BloodHound ignoring TTL on prefetch

We are experiencing an issue with bloodhound’s cache, which is not refreshed after the suggested TTL. even at the low settings below:

var users = new Bloodhound({
        datumTokenizer: function(d) {
            return d.tokens;
        },
        queryTokenizer: Bloodhound.tokenizers.whitespace,
        prefetch: 'URL',
        ttl:1
    });

I assume this should refresh the cache after every millisecond. However, it keeps the cache even after several refreshes. There is also no trace of a request to the URL either.

[andrewevans]

This is what I had to do:

1. Manually delete the local storage for that page to ensure it’s not looking at old data. If Chrome, go to Chrome Developer Tools -> Application -> Clear storage -> click “Clear selected” (I swear I have to click it a few times to make it work). This deletes all site data, so only delete Local storage if you want to keep cookies etc.
2. Uncheck Chrome Developer Tools -> Network -> “Disable cache”.

Docs say “Initialization entails adding the data provided by local and prefetch to the internal search index” so I believe it will check local storage before any of your settings. And if your last settings put data in there with a timestamp, then it will get it.

[micahlisonbee]

@andrewevans this solution is fine if you’re the only user of the application.