CKEDITOR.timestamp does not work for CSS files

[ghost]

Are you reporting a feature request or a bug?

Bug(?)

Check if the issue is already reported

I think it is a bit discussed here (but about config.js):
http://ckeditor.com/forums/CKEditor/Problem-with-config.js-not-updating

Provide detailed reproduction steps (if any)

1. Exactly after ckeditor.js is executed run this: CKEDITOR.timestamp = 'some_number';
2. So requests from ckeditor have new timestamp, for example: config.js?t=some_number
3. But not CSS requests.. It is still: contents.css?t=H5SC

Expected result

contents.css?t=some_number

Actual result

contents.css?t=H5SC

Other details

• Browser: FF, latest...
• OS: Win x64
• CKEditor version: 4.7
• Installed CKEditor plugins: basic

[mlewand]

The timestamp feature is set during compile-time. It's used to make sure that browser does not use resources from previous version of CKE.

You should just rebuild CKEditor and it will be changed, see Building CKEditor from Source Code.

[ghost]

How then can I be sure that my app will reload config.js / styles.js / contents.css files of ckeditor?
I can edit config.js, styles.js, contents.css... and I do not need to rebuild ckeditor for that.
I even never built it myself.. I have downloaded custom bundle from site.

[ghost]

This question was already discussed:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14940452/force-ckeditor-to-refresh-config

And this was labelled as accepted answer... From your point of view it is not... So what is the solution then?

[ghost]

Any update on this?

[Capenus]

I have the same Issue. If you use config.contentsCss = ['contents.css', 'your_own_styles.css']; and make changes to your_own_styles.css, those changes arent reflected in the editor. Even if you set CKEDITOR.timestamp = 'v1.0.1'; to a new value.

[phil123456]

yes the timestamp trick does not work at all

[LiamDawe]

I'm also currently seeing this issue with JS files with the latest version of CKEditor, perhaps it has been broken completely? I can't get an updated config file to load.