Closed
Bug 152843
Opened 23 years ago
Closed 22 years ago
limit expiration time in cache
Categories
(Core :: Networking: Cache, enhancement)
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RESOLVED
INVALID
People
(Reporter: jo.hermans, Assigned: gordon)
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Details
I have been using the maximum expiration time for cookies a lot (set to 7 days).
This keeps my cookies-list quite small, without any maintenance.
The example URL uses a few images, all set to expire in 2030. I noticed that
these will stay forever in my cache, unless I clear the cache manually (or
Mozilla crashes, but that's another story). Wouldn't it be better to limit the
maximum expiration time to a much smaller value, let's say 30 days. Then it
won't hold up all that space forever. Suppose I never visit that website again ...
It seems related to bug 80731, but I don't want a complete customization, just a
maximum expiration.
Actually the disk cache approximates a Least Recently Used cache. The
expiration time is used by HTTP to determine whether to refetch the document
from the server.
Those documents that expire in 2030 won't stay clogging your cache unless you
continue to use them...in which case, it's probably good they're there.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
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