ZEO caching, was Re: [Zope-dev] more Zope2.6 fun: ZEO client death.

[Shane Hathaway]

Paul Winkler wrote:
> Which reminds me...  Is it expected that ZEO can take quite a while
> to show a new object on all clients?
> 
> With zope 2.6.2b3, ZEO 2.0.2,  I can reliably get this behavior:
> 
> 1) browser 1 looking at "foofolder" on client 1 adds a new object 
> "/foofolder/bar".
> 
> 2) browser 2 on client 2 visits "/foofolder/bar". Not found.
> 
> 3) browser 2 on client 2 flushes the browser cache, 
> quits / restarts the browser, etc.  
> "/foofolder/bar" again. Still not found. 
> 
> 3.5) Repeat step 3 intermittently for an hour (!). Not found.
> 
> 4) client 2 is restarted. Browser 2 refreshes 
> and immediately gets the expected object "bar".
> 
> This is clearly problematic.  At what point is client 2 supposed to
> see the new object??

Immediately.  You are experiencing a bug. ;-)

Shane