282925 - Firefox fails to give updated home page

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Hugh Darwen]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041103 Firefox/1.0RC2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041103 Firefox/1.0RC2

This is possibly a duplicate of 272822.  I updated the home page (index.html) at
my web site but Firefox can't be persuaded to fetch the updated page excpet by
following a link to another page and then click on a link back to hom.  Even
then, reload reloads the out-of-date version!

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Use ftp to post index.html to server.
2. Start Firefox
3. Type in url of page in question or use bookmark for same
4. Click reload

Actual Results:  
Got previous version of page instead of the new version.

Expected Results:  
Should have fecthed the updated page.

Comment 1

[Bruno]

I started having the same problem this week.  My home page is
www.drudgereport.com, and whenever I click on home page or open a new firefox
window, I get the page from Feb 26th even though today is March 1.  Internet
explorer works properly.  I tried typing in www.drudgereport.com and the current
page comes up.

Comment 2

[Hugh Darwen]

(In reply to comment #1)
> I started having the same problem this week.  My home page is
> www.drudgereport.com, and whenever I click on home page or open a new firefox
> window, I get the page from Feb 26th even though today is March 1.  Internet
> explorer works properly.  I tried typing in www.drudgereport.com and the current
> page comes up.

Good to hear I'm not the only one.  In my case, typing in the url didn't help. 
The problem eventually went away of its own accord, several days later. 
Coincidentally, it went away when Firefox was temporarily unable to establish
contact with the server for my web site.  When I retired, I saw my updated home
page for the first time.  I don't know whether the contact failure had anything
to do with this.  My suspicion all along has been that Firefox is using some
local cache on my computer when it should be noticing that the cache in question
(assuming it exists) is out of date.  I searched the menus for a hypothetical
operation to flush out a cache but found none.  In any case, I would expect
reload to guarantee to present the latest version, but it didn't.

I agree that Internet Explorer works properly in the same circumstances.

Comment 3

[Hugh Darwen]

I downloaded release 1.0.1 today, replacing the 1.0RC2 that I had before.  Not
much changed for me, but I did find a resolution (sort of) to my problem.  I
don't remember if I tried this on 1.0RC2.

If I type in the physical web address of my site instead of its registered
domain name, then the same problem arise: I see on old version of the page.  But
now if I Reload (ctrl-r) I do get the latest version and, what's more,
subsequent uses of the registered domain name now work properly.

Comment 4

[Hugh Darwen]

I have received a notification that the bug has been resolved as "invalid".  As
no explanation was given for this action, I feel obliged to reopen it.

Hugh Darwen

Comment 5

[Jaime Mitchell (use [e-mail] for email)]

Hugh can you provide the headers that are send to the browser with the page, as
per bug 272822 it seems that this could be a server configuration issue.

Comment 6

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

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Comment 7

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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Comment 8

[Hugh Darwen]

I'm reopening because the bug is still plaguing me and it doesn't arise with IE.
 I don't hold out much hope of resolution in view of the number of votes
received so far, but it would be great if somebody surprised me!  Sorry, I
cannot provide the "headers" that were asked for.  I don't even know what the
term refers to.

Hugh Darwen

Comment 9

[yarayara]

I have the same problem!!!

how can I change my starting homepage?? it sticks to the oldone again and again!!

grusse,
-yarayara

Comment 10

[[e-mail]]

(In reply to comment #8)
> I'm reopening because the bug is still plaguing me and it doesn't arise with
> IE.

Hugh - your reported Firefox version(s) are too old a build to analyze bugs against now. The problem you are reporting may well have been fixed already.

It is crucial to see it confirmed for a recent version (please provide build ID and OS info). Furthermore, please provide details on your webserver (and version). Do you still see the problem with your site http://www.doubledummy.net/ ?

Could you please download a recent version or nightly build from <http://www.mozilla.org/releases/nightly.html>, and then let us know if you still see this problem?

Many thanks, Cigno

Comment 11

[[e-mail]]

Since there has been no reply to comment #10 ==> WORKSFORME. 

The reported Firefox version(s) are too old a build to analyze bugs against now. The problem you are reporting may well have been fixed already.

Could you please download a recent version or nightly build from <http://www.mozilla.org/releases/nightly.html>, and then let us know if you still see this problem? If so feel free to report back and ask for the bug to be reopened.

Many thanks, Cigno