I recently created a new site, but I visited the domain before the site and was redirected to a cgi default page. And as a result Chrome cached the URL as http://example.com/cgi-sys/defaultwebpage.cgi

After I got the site up and running, Chrome continued to redirect the domains to the cgi default page even though it was working properly in other browsers and an incognito Chrome window.

After a week or so of this annoyance, I searched the web for a solution and I found one on Sal Ferrarello’s site. It turns out that Chrome caches redirects and there isn’t a clear way to clear the redirect cache.

The solution that worked for me was Sal’s first idea to disable the cache from the Chrome Developer Tools. The easiest way to open the Developer Tools is Command Option I

Once the Developer Tools are open, click on the settings icon shown here:

Once the settings modal opens, check the box next to Disable Cache (while DevTools is open) option as shown here:

Now visit the page that is cached and the old redirect cache should be permanently removed.

Check out Sal’s post for more details.