How to use this reference
Distinguish HTTP cache policy from suspended-page lifetime in an owned application’s session model. Define how sensitive state is cleared or refreshed after restoration and how logout remains effective across navigation. Preserve server-side authorization independently of restored client state.
Before reading
- Browser origin and navigation concepts
- HTTP session and response-cache fundamentals
Context and limits
- Chrome-specific eligibility safeguards must not be generalized to every browser or authentication design.
- The broader web.dev guide still describes the Chrome change as ongoing; the separately dated Chrome article provides more specific implementation context.
- No browser execution or live application assessment was performed; this is lifecycle guidance, not an individual vulnerability report.
Sources and provenance
- Enabling bfcache for Cache-Control: no-store Google Chrome for Developers · reviewed 2026-10-03
- Back/forward cache Google web.dev · reviewed 2026-10-03
Record reviewed 2026-10-03. Snapshot 53796974ace8. Open the complete JSON contract.