FIX: Confirm form resubmission on refresh [Browser Errors]

by Milan Stanojevic

Deputy Editor

August 17, 2020

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The confirm form resubmissionERR_CACHE_MISS notification shows up in your browser when you hit Refresh or try to go back.

Contrary to what many users might think, the confirm form resubmission message is not an error or a bug.

The browser is actually looking for your permission to load your submitted data while refreshing the page or going back.

You can avoid the ERR_CACHE_MISS problem simply by never refreshing a web page on which you sent some form of information or never clicking Back.

However, it’s almost impossible to never want to see the previous page you were viewing or needing to refresh your current page.

Therefore, this post will explore how to avoid the confirmation form resubmission from Google Chrome and other browsers with this issue.

8 ways to fix the Confirm form resubmission error

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2. How to turn off confirm form resubmission on Chrome

1. Close Google Chrome browser if it’s open.
2. Right-click on the Chrome icon and select Properties from the contextual menu.
3. Next, go to the Target field and after chrome.exe, append the following: -disable-prompt-on-repost
4. This makes the complete target transform to: C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe -disable-prompt-on-repost
   
5. Click on Apply to save your changes and then hit OK to close the Properties dialog.
6. Launch Google Chrome by double-clicking on the shortcut.

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3. How to disable confirm form resubmission by deleting no-store

1. Open the page with the form.
2. Find the following code on the header: header(‘Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=’);
3. From that code, delete the no-store part from the header.
4. Next, refresh the website page with the confirmation form resubmission error.

Note: You can only fix the confirm form resubmission on the refresh/back button with this method if you can edit the page.

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4. Clear your browser’s data

Firefox

1. Launch the Firefox browser.
2. Click on the three horizontal lines icon on the top right-hand corner of the screen.
3. Select Options from the contextual menu to open Firefox settings.
4. Navigate to the Privacy & Security tab on the left-hand pane.
5. Scroll down to the Cookies & Site Data section. Hit Clear Data to reveal the dialog box in the screenshot below.
6. Check Cookies and Site Data and Cached Web Content and finally click Clear.
   
7. Scroll down a little more to the History section and click on Clear History.
8. Select a time range and check the preferred options.
   
9. Hit the Clear Now button.

Chrome

1. Open the Chrome browser.
2. Click on the vertical ellipse icon at the top right-hand corner of the screen, go to More tools > Clear browsing data.
3. Select the relevant timeframe for which you wish to clear your data (If you wish to get rid of all your browsing data, choose All time).
4. Mark the checkboxes for Cached images and files and Cookies and other site data.
5. Click on Clear data.

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5. Replace the POST method

The information you entered on the web page is posted using either the POST or GET methods.

While the POST method doesn’t append your entry to the URL, the server wouldn’t have access to your data.

On the other hand, the GET method appends your entry to the URL. Hence, your data isn’t as secure as the POST method.

If you can modify the page data, you can fix the confirm form resubmission issue by changing the POST method to the GET method.

To do this, simply remove the POST from the page URL and replace it with the GET method. For example, if the original code is:

<form action="index.php?load=SUBMIT"method="post">

you can replace the post part to get, so it becomes:

<form action="index.php?load=SUBMIT"method="get">

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6. Make use of Ajax submit button

Use the following snippet for the submit button to disable confirm form resubmission:

$.ajax({
type: “POST,”
URL: “bin/validation.php”
data: dataString,
success: function(){
//Insert your submission action
}
});
return false;

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7. Disable corrupt browser extensions

1. For Chrome and Firefox click the More Options icon.
2. Find and deactivate any corrupt extensions that may be causing the confirm form resubmission Chrome issue.
   
3. Refresh the problematic page.

Note: If the confirm form resubmission disappears, you know that the extension was the culprit. Leave it disabled or delete it.

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8. Reset Google Chrome browser

1. Click on the three dots (…) at the upper right-hand side of the screen and launch the Control Menu.
2. Select the Settings link from the contextual menu.
3. Click Advanced from the bottom of the Settings page.
4. Click on Reset and cleanup also located at the bottom of this page (Or click on Reset and cleanup from the left panel).
5. Click on Reset settings to their original defaults.
6. Hit Reset Settings.

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Whenever you see the confirm form resubmission ERR_CACHE_MISS message on your browser,  you can simply click Continue. However, if you do not wish to resubmit the form data, click on Cancel.

In the case that you had enough of this notification, the steps presented above will ensure you’re not going to encounter it again.

FAQ: Learn more about

• How to avoid the confirm form resubmission err_cache_miss message?

Whenever you see the ERR_CACHE_MISS message on your browser you can simply click the Continue button. To remove it entirely, check out our thorough article on this subject.

• What is the reload button to resubmit?

The reload (refresh) button to resubmit data in your browser is the F5 key.

• Can you do a hard refresh on Chrome?

Yes. In order to perform a hard refresh on Chrome, you will need to press the Ctrl + Shift + R keys.

Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in July 2020 and has been since revamped and updated in August 2020 for freshness, accuracy, and comprehensiveness.