How to clear Glass lambda cache?

Question

We have an issue with resizing images where the old dimensions are getting cached--I think in Glass' lambda cache. I'm trying to figure out how to clear it once we update an image. The cached value has persisted across multiple app pool recycles, recompiles, and iisresets.

So say we have an image that's 1400x700 pixels. We get a new source image that's a more reasonable 500x250, so we go into the media library and attach the new version. This updates the Height and Width fields on the Sitecore item as expected. We publish the new image and view the page to discover it now has a black box around it. The image is the new 500x250 version, but the cached lambda expression is still passing the old dimensions to the .ashx.

The RenderImage call was originally in the format RenderImage(x => c.CurrentItem.Image, ...), which we then changed to RenderImage(x => Model.CurrentItem.Image, ...) and then RenderImage(Model.CurrentItem, x => x.Image). All three exhibited the same behavior, even with an iisreset in between.

I've also tried disabling the cache per Mike Edwards' answer here: Disabling the Glass lambda cache. Which, of course, makes me wonder if it's the lambda cache at all, although I'm at a complete loss for another explanation.

I am using Sitecore 8.1.

Answer 1

This looks like a Sitecore Media Cache issue, and not a Glass.Mapper issue.

The reason I say this is that the Glass.Mapper expression cache cannot persist between application recycles, as the cache is stored in an in-memory dictionary.

By default, the Sitecore Media Cache is stored on disk, so those entries can persist for a while (and by default, it looks like they last for 90 days before being cleaned up)

My recommendation would be to clear out the media cache, (located here Website\App_Data\MediaCache\) and see if that solves your issue.