I have looked at these similar topics but was unable to resolve the issue for myself… I have spent hours trying to figure this out when I should be developing the site, so this is beyond frustrating. https://local.getflywheel.com/community/t/css-changes-not-reflected-in-browser-win-10-2-0-4/1833 h…

Hey @brucel – That sort of sounds like it could be a caching thing – within Local, can you enable “Dev Mode” and let me know if that helps fix things? That toggle is in the upper right-hand corner of the site view, next to where you start and stop a site: [image]

I have. I even tried incognito.

@squarepixel , If you’re on macOS, please go to Preferences » Advanced and disable “Faster Docker Volumes”. Then, edit a CSS file again and see if you can see the change.

That seems to have done it. Thank you.

Glad to hear it helped! We’re going to be improving “Faster Docker Volumes” in an upcoming release.

Clearing the cache worked, but for only one change. And now, not at all even with clearing the cache again. Can I change the setting on my site to ngnix, PHP7.03, MySQL 5.5? Or do I need to start over?

I had the same problem, spent whole day fixing it, cloning and deleting project over and over. After switching from ngnix to Apache it seems to be working. No server side caching for now.

I started having this problem with a new site created with Local 2.0.6 (PHP 7.1.4, nginx, MySQL 5.5.55) and turning off Faster Docker Volumes in Preferences > Advanced and restarting the site fixed the issue. I don’t know what “Faster Docker Volumes” means

Has anyone found a REAL solution to this? I recently started using Local and this is really making it a no go for me. Using some of the different approaches outlined here and a few other threads I can get it to work temporarily but after a few style changes it stops working. What I’ve tried: 1.) T…

Casey, Sorry for the trouble! Which browser are you using? Also, are you using the “Preferred” environment or the “Custom” environment?

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Hi @darenjm,

There’s no need to start over!

Are you on macOS or Windows? Also, when setting up the site did you use “Preferred” or “Custom”?

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