Why a missing JavaScript file can stay missing after you deploy it
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I built cachewhy around a small but costly HTTP cache mistake. Imagine a request for /missing.js that returns 404 with Cache-Control: public, max-age=2678400 . That lifetime is 31 days. A browser may reuse the missing response even after the file is deployed. Changing the server header helps new re…
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- 2026-10-03 03:07 · DEV Community — AI
Why a missing JavaScript file can stay missing after you deploy it