Cache-defeating URL parameters aren't passed to sprite URLs
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Description
**mapbox-gl-js version**: 0.41.0
### Steps to Trigger Behavior
1. Call mapboxgl.map({ ... style: 'mapbox://styles/user/abc123?update=1 } )
2. The style file is fetched from: api.mapbox.com/styles/v1/user/abc123.json?update=1&access_token=...
### Expected Behavior
1. The sprite file is fetched from api.mapbox.com/styles/v1/user/abc123/sprite@2x.json?update=1&access_token=...
### Actual Behavior
1. The sprite file is fetched from api.mapbox.com/styles/v1/user/abc123/sprite@2x.json?access_token=...
This means that when you update icons through the Studio interface, it often takes a long time before you can see them in your maps, because the files get cached along the way, and there's really no workaround.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start at the mapboxgl.map style-loading entry point and trace how the style URL is turned into the sprite URL. Verify that query parameters such as update=1 are retained in the sprite request, and confirm the resulting request avoids stale cached sprite data.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100