From 38ddfb00e37ae2916c11210d556ccaf848cc507b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: fullsizemalt <106900403+fullsizemalt@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 01:30:39 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add no-cache headers for HTML files

Prevents browser caching of index.html to ensure fresh asset references
after deployments. Static assets remain cached with immutable flag.
---
 frontend/nginx.conf | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/frontend/nginx.conf b/frontend/nginx.conf
index 3ea3adf..91d62b4 100644
--- a/frontend/nginx.conf
+++ b/frontend/nginx.conf
@@ -36,9 +36,16 @@ server {
         add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=31536000, immutable";
     }
 
+    # HTML files - no cache to ensure fresh asset references
+    location ~* \.(html)$ {
+        try_files $uri =404;
+        add_header Cache-Control "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate";
+    }
+
     # Frontend SPA routing
     location / {
         try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
+        add_header Cache-Control "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate";
     }
 
     # Security headers