Common Problems and FixesBrowser Cache Is On but Gzip or Brotli Does Not Appear Active

Browser Cache Is On but Gzip or Brotli Does Not Appear Active

This usually means browser cache and compression are being confused.

They are related, but not the same thing.

  • Browser Cache controls how long assets can be stored.

  • Gzip and Brotli control response compression.

If cache headers exist but compression does not:

  • check the CDN

  • check Apache or Nginx config

  • confirm the response headers directly

  • ask the host whether compression is already handled elsewhere

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