Support & operations · Website help · Release validation

Production serves old assets after a successful release

The new page markup is public, but visitors receive an older script or stylesheet and see inconsistent behaviour.

What to change

Separate deployment from cache behaviour. Ask the supplier to compare the public page's asset references with the content actually returned for those addresses. Test both a fresh visitor and a returning browser, because either can expose a different problem. The correction should use the site's deliberate asset-versioning and cache policy rather than asking every visitor to clear their browser. Preserve the exact mismatched references as useful evidence for the hosting owner.

A worked example

Illustrative example

Illustrative test: Both sessions perform the affected action using the compatible asset version.

How to check the result

Public markup and assets agree without requiring visitor troubleshooting.

A mistake to avoid

A hard refresh on the developer's machine is not a sitewide fix.

Your action checklist

Use these checks to prepare a discussion with your team or supplier. Tick a check when you have recorded the decision or evidence, rather than when a feature has simply been promised.

Decisions to record

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Healthcare website maintenance with infrastructure, a status panel, tools and an operational checklist.
Monitor the useful journey, not just whether a server responds.
Healthcare backup and recovery illustrated by storage copies, an archive folder and a restoration route.
Test whether a backup can restore a usable service.
Healthcare digital support handover with an inventory, key, incident timeline and dependency map.
Keep responsibilities and recovery instructions available.

Further reading

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