Is there any lite version of Refresh Found Geocaches?

Question

I logged caches on 1/7 and they still aren't showing up in challenge checkers.  While I can use the Refresh found geocaches self-support, it seems like overkill and a waste of resources since I really only care about the last 100 or so.  While another 24 hours won't kill me, it seems like an impractical answer to my needs.

Answer 1

I took a look at your Profile Stats page about 5 minutes ago and it said “Data from 2018-12-25”. I just looked again and it has been updated using “Data from 2019-01-19” and it shows your cache finds in Jan. My understanding is that by looking at your profile stats I triggered an update. I am not sure if that happens with challenge checkers. Are you a paying member or active user of PGC? That can affect the stats refresh rate.

Comments

Thanks for checking.  I ran the Refresh Found Geocaches so it is possible it was that that triggered the update.

I'm not a paying member but I was under the impression that updates should be more often than monthly.  Either way, the checker is at least working now which clears up a bunch of stuff.  

I'll remember to try checking my Profile stats next time and see if that triggers anything.

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It should update after 24 hours for paying members and 1 week for everyone else. From the PGC membership page: “The Profile stats are generated weekly for non paying members. With an upgraded account they will be updated daily.”

There was also a recent thread where the first answer contains some insight:
https://project-gc.com/qa/?qa=13982/something-has-changed-profile-stat-updating

I sometimes experience something similar when I check my stats. If I look the next day sometimes it doesn’t show the updated stats until I refresh the page. I assume that it is a lag due to the processing time. The first time I load the page it sends the request but uses the previous days data and then a few minutes later if I refresh I get the updated data.

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In the same thread in answer 3 I also concluded that weekly refresh for not paying members is not a strict rule. I retested this for my answer in the thread mentioned, but noticed this behaviour already long ago (1 or 2 years at least)