-toggle-read-model';
 
 export const createServices = (
     stores: IUnleashStores,
@@ -293,12 +296,27 @@ export const createServices = (
         ? createClientFeatureToggleService(db, config)
         : createFakeClientFeatureToggleService(config);
 
-    const proxyService = new ProxyService(config, stores, {
-        featureToggleServiceV2,
-        clientMetricsServiceV2,
-        settingService,
+    const clientFeatureToggleReadModel = db
+        ? new ClientFeatureToggleReadModel(db, config.eventBus)
+        : new FakeClientFeatureToggleReadModel();
+    const globalFrontendApiCache = new GlobalFrontendApiCache(
+        config,
+        segmentReadModel,
+        clientFeatureToggleReadModel,
         configurationRevisionService,
-    });
+    );
+
+    const proxyService = new ProxyService(
+        config,
+        stores,
+        {
+            featureToggleServiceV2,
+            clientMetricsServiceV2,
+            settingService,
+            configurationRevisionService,
+        },
+        globalFrontendApiCache,
+    );
 
     const edgeService = new EdgeService({ apiTokenService }, config);
 
diff --git a/src/lib/services/proxy-service.test.ts b/src/lib/services/proxy-service.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88342b298a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/services/proxy-service.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import { ProxyService, Config } from './proxy-service';
+import { GlobalFrontendApiCache } from '../proxy/global-frontend-api-cache';
+import { IApiUser } from '../types';
+import { FeatureInterface } from 'unleash-client/lib/feature';
+import noLogger from '../../test/fixtures/no-logger';
+import { ApiTokenType } from '../types/models/api-token';
+
+test('proxy service fetching features from global cache', async () => {
+    const irrelevant = {} as any;
+    const globalFrontendApiCache = {
+        getToggles(_: IApiUser): FeatureInterface[] {
+            return [
+                {
+                    name: 'toggleA',
+                    enabled: true,
+                    project: 'projectA',
+                    type: 'release',
+                    variants: [],
+                    strategies: [
+                        { name: 'default', parameters: [], constraints: [] },
+                    ],
+                },
+                {
+                    name: 'toggleB',
+                    enabled: false,
+                    project: 'projectA',
+                    type: 'release',
+                    variants: [],
+                    strategies: [
+                        { name: 'default', parameters: [], constraints: [] },
+                    ],
+                },
+            ];
+        },
+    } as GlobalFrontendApiCache;
+    const proxyService = new ProxyService(
+        { getLogger: noLogger } as unknown as Config,
+        irrelevant,
+        irrelevant,
+        globalFrontendApiCache,
+    );
+
+    const features = await proxyService.getNewProxyFeatures(
+        {
+            projects: ['irrelevant'],
+            environment: 'irrelevant',
+            type: ApiTokenType.FRONTEND,
+        } as unknown as IApiUser,
+        {},
+    );
+
+    expect(features).toMatchObject([{ name: 'toggleA' }]);
+    expect(features).toHaveLength(1);
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/services/proxy-service.ts b/src/lib/services/proxy-service.ts
index 59ab7bb21c..c10f4bd8d8 100644
--- a/src/lib/services/proxy-service.ts
+++ b/src/lib/services/proxy-service.ts
@@ -17,18 +17,20 @@ import { validateOrigins } from '../util';
 import { BadDataError, InvalidTokenError } from '../error';
 import { PROXY_REPOSITORY_CREATED } from '../metric-events';
 import { ProxyRepository } from '../proxy';
+import { FrontendApiRepository } from '../proxy/frontend-api-repository';
+import { GlobalFrontendApiCache } from '../proxy/global-frontend-api-cache';
 
-type Config = Pick<
+export type Config = Pick<
     IUnleashConfig,
     'getLogger' | 'frontendApi' | 'frontendApiOrigins' | 'eventBus'
 >;
 
-type Stores = Pick<
+export type Stores = Pick<
     IUnleashStores,
     'projectStore' | 'eventStore' | 'segmentReadModel'
 >;
 
-type Services = Pick<
+export type Services = Pick<
     IUnleashServices,
     | 'featureToggleServiceV2'
     | 'clientMetricsServiceV2'
@@ -45,21 +47,31 @@ export class ProxyService {
 
     private readonly services: Services;
 
+    private readonly globalFrontendApiCache: GlobalFrontendApiCache;
+
     /**
-     * This is intentionally a Promise becasue we want to be able to await
+     * This is intentionally a Promise because we want to be able to await
      * until the client (which might be being created by a different request) is ready
      * Check this test that fails if we don't use a Promise: src/test/e2e/api/proxy/proxy.concurrency.e2e.test.ts
      */
     private readonly clients: Map<ApiUser['secret'], Promise<Unleash>> =
         new Map();
+    private readonly newClients: Map<ApiUser['secret'], Promise<Unleash>> =
+        new Map();
 
     private cachedFrontendSettings?: FrontendSettings;
 
-    constructor(config: Config, stores: Stores, services: Services) {
+    constructor(
+        config: Config,
+        stores: Stores,
+        services: Services,
+        globalFrontendApiCache: GlobalFrontendApiCache,
+    ) {
         this.config = config;
         this.logger = config.getLogger('services/proxy-service.ts');
         this.stores = stores;
         this.services = services;
+        this.globalFrontendApiCache = globalFrontendApiCache;
     }
 
     async getProxyFeatures(
@@ -85,6 +97,33 @@ export class ProxyService {
             }));
     }
 
+    async getNewProxyFeatures(
+        token: IApiUser,
+        context: Context,
+    ): Promise<ProxyFeatureSchema[]> {
+        const client = await this.newClientForProxyToken(token);
+        const definitions = client.getFeatureToggleDefinitions() || [];
+        const sessionId = context.sessionId || String(Math.random());
+
+        return definitions
+            .filter((feature) => {
+                const enabled = client.isEnabled(feature.name, {
+                    ...context,
+                    sessionId,
+                });
+                return enabled;
+            })
+            .map((feature) => ({
+                name: feature.name,
+                enabled: Boolean(feature.enabled),
+                variant: client.getVariant(feature.name, {
+                    ...context,
+                    sessionId,
+                }),
+                impressionData: Boolean(feature.impressionData),
+            }));
+    }
+
     async registerProxyMetrics(
         token: IApiUser,
         metrics: ClientMetricsSchema,
@@ -117,6 +156,20 @@ export class ProxyService {
         return client;
     }
 
+    private async newClientForProxyToken(token: IApiUser): Promise<Unleash> {
+        ProxyService.assertExpectedTokenType(token);
+
+        let newClient = this.newClients.get(token.secret);
+        if (!newClient) {
+            newClient = this.createNewClientForProxyToken(token);
+            this.newClients.set(token.secret, newClient);
+            // TODO: do we need this twice?
+            // this.config.eventBus.emit(PROXY_REPOSITORY_CREATED);
+        }
+
+        return newClient;
+    }
+
     private async createClientForProxyToken(token: IApiUser): Promise<Unleash> {
         const repository = new ProxyRepository(
             this.config,
@@ -143,6 +196,33 @@ export class ProxyService {
         return client;
     }
 
+    private async createNewClientForProxyToken(
+        token: IApiUser,
+    ): Promise<Unleash> {
+        const repository = new FrontendApiRepository(
+            this.config,
+            this.globalFrontendApiCache,
+            token,
+        );
+        const client = new Unleash({
+            appName: 'proxy',
+            url: 'unused',
+            storageProvider: new InMemStorageProvider(),
+            disableMetrics: true,
+            repository,
+            disableAutoStart: true,
+            skipInstanceCountWarning: true,
+        });
+
+        client.on(UnleashEvents.Error, (error) => {
+            this.logger.error('We found an event error', error);
+        });
+
+        await client.start();
+
+        return client;
+    }
+
     async deleteClientForProxyToken(secret: string): Promise<void> {
         const clientPromise = this.clients.get(secret);
         if (clientPromise) {
diff --git a/src/lib/types/experimental.ts b/src/lib/types/experimental.ts
index 1c46175c7c..29bb91a035 100644
--- a/src/lib/types/experimental.ts
+++ b/src/lib/types/experimental.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ export type IFlagKey =
     | 'sdkReporting'
     | 'responseTimeMetricsFix'
     | 'scimApi'
-    | 'displayEdgeBanner';
+    | 'displayEdgeBanner'
+    | 'globalFrontendApiCache';
 
 export type IFlags = Partial<{ [key in IFlagKey]: boolean | Variant }>;
 
@@ -262,6 +263,10 @@ const flags: IFlags = {
         process.env.UNLEASH_EXPERIMENTAL_RESPONSE_TIME_METRICS_FIX,
         false,
     ),
+    globalFrontendApiCache: parseEnvVarBoolean(
+        process.env.UNLEASH_EXPERIMENTAL_GLOBAL_FRONTEND_API_CACHE,
+        false,
+    ),
 };
 
 export const defaultExperimentalOptions: IExperimentalOptions = {
diff --git a/src/server-dev.ts b/src/server-dev.ts
index addfab74fa..88b1b46f89 100644
--- a/src/server-dev.ts
+++ b/src/server-dev.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ process.nextTick(async () => {
                         executiveDashboard: true,
                         userAccessUIEnabled: true,
                         sdkReporting: true,
+                        globalFrontendApiCache: true,
                     },
                 },
                 authentication: {