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tomscharbach
Bronze Contributor
Jan 27, 2020

Edge: DNS Flush

I ran into a persistent "resolving host" issue on one of my computers this weekend and worked my way through the usual resolution steps (W10 DNS flush (ipconfig /flushdns), browser DNS flush and so o...
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Menoblack
Copper Contributor
Mar 23, 2023

I also had a resolving host problem, which I solved in the end by deleting all site data in edge://settings/siteData .  Some DNS info probably is stored there which doesn't get deleted with DNS flush? (some other comment suggested it has to do with internet explorer mode -https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/652141/edge-is-not-woking-properly-for-a-particular-dns-u )

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Eric_Lawrence
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Mar 23, 2023

Menoblack That should not be the case, no. If anything, it should be the opposite (if you have a web page entirely in the cache, or if you have a serviceworker installed by the target site, your browser might not need to connect to the server at all). 

 

If you have a NetLog (https://textslashplain.com/2020/01/17/capture-network-logs-from-edge-and-chrome/) from your failing scenario, you could look to see what precisely is happening with DNS resolutions.