38049 - Disk cache writes, but never gets used

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 21137

(Core :: Networking: Cache, defect, P3)

Description

[wayne]

BuildID:    all builds from M15 to 2000050215 that I tried

I've never seen the disk cache actually get used instead of a live web page.  
Whenever I browse from page to page, the pages get written to the cache, but a 
new page is always read when I return.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. I started with a brand-new .mozilla directory and did not change any 
options.  [I did note that the debug settings indicate that the cache should be 
used.  Also, I tried an additional test with explicitly-set values in the 
Advanced/Cache settings without any difference in behavior.]

2. Create a web page with some simple text content in it.  Visit it in the 
browser.

3. Behind the scenes, tweak the text content of the just-created page and save 
it.

4. Visit some other page in the browser, then press the back button.

Actual Results:  Even though the browser is set to only check the page once per 
session, the updated page (freshly downloaded when "back" was pressed) is 
displayed.

Expected Results:  I expected to see the original (cached) page.

Comment 1

[Gwyn Judd]

yeah I get this too...confirming

Comment 2

[R.K.Aa.]

this is bug 21137 - see additional comments from Scott Furman 2000-02-09 17:31

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 21137 ***

Comment 3

[Tom Everingham]

verified dup of 21137