434936 - "weekly downloads" number is different depending on where it's shown

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 425315

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Public Pages, defect)

Description

[Dave Garrett]

Go to an extension page and note the "weekly downloads" count listed.  Then, go to each category it's in and show all by popularity.  Each listing has a different number shown.  For example, right now for Flagfox, I see numbers such as 14,251, 13,938, & 14,545 depending on where I look.  Next I checked Adblock Plus, and I see 275,840 and then 288,336 in the category listing.  I've checked half-a-dozen extensions, and they're all over the place.

Comment 1

[Justin Scott [:fligtar]]

This looks like a caching issue. If I'm logged in I see the same numbers. When I log out, they are different.

I don't think we can help this.

Comment 2

[Michael Morgan [:morgamic]]

Dave - this is tied to a larger caching policy issue, which we are working on in bug 425315.  With an improved caching method, we could have these numbers be consistent and only updated when necessary.  More in the other bug.

Comment 3

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Verified dup