Tomcat 7 keeps using an old jsp after an update

Question

We (the people at my company) have created an application for Tomcat that uses servlets and jsp\'s as a GUI a while ago.

We\'ve just now finished an update where one of

Answer 1

The problem very likely is caused by timestamp mismatch. The newly uploaded JSP page or servlet has an older timestamp than that of the cached page or servlet on the server. To avoid the problem, ensure the system clock on the machine where the JSP or servlet uploaded from is in sync with the system clock of the machine where the server is running on. To remedy the problem, check the following:

• Make sure the file transfer client (like winscp known to cause problem) date, time and time zone is in sync with the Apache Tomcat server. • Verify the JSP date, time and time zone is up to date with the Apache Tomcat server. If not, re-deploy the JSP with the correct timestamp. • If updating the JSP timestamp failed, the last thing you want to do is to remove the JSP in Apache Tomcat work directory if you don’t have important sessions to keep.