diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 5f35bee0c0..297d72ad45 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ jobs:
         os:
           - macos-latest
           - ubuntu-latest
-          - windows-latest
+          # - windows-latest
         ocaml-compiler:
-          - '5.1'
+          - "5.1"
     # The type of runner that the job will run on
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ jobs:
     # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
     steps:
       # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Checkout tree
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Set up OCaml ${{ matrix.ocaml-compiler }}
+      - name: Set-up OCaml ${{ matrix.ocaml-compiler }}
         uses: ocaml/setup-ocaml@v2
         with:
-          # Version of the OCaml compiler to initialise
           ocaml-compiler: ${{ matrix.ocaml-compiler }}
 
       - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index a8aece5d1c..bbce6d3472 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+merlin NEXT_VERSION
+===================
+
+  + merlin binary
+    - Fix a follow-up issue to the preference of non-ghost nodes introduced in #1660 (#1690, fixes #1689)
+    - Add `--cache-period` flag, that sets cache invalidation period. (#1698)
+  + editor modes
+    - vim: load merlin when Vim is compiled with +python3/dyn (e.g. MacVim)
+
 merlin 4.12
 ===========
 Tue Sep 26 17:45:42 CEST 2023
diff --git a/doc/dev/CACHING.md b/doc/dev/CACHING.md
index 4f237121ee..c422cb40c0 100644
--- a/doc/dev/CACHING.md
+++ b/doc/dev/CACHING.md
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ to be used anymore.
 
 `Mocaml.flush_caches` remove all files that have changed on disk or that
 haven't been used for some time.  By default, `ocamlmerlin_server` remove
-entries that haven't been used in the last 300 seconds.
+entries that haven't been used in the last 5 minutes. This behavior can be
+changed with `--cache-period` flag.
 
 Since this involve stating each entry, the check is done after answering.
 
diff --git a/emacs/merlin.el b/emacs/merlin.el
index c13fac943a..bc2df647cb 100644
--- a/emacs/merlin.el
+++ b/emacs/merlin.el
@@ -194,6 +194,10 @@ a new window or not."
   "If non-nil, use this file for the log file (should be an absolute path)."
   :group 'merlin :type 'file)
 
+(defcustom merlin-cache-period nil
+  "If non-nil, use this value for cache period (measured in minutes)."
+  :group 'merlin :type 'natnum)
+
 (defcustom merlin-arrow-keys-type-enclosing t
   "If non-nil, after a type enclosing, C-up and C-down are used
 to go up and down the AST. In addition, C-w copies the type to the
@@ -550,6 +554,8 @@ argument (lookup appropriate binary, setup logging, pass global settings)"
                   (cons "-flags" merlin-buffer-flags))
                 (when filename
                   (cons "-filename" filename))
+                (when merlin-cache-period
+                  (cons "-cache-period" (number-to-string merlin-cache-period)))
                 args))
     ;; Log last commands
     (setq merlin-debug-last-commands
diff --git a/src/frontend/ocamlmerlin/new/new_merlin.ml b/src/frontend/ocamlmerlin/new/new_merlin.ml
index ef16dbca8b..213835b0fb 100644
--- a/src/frontend/ocamlmerlin/new/new_merlin.ml
+++ b/src/frontend/ocamlmerlin/new/new_merlin.ml
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ let run = function
         (* Start processing query *)
         Logger.with_log_file Mconfig.(config.merlin.log_file)
           ~sections:Mconfig.(config.merlin.log_sections) @@ fun () ->
+        Mocaml.flush_caches
+          ~older_than:(float_of_int (60 * Mconfig.(config.merlin.cache_period))) ();
         File_id.with_cache @@ fun () ->
         let source = Msource.make (Misc.string_of_file stdin) in
         let pipeline = Mpipeline.make config source in
diff --git a/src/frontend/ocamlmerlin/ocamlmerlin_server.ml b/src/frontend/ocamlmerlin/ocamlmerlin_server.ml
index c74d8bc7ab..0cc4cbc29b 100644
--- a/src/frontend/ocamlmerlin/ocamlmerlin_server.ml
+++ b/src/frontend/ocamlmerlin/ocamlmerlin_server.ml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ module Server = struct
 
   let server_accept merlinid server =
     let rec loop total =
-      Mocaml.flush_caches ~older_than:300.0 ();
       let merlinid' = File_id.get Sys.executable_name in
       if total > merlin_timeout ||
          not (File_id.check merlinid merlinid') then
diff --git a/src/kernel/mbrowse.ml b/src/kernel/mbrowse.ml
index 7c8b68bfde..9ee7c27f87 100644
--- a/src/kernel/mbrowse.ml
+++ b/src/kernel/mbrowse.ml
@@ -120,11 +120,13 @@ let compare_locations pos l1 l2 =
     Location_aux.compare_pos pos l2
   with
   | 0, 0 ->
-    (* Cursor inside both locations: favor closer to the end *)
-    if l1.Location.loc_ghost then 1
-    else if l2.Location.loc_ghost then -1
-    else
-    Lexing.compare_pos l1.Location.loc_end l2.Location.loc_end
+    (* Cursor inside both locations: favor non-ghost closer to the end *)
+    begin match l1.Location.loc_ghost, l2.Location.loc_ghost with
+    | true, false -> 1
+    | false, true -> -1
+    | _ ->
+        Lexing.compare_pos l1.Location.loc_end l2.Location.loc_end
+    end
   (* Cursor inside one location: it has priority *)
   | 0, _ -> t1_first
   | _, 0 -> t2_first
diff --git a/src/kernel/mconfig.ml b/src/kernel/mconfig.ml
index 8f46224317..6dc045063d 100644
--- a/src/kernel/mconfig.ml
+++ b/src/kernel/mconfig.ml
@@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ type merlin = {
   flags_applied : string list with_workdir list;
 
   failures : string list;
-  extension_to_reader : (string * string) list
+  extension_to_reader : (string * string) list;
 
+  cache_period : int
 }
 
 let dump_merlin x =
@@ -127,7 +128,8 @@ let dump_merlin x =
           "extension", `String suffix;
           "reader", `String reader;
         ]) x.extension_to_reader
-    )
+    );
+    "cache_period"   , Json.string (string_of_int x.cache_period)
   ]
 
 module Verbosity = struct
@@ -356,6 +358,15 @@ let merlin_flags = [
     marg_path (fun path merlin -> {merlin with stdlib = Some path}),
     "<path> Change path of ocaml standard library"
   );
+  (
+    "-cache-period",
+    Marg.param "int" (fun prot merlin ->
+        try {merlin with cache_period = (int_of_string prot)}
+        with _ -> invalid_arg "Valid value is int";
+      ),
+    "Change file cache retention period. It's measured in minutes. \
+      Default value is 5."
+  );
   (
     (* Legacy support for janestreet. Ignored. To be removed soon. *)
     "-attributes-allowed",
@@ -615,6 +626,7 @@ let initial = {
 
     failures = [];
     extension_to_reader = [(".re","reason");(".rei","reason")];
+    cache_period = 5;
   };
   query = {
     filename = "*buffer*";
diff --git a/src/kernel/mconfig.mli b/src/kernel/mconfig.mli
index 2906337f09..998dc3110f 100644
--- a/src/kernel/mconfig.mli
+++ b/src/kernel/mconfig.mli
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ type merlin = {
   flags_applied : string list with_workdir list;
 
   failures : string list;
-  extension_to_reader : (string * string) list
+  extension_to_reader : (string * string) list;
+  cache_period : int
 }
 
 val dump_merlin : merlin -> json
diff --git a/src/ocaml/preprocess/dune b/src/ocaml/preprocess/dune
index c172777d31..ee9c283fab 100644
--- a/src/ocaml/preprocess/dune
+++ b/src/ocaml/preprocess/dune
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 (menhir
  (modules parser_raw)
  (enabled_if (<> %{profile} "release"))
- (mode    promote)
+ (mode    (promote (only parser_raw.ml parser_raw.mli)))
  (flags :standard --inspection --table --cmly))
 
 (rule
diff --git a/tests/test-dirs/config/dot-merlin-reader/quoting.t b/tests/test-dirs/config/dot-merlin-reader/quoting.t
index a9363083d5..c420427db7 100644
--- a/tests/test-dirs/config/dot-merlin-reader/quoting.t
+++ b/tests/test-dirs/config/dot-merlin-reader/quoting.t
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@
         "extension": ".rei",
         "reader": "reason"
       }
-    ]
+    ],
+    "cache_period": "5"
   }
 
   $ rm .merlin
diff --git a/tests/test-dirs/server-tests/cache-time.t b/tests/test-dirs/server-tests/cache-time.t
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0069d3e3dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-dirs/server-tests/cache-time.t
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+  $ $MERLIN server stop-server
+
+  $ cat >dune-project <<EOF
+  > (lang dune 2.0)
+  > EOF
+
+  $ cat >dune <<EOF
+  > 
+  > (executable
+  >  (name main)
+  >  (modules main)
+  > EOF
+
+  $ cat > main.ml <<EOF
+  > let () = print_int 0
+  > EOF
+
+Let's populate file cache
+  $ $MERLIN server errors -log-file merlin_logs -cache-period 45 \
+  > -filename main.ml 1> /dev/null <main.ml
+
+When cache time is set to large value, we keep the cache
+  $ $MERLIN server errors -log-file merlin_logs -cache-period 45 \
+  > -filename main.ml 1> /dev/null <main.ml
+  $ cat merlin_logs | grep -A1 "File_cache(Cmi_cache) - flush" \
+  > | tail -1 | sed 's/\ ".*\"//'
+  keeping
+
+When cache time is set to 0, file cache gets flushed
+  $ $MERLIN server errors -log-file merlin_logs -cache-period 0 \
+  > -filename main.ml 1> /dev/null <main.ml
+  $ cat merlin_logs | grep -A1 "File_cache(Cmi_cache) - flush" \
+  > | tail -1 | sed 's/\ ".*\"//'
+  removing
+
+Stop server
+  $ $MERLIN server stop-server
diff --git a/vim/merlin/autoload/merlin.vim b/vim/merlin/autoload/merlin.vim
index c743c60310..f78424cdd1 100644
--- a/vim/merlin/autoload/merlin.vim
+++ b/vim/merlin/autoload/merlin.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 if !exists('g:merlin') | let g:merlin = {} | endif | let s:c = g:merlin
 
 if !exists('g:merlin_python_version')
-  if has('python3')
+  if has('python3') || has('python3_dynamic')
     let g:merlin_python_version = 3
   elseif has('python') || has('python2')
     let g:merlin_python_version = 2