Related to the max-age property in HTTP. The Access-Control-Max-Age response header indicates how long the results of a preflight request (that is the information contained in the Access-Control-Allow-Methods and Access-Control-Allow-Headers headers) can be cached.
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Safari uses stale copy of a file
I have a javascript file which is frequently updated on the server (every hour). It is a plugin used in websites by the website's users. It is served millions time a day.
In order for users to get the latest copy I use a header with:
cache-control:…
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How to set Access-Control-Max-Age for flask_cors?
In my flask application, I need to set Access-Control-Max-Age. What is the correct syntax for it?
from flask import Flask, send_from_directory
from flask_cors import CORS, cross_origin
app = Flask(__name__,static_folder='./build')…
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Client keeps requesting assets event though Cache-Control havent expired
I have a simple Node server which sets the Cache-Control max-age to 1200seconds and the client requests an image. Even though the 1200 seconds havent passed, if i change the image from server and refresh the page, the image will be downloaded again…
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Does max-age update automatically if a conditional header returns 304?
Imagine a resource with a max-age of 60 seconds:
After 1 minute, the browser sends a conditional header If-None-Match
This checks if the etag of the resource has changed.
If the etag has not changed, the server will return a 304 Not Modified…
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Activated AWS CDN - Keep receiving "X-Cache: Miss from cloudfront"
I just activated AWS CDN, and all I see is "X-Cache: Miss from cloudfront".
Also I see "max-age=0" which I don't know where it's coming from. Checking the code (cakePhP), I don't see any place setting max-age. I wonder that's the reason?
Here is the…
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Add cache_control and etag in django class based view
I have a django api which returns response like the image path and image location along with city id. I have also added cache_control in the response header to cache the images on the client side. Now I want the api to check the city id after the…
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Revalidation max-age=0, must-revalidate, no-cache no risk 504
To indicate the need to check the validity of the saved cache before each subsequent request, we can use Cache-Control: no-cache with the validator (ETag or Date+Last-Modified) in the server response.
A more compatible way to revalidate, if I…
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Make cookie secure
Need to add max-age to
document.cookie = "up=upv; SameSite=None; Secure";
IE
document.cookie = "up=upv;max-age=" + (60*60*24*30) + ";"
document.cookie = "up=upv;max-age=" + (60*60*24*30) + ";"
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Supabase cache max-age not being respected by Chrome
I have updated the cache max age for my images in Supabase to 15552000 seconds (6 months), since my files will be static.
However, when I check the network tab in Chrome, the max-age is still 3600.
I have made sure that it was not because it was the…
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Setting Cache-Control metadata via gsutils does not update response headers
When setting the cache-control metadata key via the gsutils command:
gsutil -m setmeta -h "Cache-Control:public, max-age=14400" 'gs://my-bucket/style.css'
I verify that the metadata is updated correctly using another gsutils command:
gsutil stat…
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Add Max-age to Big Commerce CDN Images
I am currently running performance testing on my sites, all of which are hosted through Big Commerce (cornerstone theme, stencil). I am using webpagetest.org, and under the performance section, there is a metric "Leverage browser caching of static…
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HTTP Cache-Control header max-age vs max-age, must-revalidate
I want to find difference between max-age alone and max-age with must-revalidate in Cache-Control header.
I did verification on chrome with both of these.
max-age=10 - It means that the response is no longer valid after 10 seconds and client has to…
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ASP.NET Core 3.1 Session MaxAge is not working
services.AddSession(options =>
{
options.Cookie.HttpOnly = true;
options.Cookie.MaxAge = TimeSpan.FromDays(365) <--- 1 year;
options.Cookie.IsEssential = true;
});
app.UseSession();
in Startup.cs
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But, after 30…
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how to implement .htaccess file in angular project with no backend
I need help regarding implementing the .htaccess file in my angular project which doesn't have the backend integration yet at all. That is why I can't make http headers to send the 'Cache-Control' header as i want it to.
Like currently I'm working…
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Setting custom Google Storage Bucket wide max-age header
Respected Seniors,
I am using google storage bucket to store the static content of my website. I wanted this content to be cached in CDN, that is why I have made the bucket public, which results in setting https headers Cache-control to public and…
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