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whatwg · Jan 23, 2009 · 1f0ee39 · 1f0ee39
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@@ -37234,6 +37234,10 @@ style/default.css</pre>
       of user interface indicating to the user that the application is
       up to date.</p>
 
+      <p class=note>HTTP caching rules, such as <code title="">Cache-Control: no-store</code>, are ignored for the
+      purposes of the <a href=#application-cache-update-process>application cache update
+      process</a>.</p>
+
      </li>
 
      <li><p>Empty <var title="">cache group</var>'s <a href=#concept-appcache-pending-masters title=concept-appcache-pending-masters>list of pending master
@@ -37635,7 +37639,12 @@ style/default.css</pre>
 
     </ol></dd>
 
-  </dl><hr><p>User agents may invoke the <a href=#application-cache-update-process>application cache update
+  </dl><p>Attempts to <a href=#fetch>fetch</a> resources as part of the
+  <a href=#application-cache-update-process>application cache update process</a> may be done with
+  cache-defeating semantics, to avoid problems with stale or
+  inconsistent intermediary caches.</p>
+
+  <hr><p>User agents may invoke the <a href=#application-cache-update-process>application cache update
   process</a>, in the background, for any <a href=#application-cache>application
   cache</a>, at any time (with no <a href=#browsing-context>browsing
   context</a>). This allows user agents to keep caches primed and

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@@ -42387,6 +42387,11 @@ style/default.css</pre>
       of user interface indicating to the user that the application is
       up to date.</p>
 
+      <p class="note">HTTP caching rules, such as <code
+      title="">Cache-Control: no-store</code>, are ignored for the
+      purposes of the <span>application cache update
+      process</span>.</p>
+
      </li>
 
      <li><p>Empty <var title="">cache group</var>'s <span
@@ -42864,6 +42869,11 @@ style/default.css</pre>
 
   </dl>
 
+  <p>Attempts to <span>fetch</span> resources as part of the
+  <span>application cache update process</span> may be done with
+  cache-defeating semantics, to avoid problems with stale or
+  inconsistent intermediary caches.</p>
+
   <hr>
 
   <p>User agents may invoke the <span>application cache update