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Asked: 2026-06-03T00:56:49+00:00

I’m having an problem where the iPad insists on loading an old copy of

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I’m having an problem where the iPad insists on loading an old copy of a .js file, instead of the current one. Strangely enough, this only happens when the page is in fullscreen mode, not when it’s being run from the page.

  • I’m not using any kind of cache manifest;
  • When I open the page on Safari, it behaves as dictated by the latest version of the .js;
  • When I open the page through the icon, it behaves as dictated by the old .js;
  • Killing the running application, deleting the icon and then creating it again doesn’t solve the problem; it’s still using the old .js, even while in full screen.

Does anyone have an idea of what’s going on?

— update —

This seems to be an iOS 5 bug.

— Workaround (a.k.a. ugly hack) —

Simply add some fake http params to the script tag, so that the cache thinks it’s entirely another JS:

<script src="js/pentaho-jqm-repository.js"></script>

Becomes:

<script src="js/pentaho-jqm-repository.js?fkn-ios-bug=1"></script>
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  1. Editorial Team

    After using the aforementioned workaround (adding a fake parameter to the URL) and then changing it back, strangely enough, the problem stopped happening. Of course, in a production environment, one wouldn’t be able to do this, so I think I’ll just start numbering the js versions so that the end user won’t have this problem.

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