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Laurence Lord
Laurence Lord

Reputation: 92

Do browser cached files no longer show in Firefox Developer Tools?

For me in FF 61, no cached files appear in the Network tab.

I've tested with large images where it is visually obvious if they're being transfered or coming from browser cache. They show up only when transfered but not when coming from cache.

If I filter the Network tab with is:cached or is:from-cache I get a blank list on any website I visit.

Anyone else get this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1128

Answers (1)

Mehdi Dehghani
Mehdi Dehghani

Reputation: 11601

Update:

In newer versions of Firefox there's also an option Disable Cache directly in the Network tab. (Thank you @Sebastian Zartner)

Original Answer:

Do following:

  1. Open up dev tools
  2. Hit F1 (this will opens settings panel)
  3. In Advanced settings section (right-bottom col) make sure Disable HTTP Cache (when toolbox is open) is un-checked.
  4. Hit Ctrl+F5 and check Network tab again.

If above doesn't work for you, as @Tom Tromey mentioned in the comment section, first try with new profile and if doesn't work, try to report it as a bug @ bugzilla.mozilla.org

If you don't know how to test with new profile, do following:

  1. Head to about:profiles
  2. Using Create a New Profile, create a new profile :p
  3. Open up cmd (on windows) and type firefox.exe -p myprofile -no-remote (replace myprofile with your new profile name)

A new instance of Firefox will be opened that use your new profile, now you can use this new fox as you using Firefox.

if firefox doesn't exist in you PATH, you need to open cmd in Firefox installation folder

Upvotes: 3

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