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Hard-refresh
Force the browser to reload files from the server, not from its cache, so you see the newest tipThe tip is the newest saved snapshot on a branch, the one a reviewer can check out..
Why this word exists
Browsers love leftovers. A hard-refresh forces a reload from the server, not cache, so you see the newest tipThe tip is the newest saved snapshot on a branch, the one a reviewer can check out. instead of yesterday's CSS.
Shop eye-checks often start with a hard-refresh. It is a visitor skillA skill is a saved way to do a task, and the private skills on an account are one shared library., not a Botski installer.
Where you will meet it
After deployA deploy puts a built site on the server people open in a browser. notes, Rich and Keep remind humans to hard-refresh before declaring a miss. Ordinary refresh can still lie.
Examples
- StripA horizontal row of category buttons or icons (like the Directory category strip). colors look old until a hard-refresh pulls the new tipThe tip is the newest saved snapshot on a branch, the one a reviewer can check out..
- Eye-checkRich glances at a live page after a tip to confirm it looks right; not automated QA. fails, then passes after hard-refresh — cache was the villain.
- Teaching a beginner to hard-refresh saves a false deployA deploy puts a built site on the server people open in a browser. broken alarm.
Fetched 2026-09-23 CT.