Updated robots.txt. How do I clear the cache?

Experience Manager (PaaS/OnPrem)
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Using the Hippo plugin robotstxt, I added a new sitemap to the list of sitemaps. I can see my change in production if I add a random query string to cache bust, but the original URL still shows the previous sitemap. If this is a cache issue, how do I clear the cache to show the updated robots.txt? It’s been almost 24 hours since I made the change. Here are the URLs to compare:

  1. https://www.couchbase.com/robots.txt
  2. https://www.couchbase.com/robots.txt?1 (this shows the added sitemap XML)
2

is it your browser cache? I get to see same files…

3

I tried with a few different browsers, cleared the browser cache, and incognito mode. I’m still seeing the same: the first URL has one single sitemap listed and the second URL has two sitemaps listed.

We do use Akamai as a CDN. I requested that Akamai clear the cache to see if the update takes.

4

might be location related (CDN), for me files are still exactly the same…

5

Thanks, Machak. That’s good to know. It sounds more like clearing the Akamai cache will resolve this issue.

6

Resolved by purging the robots.txt file from Akamai CDN.