Forum:Has cache purging behavior changed?

It used to be the case that if you uses &action=purge the cache would clear for the page, which was useful for updated images or other changes not appearing. You would get a confirm page where it asks "Clear the cache of this page? Purging a page clears the cache and forces the most current revision to appear." and you click OK which completes the action.

This is still how it works on Wikipedia, however as of about a week ago on Wikia purge seems to no longer do anything (no updated images, no OK confirmation page, nothing changes).

Anyone know why this has changed or how to fix it? --Tlosk 20:44, October 24, 2009 (UTC)


 * Being part of the User group, you are able to purge the site's cache without confirmation (aka that page that would appear,) so if you were signed out when you were purging that would explain it. Also, purging isn't immediate, it can take up to a couple hundred seconds to take effect, so you do have to wait sometimes. There are no current issues with purge that I am aware of, so it's possible it was a cache or similar problem. ~Joey~  ” ^Talk^ ” 21:21, October 24, 2009 (UTC)


 * At least yesterday there were problems with the purge of images. --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) -WikiDex 09:50, October 25, 2009 (UTC)


 * Ciencia is right, there have been some issues with images lately (new ones take a while for thumbnails to properly display; some don't purge). However, most of these issues have gone away in the last 24 hours to the best of my knowledge. If that problem persists, please alert staff via Special:Contact. --DaNASCAT 02:42, October 26, 2009 (UTC)