Several users, including ChrisBeach, joebuhlig, and justin, have noticed that changes to CSS in theme components are not automatically reflected in the site, requiring a hard refresh instead. codinghorror inquired if anyone was aware of the cause, and david confirmed the issue, stating it was not theme-related. After investigating, david found two separate issues and implemented fixes:
Live reload was not working for core/plugin SCSS in development when using a non-default theme (commit).
Parent themes were not refreshing when editing child themes (commit).
I’ve seen this as well over the last week. I don’t think it’s theme related, as it happens for me even when editing core stylesheets. Will look into it.
Turns out this was two completely separate issues. One for core/plugin stylesheets in development, and one for child theme stylesheets. Both should now be fixed.
No live reload when editing core/plugin scss, if you were using a non-default theme in development