Web Cache Serves Stale Data As Third Party Module Is Setting Duplicate ETAG Values
(Doc ID 1483685.1)
Last updated on NOVEMBER 27, 2023
Applies to:
Web Cache - Version 11.1.1.2.0 to 11.1.1.6.0 [Release Oracle11g] Information in this document applies to any platform.
Symptoms
Oracle Webcache 11.1.1.X is installed
Two Webcaches are configured in a cluster on seperate nodes
Webcache is intermittently serving stale data when the cached object should have expired
The issue can not be replicated if Webcaches are taken out of cluster
The issue can still be replicated if only one Webcache is running in the cluster
If all caching rules are disabled the problem does not occur
Analysis of the problem via the log files shows:
a) The client makes a connection to Webcache for the page. b) Webcache notices the page has expired and marks the cached version as garbage c) Webcache goes off to OHS and fetches a new page. d) Even though Webcache fetches a new page from OHS, and stores it in the cache , Webcache is sending back a 304 Not Modified back to the client, rather than the new page. e) Because of the 304, the browser is using the original version that it has stored in it's own browser cache, and hence the browser is seeing stale data!
Cause
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