edgewise
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Q: Problem with safari's cache in ios 5

Since I installed iOS 5, Safari does something it's not supped to do... When I navigate to a page that I've visited recently, Safari loads the page from its cache, rather than checking for and displaying more recently-posted content.

 

For example, if I visit the home page of the New York Times, it shows me yesterday's news. I can only view today's news by tapping the Reload icon. If I then tap an article's headline and go to another page to read the article, when I tap the Back button to return to the home page, it again displays yesterday's news, and I have to tap Reload to re-display today's stories.

 

Anyone having the same problem, or know of a solution? Thanks.

iPad 2

Posted on Oct 14, 2011 7:30 AM

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  • by motion-frederic,

    motion-frederic motion-frederic Oct 24, 2014 1:25 PM in response to therealObiWan
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    Oct 24, 2014 1:25 PM in response to therealObiWan

    Dare I say that this problem seems to STILL be there in iOS 8?

     

    So far the only workaround for me has been to completely delete the web application

    And recreate it from Safari after clearing all caches -

    THEN it seems to make an effort to fetch the most recent version of files ..

     

    Kinda annoying -

    It would be really nice if at least it cleared when you clear the cache in Safari settings.

  • by larotech,

    larotech larotech Jan 22, 2016 12:04 PM in response to edgewise
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    Jan 22, 2016 12:04 PM in response to edgewise

    Problem still exists in iOS 9.2.1 and bit me bad. I was doing some testing for web app specific code and after 1 hour finally figured out my changes I was testing for were not actually being loaded as the cache was still holding onto the old resources. And yes, deleting the app from the home screen does NOT clear the cache. Frustrations!

     

    Chris

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