How do you force a joplin cache refresh?

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Operating system

Linux

Joplin version

2.13.15

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Joplin 2.13.15 (prod, linux)

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What issue do you have?

I regularly import CSS from a server online into a note. ā€¦

<style>
    @import "https://someserver/somestylesheet.css";
</style>

Problem: when that stylesheet changes, Joplin doesn't refresh it. It's cached ā€¦ somewhere. Joplin eventually does a refresh via some calculus I don't understand and can't see the pattern for, but, for example, the Joplin on my laptop has been open overnight, and the CSS being pulled in is still a version behind the current remote CSS stylesheet.

CAVEAT (this is an update): If you point at the filesystem (@import "/home/todd/some.css";) Joplin does not cache this. Joplin caches CSS pulled in from the internet not the filesystem.

What is the equivalent of CTRL-SHIFT-R for Joplin? And if that doesn't exist, is there another way to force Joplin to re-pull stuff like that?

And yes, I know I leverage some of the more edge-case features of Joplin, but this one feature makes Joplin hugely powerful for me.

Thanks again.

-t

2

Does adding a query to the end of the URL help? For example:

<style>
    @import "https://someserver/somestylesheet.css?refresh=1";
</style>

then, to refresh again,

<style>
    @import "https://someserver/somestylesheet.css?refresh=2";
</style>
3

SHAZAM! Why did I not think of that? It does work. That being said, if there is an app-level solution, I would love to know about it.

UPDATE: this solves the problem only some of the time.

4

Sadly, this only works for the CSS you call. The CSS that is called by the CSS you called (an @import in that CSS and down the line), does not get updated. It is stuck in the cache. And so, if something has been fixed down the chain of CSS ā€¦ too bad.

I REALLY want a method to refresh Joplin's cache. This is ridiculous.

Oi.

5

Does checking "disable cache" in Joplin's development tools help?

screenshot: Disable cache checkbox checked under the network tab in Joplin's development tools
screenshot: Disable cache checkbox checked under the network tab in Joplin's development tools1192Ɨ505 57.3 KB

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Yes. But only when you have Development Tools enabled. :slight_smile: I.e., no. :frowning:

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Hi,

you could force Joplin to refresh using 2 stylesheets alternatively.
Comment and uncomment to disable the line.
Try

<style>
	/*@import "/home/user/for_joplin/styles/mainstyles.css";*/
	@import "/home/user/for_joplin/styles/no_style.css";
</style>
8

CSS pulled in from the filesystem is not cached by Joplin and therefore is not an issue. I have updated my original posting to reflect this nuance. It's a nagging issue with CSS pulled in from the internet (see example in my original posting).