Never cache assets and HTML in the dev mode.

server/document.js

@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ export class Head extends Component {
 
   getChunkPreloadLink (filename) {
     const { __NEXT_DATA__ } = this.context._documentProps
-    let { buildStats, assetPrefix } = __NEXT_DATA__
-    const hash = buildStats ? buildStats[filename].hash : '-'
+    let { buildStats, assetPrefix, buildId } = __NEXT_DATA__
+    const hash = buildStats ? buildStats[filename].hash : buildId
 
     return (
       <link
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ export class NextScript extends Component {
 
   getChunkScript (filename, additionalProps = {}) {
     const { __NEXT_DATA__ } = this.context._documentProps
-    let { buildStats, assetPrefix } = __NEXT_DATA__
-    const hash = buildStats ? buildStats[filename].hash : '-'
+    let { buildStats, assetPrefix, buildId } = __NEXT_DATA__
+    const hash = buildStats ? buildStats[filename].hash : buildId
 
     return (
       <script

server/index.js

@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ export default class Server {
       res.setHeader('X-Powered-By', `Next.js ${pkg.version}`)
     }
     const html = await this.renderToHTML(req, res, pathname, query)
-    return sendHTML(req, res, html, req.method)
+    return sendHTML(req, res, html, req.method, this.renderOpts)
   }
 
   async renderToHTML (req, res, pathname, query) {
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ export default class Server {
 
   async renderError (err, req, res, pathname, query) {
     const html = await this.renderErrorToHTML(err, req, res, pathname, query)
-    return sendHTML(req, res, html, req.method)
+    return sendHTML(req, res, html, req.method, this.renderOpts)
   }
 
   async renderErrorToHTML (err, req, res, pathname, query) {
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ export default class Server {
 
   handleBuildHash (filename, hash, res) {
     if (this.dev) return
+
     if (hash !== this.buildStats[filename].hash) {
       throw new Error(`Invalid Build File Hash(${hash}) for chunk: ${filename}`)
     }

server/render.js

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import ErrorDebug from '../lib/error-debug'
 
 export async function render (req, res, pathname, query, opts) {
   const html = await renderToHTML(req, res, pathname, opts)
-  sendHTML(req, res, html, req.method)
+  sendHTML(req, res, html, req.method, opts)
 }
 
 export function renderToHTML (req, res, pathname, query, opts) {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export function renderToHTML (req, res, pathname, query, opts) {
 
 export async function renderError (err, req, res, pathname, query, opts) {
   const html = await renderErrorToHTML(err, req, res, query, opts)
-  sendHTML(req, res, html, req.method)
+  sendHTML(req, res, html, req.method, opts)
 }
 
 export function renderErrorToHTML (err, req, res, pathname, query, opts = {}) {
@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ async function doRender (req, res, pathname, query, {
   }
 
   const docProps = await loadGetInitialProps(Document, { ...ctx, renderPage })
+  // While developing, we should not cache any assets.
+  // So, we use a different buildId for each page load.
+  // With that we can ensure, we have unique URL for assets per every page load.
+  // So, it'll prevent issues like this: https://git.io/vHLtb
+  const devBuildId = Date.now()
 
   if (res.finished) return
 
@@ -96,7 +101,7 @@ async function doRender (req, res, pathname, query, {
       props,
       pathname,
       query,
-      buildId,
+      buildId: dev ? devBuildId : buildId,
       buildStats,
       assetPrefix,
       err: (err) ? serializeError(dev, err) : null
@@ -156,7 +161,7 @@ export async function renderScriptError (req, res, page, error, customFields, op
   `)
 }
 
-export function sendHTML (req, res, html, method) {
+export function sendHTML (req, res, html, method, { dev }) {
   if (res.finished) return
   const etag = generateETag(html)
 
@@ -166,6 +171,12 @@ export function sendHTML (req, res, html, method) {
     return
   }
 
+  if (dev) {
+    // In dev, we should not cache pages for any reason.
+    // That's why we do this.
+    res.setHeader('Cache-Control', 'no-store, must-revalidate')
+  }
+
   res.setHeader('ETag', etag)
   res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html')
   res.setHeader('Content-Length', Buffer.byteLength(html))

test/integration/basic/test/misc.js

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 /* global describe, test, expect */
-import fetch from 'node-fetch'
 
 export default function (context) {
   describe('Misc', () => {
@@ -13,14 +12,5 @@ export default function (context) {
       const html = await context.app.renderToHTML({}, res, '/finish-response', {})
       expect(html).toBeFalsy()
     })
-
-    test('allow etag header support', async () => {
-      const url = `http://localhost:${context.appPort}/stateless`
-      const etag = (await fetch(url)).headers.get('ETag')
-
-      const headers = { 'If-None-Match': etag }
-      const res2 = await fetch(url, { headers })
-      expect(res2.status).toBe(304)
-    })
   })
 }

test/integration/production/test/index.test.js

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
   renderViaHTTP
 } from 'next-test-utils'
 import webdriver from 'next-webdriver'
+import fetch from 'node-fetch'
 
 const appDir = join(__dirname, '../')
 let appPort
@@ -35,6 +36,15 @@ describe('Production Usage', () => {
       const html = await renderViaHTTP(appPort, '/')
       expect(html).toMatch(/Hello World/)
     })
+
+    it('should allow etag header support', async () => {
+      const url = `http://localhost:${appPort}/`
+      const etag = (await fetch(url)).headers.get('ETag')
+
+      const headers = { 'If-None-Match': etag }
+      const res2 = await fetch(url, { headers })
+      expect(res2.status).toBe(304)
+    })
   })
 
   describe('With navigation', () => {