05.2 Pragma HTTP Headers (and why they don’t work)

Many people believe that assigning a Pragma: no-cache HTTP header to a representation will make it uncacheable. This is not necessarily true; the HTTP specification does not set any guidelines for Pragma response headers; instead, Pragma request headers (the headers that a browser sends to a server) are discussed. Although a few caches may honor this header, the majority won’t, and it won’t have any effect. Use the headers below instead.