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Delay seeing update at 1 zoom level

I made a map update over 24 hours ago that basically corrected the name of a stretch of trail. The change appeared to take effect almost immediately, except at 1 particular zoom level from my Mac, I see the old trail name. I tried it in another browser, and the exact same thing. On my phone and iPad it looks fine. Can anyone explain? Do I just need to wait longer, or is there a problem with my edits?

To test what I am seeing:

At this view I see Indian Creek Trail, the correct name.
At this view (zoomed out 1) I see Martins Gap Trail, the incorrect name.

delay map update zoom

asked 13 Sep '22, 00:22

Jerry E
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One Answer:

This is almost certainly a caching issue. Your browsers are showing you old tiles.

This answer has some more info: https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/83241/changes-only-on-some-zoom-levels-visible

answered 13 Sep '22, 00:48

InsertUser
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edited 13 Sep '22, 00:55

Thanks. I can believe it is a caching issue, but I'm not clear where. I am seeing it in two separate browsers, and I cleared cache in Chrome with no change.

I also saw mention in the link you shared about an "overload in the re-rendering queue" could cause a delay up to a few days. I am curious if anyone can test my second link (ideally on a Mac) to see which trail name appears.

(13 Sep '22, 01:56) Jerry E

I see Indian Creek Trail at all zoom levels that display trail names (with Chrome/Windows not on a Mac as you asked).

(13 Sep '22, 08:58) alan_gr

Wherever the bottleneck was, it finally cleared. Now working for me! Thanks for the response.

(13 Sep '22, 22:35) Jerry E