diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f80ffb049a..b15d0d68d2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Localhost based descriptions are not cached anymore to facilitate development workflows. [#3316](https://github.com/microsoft/kiota/issues/3316)
+
 ## [1.6.1] - 2023-09-11
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/src/Kiota.Builder/Caching/DocumentCachingProvider.cs b/src/Kiota.Builder/Caching/DocumentCachingProvider.cs
index 2cb29c30ac..7bb280c983 100644
--- a/src/Kiota.Builder/Caching/DocumentCachingProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Kiota.Builder/Caching/DocumentCachingProvider.cs
@@ -84,12 +84,17 @@ private async Task<Stream> DownloadDocumentFromSourceAsync(Uri documentUri, stri
             responseMessage.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
             content = new MemoryStream();
             await responseMessage.Content.CopyToAsync(content, token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            if (documentUri.IsLoopback)
+                Logger.LogInformation("skipping cache write for URI {Uri} as it is a loopback address", documentUri);
+            else
+            {
 #pragma warning disable CA2007
-            await using var fileStream = File.Create(target);
+                await using var fileStream = File.Create(target);
 #pragma warning restore CA2007
-            content.Position = 0;
-            await content.CopyToAsync(fileStream, token).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            await fileStream.FlushAsync(token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                content.Position = 0;
+                await content.CopyToAsync(fileStream, token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                await fileStream.FlushAsync(token).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
             content.Position = 0;
             return content;
         }