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1.5.1: no-cache on static files #48

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6 changes: 6 additions & 0 deletions CHANGELOG.md
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The release notes on GitHub are taken from this file: the section whose
heading is the version number.

## 1.5.1

- The web UI's scripts and styles are no longer kept by the browser across
an upgrade: after replacing the program, a normal reload shows the new
pages (before, an old app.js could stay in the browser's cache).

## 1.5.0

Includes the changes listed under 1.2.3: the 1.2.3 release was built from
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7 changes: 4 additions & 3 deletions internal/api/server.go
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Expand Up @@ -122,9 +122,10 @@ func (s *Server) Handler() http.Handler {
mux.HandleFunc("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
w.Header().Set("X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff")
w.Header().Set("Referrer-Policy", "no-referrer")
if r.URL.Path == "/" || r.URL.Path == "/index.html" {
w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
}
// no-cache on every file: after an upgrade the browser must not keep
// the old app.js or app.css (the embedded files carry no date to
// revalidate against, so a cached copy could outlive the program)
w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
static.ServeHTTP(w, r)
})
return mux
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