My github webpage is not updating after changes are made.

[johnshearing]

My github webpage is not updating after changes are made.
Can someone please explain what is wrong and how I can see the results of changes to my webpage?
Thanks.

[D7EAD]

Hi!

Changes made to a Github Pages page do not appear as they are made, as Github uses CDN caching for Pages, there is a small delay for changes to be reflected on the actual page. You can overcome this by clearing your site cache, as well as some other tricks that are outlined in this Stack Overflow question.

If I've managed to help you, kindly consider Marking as Answer so others with the same question can more easily find the appropriate answer. Thanks!

[D7EAD]

Glad to hear it!

[CodeConnoisseur74]

@D7EAD This also helped me. In my case, I just had to go to the "Deployments" page from "Environment" > "GitHub-Pages". I just didn't give my page enough time to deploy. Once I confirmed it did, my changes were added. Thank-you for sharing the Stack Overflow link as this solution was highlighted there. @johnshearing thank-you for sharing your question and solution.

[bHabawel]

This is pretty usefull information right here. Thanks for sharing @johnshearing

[ke0ff]

I am having similar issues. I did a commit of three, pre-existing files to my github pages repo. The files were all PDFs and all were small-change edits. Of the three files, ONE is showing up as updated outside the repo. The other two are still loading the previous revisions. I tried "breaking the cache" to no avail. I have flushed my browsers and even used a PC that I recently obtained which hasn't been to my github pages site yet. Nothing seems to work (I am at T+18 hours and counting since the commits). The "build process" is a new concept for me RE github pages. In the past I have simply pushed new commits and the updated files would be fetchable after a short time and maybe a browser cache-flush. This is the first time I've had this issue. Is the "rebuild" automatic? In any case, I am reasonably certain that the updated files are in the repo (I can view them inside the repo and they are correct) AND those files are not making it out through the pages path (so it isn't a browser cache issue). Beyond that, I am out of ideas.

[onetomiles]

Thanks for the help @D7EAD. Usually it takes a few minutes but this time it took several hours for the changes to show up on my webpage. In any case I used the meta tags as shown on the stack overflow issue you pointed me to.

<meta http-equiv='cache-control' content='no-cache'> 
<meta http-equiv='expires' content='0'> 
<meta http-equiv='pragma' content='no-cache'>

thanks @johnshearing !

[kevin1061517]

For me, the reason why my GitHub webpage didn't updated after changes were made is that the repository's visibility was set to private..
Perhaps, you could check if your repository's visibility is set to public first.

[Vladimir-125]

I had the same problem. I used to have a pro plan, and I was using the private repository. Now, it seems not to be working since I have changed to a free plan.

[ghost]

For me no meta tags were needed, all I did was to:

1. Click on the page repo in question
2. Click Settings
3. In the left pane, click Pages
4. look in the page where they say something like Your site is live at https://iamlost.faith/
5. At the very right of this div, there is a [...] button (just beside "Visit Page" Click it!)
6. Then click Unpublish site
7. after that reload this page. and for mine it said : Last deployed by @tati-z tati-z 1 minutes ago

[tanushreego]

You can re-publish your GitHub Pages website by navigating to the Actions tab of your repository, click on the Pages build and deployment workflow, then click the Re-run all jobs button located in the upper right corner of the page. After the workflow run has completed, your site will be published.

[mhelcabs]

it work for me. after clicking unpublish site.. repeat the process. Source -- deploy from branch, branch re select none then save, then again select main then save. wait for like 5minutes or less.... it will be publish again with all the changes.. thanks tati-z

[zoetian]

I was able to get it back by first changing repo from private to public. Then go to setttngs>pages> deploy from source. You have to change it to public to see the build from source UI for free.

[K-K-L-L]

I just committed to the repo and pushed it to GitHub

[Jeanie-Rodriguez]

This worked for me. Thank you!

[mlscmoulika]

The solution that worked for me is, re-running the jobs of the workflow, by going to 'Actions', clicking on the 'page-build-deployment', and re-running all the jobs, by clicking on the 're-run all jobs' button on top right, and once the page is built and deployed, I was able to see all the changes I made.

[NaomiGrass]

This helped, thanks! I just had to make sure I re-run the successful workflows not the failed ones.

[ranakroychowdhury]

I have a similar problem. On some days, if I make some changes to a file and commit, it updates the website. On other days, if I make similar changes to the same file, it won't update. I tried all the aforementioned solutions, noting worked :(

My repository is public.

I cleared my browser cache.

Unpublish and republish the website

Re-run all jobs.

I forked from https://github.com/academicpages/academicpages.github.io and am building my website by making changes to it.

[RokeJulianLockhart]

https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/19713#discussion-4182558

Per this SO answer:

Mine wasn't updating due to a submodule that it couldn't access:

2024-07-10T16:37:52.0103628Z Syncing repository: RokeJulianLockhart/rokejulianlockhart.github.io
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0105832Z ##[group]Getting Git version info
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0106798Z Working directory is '/home/runner/work/rokejulianlockhart.github.io/rokejulianlockhart.github.io'
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0107900Z [command]/usr/bin/git version
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0183814Z git version 2.45.2
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0210326Z ##[endgroup]
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0228081Z Temporarily overriding HOME='/home/runner/work/_temp/e9ef3404-1625-4b30-ae5e-68acd506cf72' before making global git config changes
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0229252Z Adding repository directory to the temporary git global config as a safe directory
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0238819Z [command]/usr/bin/git config --global --add safe.directory /home/runner/work/rokejulianlockhart.github.io/rokejulianlockhart.github.io
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0278744Z Deleting the contents of '/home/runner/work/rokejulianlockhart.github.io/rokejulianlockhart.github.io'
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0282426Z ##[group]Initializing the repository
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0287160Z [command]/usr/bin/git init /home/runner/work/rokejulianlockhart.github.io/rokejulianlockhart.github.io
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0419158Z hint: Using 'master' as the name for the initial branch. This default branch name
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0420683Z hint: is subject to change. To configure the initial branch name to use in all
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0422233Z hint: of your new repositories, which will suppress this warning, call:
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0427689Z hint:
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0429087Z hint: 	git config --global init.defaultBranch <name>
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0429838Z hint:
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0430793Z hint: Names commonly chosen instead of 'master' are 'main', 'trunk' and
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0432205Z hint: 'development'. The just-created branch can be renamed via this command:
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0433097Z hint:
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0433563Z hint: 	git branch -m <name>
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0434870Z Initialized empty Git repository in /home/runner/work/rokejulianlockhart.github.io/rokejulianlockhart.github.io/.git/
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0441612Z [command]/usr/bin/git remote add origin https://github.com/RokeJulianLockhart/rokejulianlockhart.github.io
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0492340Z ##[endgroup]
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0492939Z ##[group]Disabling automatic garbage collection
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0496594Z [command]/usr/bin/git config --local gc.auto 0
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0532301Z ##[endgroup]
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0533078Z ##[group]Setting up auth
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0540422Z [command]/usr/bin/git config --local --name-only --get-regexp core\.sshCommand
2024-07-10T16:37:52.0575896Z [command]/usr/bin/git submodule foreach --recursive sh -c "git config --local --name-only --get-regexp 'core\.sshCommand' && git config --local --unset-all 'core.sshCommand' || :"
2024-07-10T16:37:52.1021889Z [command]/usr/bin/git config --local --name-only --get-regexp http\.https\:\/\/github\.com\/\.extraheader
2024-07-10T16:37:52.1057886Z [command]/usr/bin/git submodule foreach --recursive sh -c "git config --local --name-only --get-regexp 'http\.https\:\/\/github\.com\/\.extraheader' && git config --local --unset-all 'http.https://github.com/.extraheader' || :"
2024-07-10T16:37:52.1311823Z [command]/usr/bin/git config --local http.https://github.com/.extraheader AUTHORIZATION: basic ***
2024-07-10T16:37:52.1362908Z ##[endgroup]
2024-07-10T16:37:52.1363913Z ##[group]Fetching the repository
2024-07-10T16:37:52.1374113Z [command]/usr/bin/git -c protocol.version=2 fetch --no-tags --prune --no-recurse-submodules --depth=1 origin +refs/heads/main*:refs/remotes/origin/main* +refs/tags/main*:refs/tags/main*
2024-07-10T16:37:52.6400456Z From https://github.com/RokeJulianLockhart/rokejulianlockhart.github.io
2024-07-10T16:37:52.6401435Z  * [new branch]      main       -> origin/main
2024-07-10T16:37:52.6427952Z ##[endgroup]
2024-07-10T16:37:52.6428907Z ##[group]Determining the checkout info
2024-07-10T16:37:52.6435906Z [command]/usr/bin/git branch --list --remote origin/main
2024-07-10T16:37:52.6462661Z   origin/main
2024-07-10T16:37:52.6469468Z ##[endgroup]
2024-07-10T16:37:52.6474872Z [command]/usr/bin/git sparse-checkout disable
2024-07-10T16:37:52.6519013Z [command]/usr/bin/git config --local --unset-all extensions.worktreeConfig
2024-07-10T16:37:52.6549537Z ##[group]Checking out the ref
2024-07-10T16:37:52.6554297Z [command]/usr/bin/git checkout --progress --force -B main refs/remotes/origin/main
2024-07-10T16:37:52.6598953Z Switched to a new branch 'main'
2024-07-10T16:37:52.6601422Z branch 'main' set up to track 'origin/main'.
2024-07-10T16:37:52.6607417Z ##[endgroup]
2024-07-10T16:37:52.6608380Z ##[group]Setting up auth for fetching submodules
2024-07-10T16:37:52.6613802Z [command]/usr/bin/git config --global http.https://github.com/.extraheader AUTHORIZATION: basic ***
2024-07-10T16:37:52.6653019Z [command]/usr/bin/git config --global --unset-all url.https://github.com/.insteadOf
2024-07-10T16:37:52.6686660Z [command]/usr/bin/git config --global --add url.https://github.com/.insteadOf git@github.com:
2024-07-10T16:37:52.6720411Z [command]/usr/bin/git config --global --add url.https://github.com/.insteadOf org-42837531@github.com:
2024-07-10T16:37:52.6751453Z ##[endgroup]
2024-07-10T16:37:52.6752624Z ##[group]Fetching submodules
2024-07-10T16:37:52.6756730Z [command]/usr/bin/git submodule sync --recursive
2024-07-10T16:37:52.7009354Z [command]/usr/bin/git -c protocol.version=2 submodule update --init --force --depth=1 --recursive
2024-07-10T16:37:52.7253483Z Submodule 'rokejulianlockhart' (https://gitlab.com/rokejulianlockhart/rokejulianlockhart.git) registered for path 'rokejulianlockhart'
2024-07-10T16:37:52.7282913Z Cloning into '/home/runner/work/rokejulianlockhart.github.io/rokejulianlockhart.github.io/rokejulianlockhart'...
2024-07-10T16:37:53.4668019Z Submodule path 'rokejulianlockhart': checked out 'fbbb0ab0ebb69bd649a382e7d3a0b578fac2b46d'
2024-07-10T16:37:53.4686365Z Submodule 's4a3h4' (https://gitlab.com/rokejulianlockhart/s4a3h4.git) registered for path 'rokejulianlockhart/s4a3h4'
2024-07-10T16:37:53.4691333Z Submodule 'sg5n9q' (https://gitlab.com/rokejulianlockhart/sg5n9q.git) registered for path 'rokejulianlockhart/sg5n9q'
2024-07-10T16:37:53.4722675Z Cloning into '/home/runner/work/rokejulianlockhart.github.io/rokejulianlockhart.github.io/rokejulianlockhart/s4a3h4'...
2024-07-10T16:37:53.6558012Z ##[error]fatal: could not read Username for 'https://gitlab.com': terminal prompts disabled
2024-07-10T16:37:53.6570130Z ##[error]fatal: clone of 'https://gitlab.com/rokejulianlockhart/s4a3h4.git' into submodule path '/home/runner/work/rokejulianlockhart.github.io/rokejulianlockhart.github.io/rokejulianlockhart/s4a3h4' failed
2024-07-10T16:37:53.6571941Z Failed to clone 's4a3h4'. Retry scheduled
2024-07-10T16:37:53.6596897Z Cloning into '/home/runner/work/rokejulianlockhart.github.io/rokejulianlockhart.github.io/rokejulianlockhart/sg5n9q'...
2024-07-10T16:37:54.5243035Z Cloning into '/home/runner/work/rokejulianlockhart.github.io/rokejulianlockhart.github.io/rokejulianlockhart/s4a3h4'...
2024-07-10T16:37:54.6897160Z ##[error]fatal: could not read Username for 'https://gitlab.com': terminal prompts disabled
2024-07-10T16:37:54.6924448Z ##[error]fatal: clone of 'https://gitlab.com/rokejulianlockhart/s4a3h4.git' into submodule path '/home/runner/work/rokejulianlockhart.github.io/rokejulianlockhart.github.io/rokejulianlockhart/s4a3h4' failed
2024-07-10T16:37:54.6927308Z Failed to clone 's4a3h4' a second time, aborting
2024-07-10T16:37:54.6928621Z ##[error]fatal: Failed to recurse into submodule path 'rokejulianlockhart'
2024-07-10T16:37:54.6985458Z ##[error]The process '/usr/bin/git' failed with exit code 1

...despite the submodule being public, and despite GitHub supposedly supporting it. I expect that the problem was that GitHub was trying to recursively clone the submodules' submodules, and one of them contains a private repository.

[GraysonBell]

The solution for me was go through every component and file and fix every problem and suggestion that showed in the terminal. This updated my deployed pages instantly.