Concern Regarding a System Cache

I have a lot of large files on my machine (Virtual Machine Disk Images, Videos, etc.) and use an application called iDefrag to occasionally reduce the amount of fragmentation in those larger files (I am aware of the OS' active defrag, but am also aware it only works for small files).
On several occasions the following file caught my attention, as it seemed to be increasing in size each time:
/System/Library/Caches/com.apple.coresymbolicationd/data
which iDefrag is reporting as currently being 1.6 GB (it was 1.3GB about a month ago). I went into the System Cache folder to investigate, and found the container folder for the file was access locked.
What is the purpose of this cache?
Is it normal for it to expand in size?
What size should it be?
Will it eventually stop expanding?

Symbolication means replacing memory addresses with symbols (like functions or variables) or for example adding function names and line number information. It is used for debugging and analyzing crash reports.
You can safely delete files in cache folders and /System/Library/Caches/ is even excluded from Time Machine backups.

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