html5 manifest fetch failed (-1)

Question

I am developing a web app in which I am trying to use the HTML5 application cache.

I am running the application on apache tomcat 7. When the server is running it's OK; file downloads in Google Chrome and I get cached or update ready event. But once I shut down the server and refresh the page, I get an error manifest fetch fail (-1).

How to get over this error and why does it occur?

my manifest file is as follows(sample.manifest):

CACHE MANIFEST

# version 4
CACHE:

css/styles.css

js/script.js

js/jquery-latest.js

js/jquery.validate.js

img/blue-line.png

img/main-img.png

img/logo.png

img/green-li.png

img/gline2.png

img/gline3.png

img/gline4.png

img/gline5.png

img/diversity-img.jpg

img/facebook32.png

img/mail40x32.png

img/main-img-298.png

img/ppl-img.jpg

img/twitter32.png

leavevbc.html

diversity.html

NETWORK:

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I added the correct MIME type but I'm still getting the problem.

… but does the content render as expected when you're off-line? If so, your manifest file is working so you're good to go. — Ben

cellcortex cellcortex · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-25T09:29:21

The manifest load fail error is exactly what you have to expect if the server can't be reached. The manifest can't be loaded. It's a little bit confusing that this is reported as an error - but that's what the standard says. All you have to do is ignore the error and you should have an offline cached webapp.

html5 manifest fetch failed (-1)

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