proxy_cache not honoring pragma/cache-control settings

[Igor Sysoev]

On Sun, Jun 05, 2011 at 01:55:03AM -0400, pk899 wrote:
> Hi, from the documentation I understand that proxy_cache will NOT be
> activated for pages that have pragma to "no-cache" or Cache-control to
> "no-cache", or even Expires to an old date. 
> 
> I have the following in my Location settings: 
> 
>    proxy_cache_bypass          $http_pragma  $http_authorization;
>    proxy_no_cache              $http_pragma  $http_authorization;
> 
> 
> And this at the top of my PHP pages that I do not want cached, as they
> change often and for the logged in user: 
> 
> 
>    header("Cache-control: private, no-cache, must-revalidate");
>    header("Expires: Mon, 24 Sep 1997 05:00:00 GMT"); # Past date
>    header("Pragma: no-cache");

"Pragma: no-cache" sent from server side means nothing.
$http_pragma means client "Pragma" header.

> However, these pages are still being cached. 
> 
> Any insight on what I am missing? 

nginx should not cache response with such Cache-Control and Expires.
Do you have proxy_ignore_header directive ?


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Igor Sysoev