From 574b285efa1658fd6d82d673e2063be659d5f624 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Markus Heiser Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 16:53:36 +0200 Subject: [mod] remove option ui.static_use_hash (cache busting) (#5004) Cache busting has caused serious problems for users in the past, here are two examples: - https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/4419 - https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/4481 And it makes development and deployment significantly more complex because it binds the client side to the server side: - https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/4466 In the light of a decoupled development of the WEB clients from the server side: - https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/4988 is it appropriate to abandon this feature. In fact, it has been ineffective since #4436 anyway. However, the benefit has always been questionable, since at best only a few kB of data are saved (at least in the context of an image_proxy, the effect is below the detection limit). Ultimately, the client is responsible for caching. Related: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues?q=label%3A%22clear%20browser%20cache%22 Closes: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/pull/4466 Closes: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/1326 Closes: https://github.com/searxng/searxng/issues/964 Signed-off-by: Markus Heiser --- docs/admin/update-searxng.rst | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/admin/update-searxng.rst') diff --git a/docs/admin/update-searxng.rst b/docs/admin/update-searxng.rst index d4a197603..69638225e 100644 --- a/docs/admin/update-searxng.rst +++ b/docs/admin/update-searxng.rst @@ -58,10 +58,6 @@ and then, to name just a few: - Bot protection has been switched from filtron to SearXNG's :ref:`limiter `, this requires a :ref:`Valkey ` database. -- To save bandwidth :ref:`cache busting ` has been implemented. - To get in use, the ``static-expires`` needs to be set in the :ref:`uwsgi - setup`. - To stay tuned and get in use of the new features, instance maintainers have to update the SearXNG code regularly (see :ref:`update searxng`). As the above examples show, this is not always enough, sometimes services have to be set up -- cgit v1.2.3