how to force clearing cache in chrome when release new Vue app version - vue.js

Question

I created an app with vue-cli and then I build the dist folder for production.
The app is deployed on IIS with flask backend and works fine.
The problem occurs when I have to make some changes and I have to redo the deployment. After this, users call me because app doesn't work but if I clear the chrome cache, the app works fine again.
How can I fix this problem? Is there a method to clear chrome cache automatically when I release a new application version?
Thanks
my dist folder
deployment: copy and paste folder dist on IIS
if files in dist folder are correct, maybe the problem is in axios cache? i have make some changes also to rest apis

Answer 1

I had the same problem and changing (incrementing) the version number in package.json before running the build command fixed it.
For example by default the version number is set to "0.1.0"
package.json file:
{
"name": "project-name",
"version": "0.1.1",
"private": true,
...
}

Answer 2

If you use vue-cli, then it has built-in webpack configs for building dist. And in fact it adds hash-names to output files.
But if it was removed somehow, you can add it back to webpack config like
output: {
filename: '[name].[hash].bundle.js'
}
And your app will looks like this:
And even more, you do not need to handle how all this stuff will be added to html, coz webpack will figure it out for you.

Answer 3

You need to add a version query to your js file. This is how a browser can know if the file has changed and needs to download the new version.
So something like:
<script src="main.js?v=1.1"></script>
<script src="main.js?v=1.2"></script>
etc...

Answer 4

Assuming this is nothing to do with service worker/PWA, the solution could be implemented by returning the front-end version.
axiosConfig.js
axios.interceptors.response.use(
(resp) => {
let fe_version = resp.headers['fe-version'] || 'default'
if(fe_version !== localStorage.getItem('fe-version') && resp.config.method == 'get'){
localStorage.setItem('fe-version', fe_version)
window.location.reload() // For new version, simply reload on any get
}
return Promise.resolve(resp)
},
)
You can also ensure the fe-version is returned based on any sort of uniqueness, here I have used the commit SHA.
Full Article here: https://blog.francium.tech/vue-js-cache-not-getting-cleared-in-production-on-deploy-656fcc5a85fe

Answer 5

You can't access the browser's cache, that would be huge a security flaw.
To fix it, you must send some headers with your flask responses telling the browser not to cache you app.
This is an example for express.js for you to get the idea:
setHeaders: function (res, path, stat) {
res.set('Cache-Control', 'no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate') // HTTP 1.1
res.set('Pragma', 'no-cache') // HTTP 1.0
res.set('Expires', '0') // Proxies
}
You can read a lot more about caching in here.

Answer 6

This is an older post, but since I could not find the solution for this problem online, ill just post this here in case someone else might find it usefull.
I added the hash to the appllication chunk files via the webpack.mix.js file by adding:
mix.webpackConfig({
output: {
chunkFilename: 'js/[name].js?id=[chunkhash]',
},
})
This adds a fingerprint to the actual chunks and not just the app.js file. You can add a version name to the app.js file aswell by adding version(['public/js/app.js']); at the end of the file, or add filename: '[name].js?[hash]' to the output block.
My complete webpack.mix.js:
const mix = require('laravel-mix');
mix.webpackConfig({
output: {
chunkFilename: 'js/main/[name].js?id=[chunkhash]',
}
}).js('resources/js/app.js', 'public/js').vue()
.postCss('resources/css/app.css', 'public/css', [
//
]).version(['public/js/app.js']);
In my laravel blade file I used
<script src="{{ mix('js/app.js') }}"></script>
to load the app.js file with the correct version fingerprint.

Answer 7

The answer for me was caching at my DNS provider level.
Basically, I'm using Cloudflare DNS proxy and they are caching the website so in development mode I was not getting the code updates.
I had to clear the cache many times to get anything to change. I had to wait a significant period of time before anything update.
Turned it off and it stopped doing that.

Answer 8

the method I want to suggest
<script src="{{ asset('js/app.js?time=') }}{{ time() }}" defer></script>

Answer 9

add below script in publc/index.html
<head>
...
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
var timestamp = (new Date()).getTime();
var script = document.createElement("script");
script.type = "text/javascript";
script.src = "<%= BASE_URL %>sample.js?t=" + timestamp;
document.head.appendChild(script);
</script>
...
</head>

Answer 10

could you try ?
vm.$forceUpdate();
Also it's possible that the component it self needs a unique key :
<my-component :key="unique" />