Problem updating and showing files after refreshing the page

[emoz41]

When I save a javascript file or any file in my project and I refresh the page via ctrl + r, only the html file is updated and no other file is updated

And in order to solve this problem, I have to turn off the http-server and then turn it back on again, so that the files are updated!!

Or sometimes I need to change the type of the whole port, for example, from 8080 to 7070, and that is for one time, because after the update, the problem will return again!!!

So what is this problem?

Environment Versions

1. windows 7
2. Node version: v12.18.3
3. http-server version: v14.1.1

Expected result

[2022-08-25T19:10:29.858Z] "GET /pages/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.460Z] "GET /pages/home.html" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.539Z] "GET /css/css/fontello-embedded.css" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.546Z] "GET /css/project.css" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.548Z] "GET /css/css/normalize.css" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.558Z] "GET /css/css/slick.css" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.593Z] "GET /js/tools/html5shiv.min.js" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.603Z] "GET /js/project.js" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.609Z] "GET /js/tools/jquery-3.6.0.min.js" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.611Z] "GET /js/tools/jquery.countdown.min.js" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.613Z] "GET /js/tools/slick.min.js" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.688Z] "GET /images/header/logo.png" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.699Z] "GET /images/page-01/part-01/01.png" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.712Z] "GET /images/page-01/part-01/02.png" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.720Z] "GET /images/page-01/part-02/01.jpg" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.726Z] "GET /images/page-01/part-04/week.png" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.734Z] "GET /images/page-01/part-05/01.jpg" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.745Z] "GET /images/page-01/part-05/02.jpg" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.761Z] "GET /images/page-01/part-05/03.jpg" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.769Z] "GET /images/page-01/part-05/05.jpg" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.774Z] "GET /images/page-01/part-05/06.jpg" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.776Z] "GET /images/page-01/part-05/04.jpg" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.779Z] "GET /images/page-01/part-06/01.jpg" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.783Z] "GET /images/page-01/part-02/02.jpg" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.785Z] "GET /images/page-01/part-02/03.jpg" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.800Z] "GET /images/page-01/part-03/01.jpg" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.805Z] "GET /images/page-01/part-03/02.jpg" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.814Z] "GET /images/page-01/part-03/03.jpg" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.819Z] "GET /images/page-01/part-03/04.jpg" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.845Z] "GET /images/page-01/part-03/05.jpg" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.865Z] "GET /images/page-01/part-03/06.jpg" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.867Z] "GET /images/page-01/part-03/08.jpg" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.870Z] "GET /images/page-01/part-03/07.jpg" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.879Z] "GET /images/page-01/part-06/02.jpg" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.882Z] "GET /images/page-01/part-06/03.jpg" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.885Z] "GET /images/footer/logo.png" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:31.887Z] "GET /images/footer/payment.png" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:47.091Z] "GET /images/page-02/01.jpg" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0" [2022-08-25T19:10:47.097Z] "GET /images/page-02/03.jpg" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0"

...

Actual result

[2022-08-25T19:18:06.718Z] "GET /pages/shopping-cart.html" "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:104.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/104.0"

...

Other information

`D:\project-1\dest
λ http-server
Starting up http-server, serving ./

http-server version: 14.1.1

http-server settings:
CORS: disabled
Cache: 3600 seconds
Connection Timeout: 120 seconds
Directory Listings: visible
AutoIndex: visible
Serve GZIP Files: false
Serve Brotli Files: false
Default File Extension: none

Available on:
http://192.168.1.10:8080
http://127.0.0.1:8080
Hit CTRL-C to stop the server`

[drethedevjs]

I'm having the same issue. It's very annoying. I have to clear the browser cache.

[drethedevjs]

@emoz41 If you use VS Code, try using this extension. It's watching for changes in my code. Works great. Looks like http-server doesn't do that. The authors tagged a similar ticket as "out of scope".

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