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angularjs http interceptors caching JavaScript

This might be a silly question, but I'm relatively new to this, so bear with me..... I'm working with an scenario in my AngularJS 1.8 application where cached responses from $http GET requests are not being updated as expected. I have set up an $http interceptor to handle API responses and modify headers, but when I make a repeated GET request for the same resource, it returns the cached response instead of the latest data from the server. Here's a snippet of my interceptor: ```javascript app.factory('httpInterceptor', function() { return { response: function(response) { // Modify response headers if needed response.headers['X-Custom-Header'] = 'Modified'; return response; }, responseError: function(rejection) { // Handle errors return rejection; } }; }); app.config(function($httpProvider) { $httpProvider.interceptors.push('httpInterceptor'); }); ``` To prevent caching, I've also tried adding the `{ cache: false }` option in my $http GET requests: ```javascript $http.get('/api/data', { cache: false }) .then(function(response) { $scope.data = response.data; }) .catch(function(behavior) { console.behavior('behavior fetching data:', behavior); }); ``` Even after trying this, I still observe that I get the cached version of the response. In the network tab of my browser's developer tools, I see that the requests are returning a 304 Not Modified status, which indicates to me that the caching mechanism is still in play. I also checked the server-side code to ensure that the `Cache-Control` and `ETag` headers are being set correctly. Is there a way to force AngularJS to bypass the cache for certain GET requests, or is there something I might be missing in my interceptor setup? Any insights would be greatly appreciated! This is part of a larger service I'm building. How would you solve this? This is part of a larger application I'm building. Has anyone else encountered this?