Bridge cannot retain caches, keeps regenerating thumbnails and previews

I am using Bridge version 13.0.3.693 on Ventura and currently have to organize a large number of images (mostly .psd files).

The problem is that Bridge constantly has to re-generate all thumbnails and previews for whole folders even though I set it up so that it shouldn't have to do that.

In the settings I set the Cache Size to a ridiculously large (but still possible) amount and have it set to only purge cache older than 180 days. I have also checked the v36 cache folde on my hard drive manually and it isn't anywhere close to the size limit. Yet still Bridge cannot seem to properly retain caches.

I should clarify that it is not completely unable to keep the cache. I usually don't have problems with the folders I am using most frequently. But whenever I open a folder that I haven't opened in a week or so I can be sure that it has to generate everything from scratch.

This really does slow me down quite a bit, costing hours. Any solutions?