#3411 `expireEntries()` does not remove cache entries

[Anonymous]

Originally created by: kylemeenehan

Hi there! Thanks for the great library!

This was working before, with no change in version of workbox packages, so I'm wondering whether this is a change in Google Chrome or its underlying dependencies?

Currently I have some code that clears out a cache when a POST request is successful. It's been working fine until recently, but now when testing it appears to not clear the cache.

This is an excerpt of my code:

...
    const searchExpiration = new CacheExpiration("tags-search", {
        maxAgeSeconds: 60
    });

registerRoute(
        ({ url, sameOrigin }) => {
            return sameOrigin && url.pathname.includes("/api/v1/tags");
        },
        new NetworkOnly({
            plugins: [
                {
                    fetchDidSucceed: async ({ response }) => {
                        /**

                         * When we create a new tag, the data in the backend changes and we need
                         * to invalidate the local cache for the search queries.
                         */


                        console.log('expiring entries for search')

                        searchExpiration.expireEntries();

...
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                        return response;
                    }
                }
            ]
        }),
        "POST"
    );
...

I do see expiring entries for search in the console, so the route handler is happy, but the caches are still present in the "tags-search" cache after calling expireEntries().

Google Chrome version: Version 135.0.7049.115 (Official Build) (arm64)

[Anonymous]

Originally posted by: kylemeenehan

I've tried in Edge and Firefox and I get the same problem. Updated workbox packages from 7.0.0 to 7.3.0 and I still get the same problem. I'm trying to download an older version of Chromium, but it appears that these instructions are out of date: https://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/download-chromium/#downloading-old-builds-of-chrome-chromium