Magento 2 setup:staitic-content:deploy doesn't update css

Question

I'm running Magento 2 in production mode.

I made some changes in my theme's css files.

I try to make the css change reflecting on the live site, by using following command.

php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy en_AU en_US

I can't see the css files are updated in pub/static folder.

I have flushed cache php bin/magento cache:flush before and after static-content deploy.

Did i miss any steps?

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Update,

By removing everything from the pub/static/frontend folder, then deploy static-content will make css changes reflecting on the site. But this will break site for a few moment. There's no way to implement css / js changes in a product mode without breaking the site?

• Dhaduk Mitesh: Please try Flush Javascript/CSS cache from admin panel and then check. @xxx
• Magento Learner: @DhadukMitesh Before I deploy, I ran this command magento cache:flush. I think this will remove all cache?
• Dhaduk Mitesh: First you execute php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy. after that Flush Javascript/CSS cache from admin panel.
• Dhaduk Mitesh: Working or not? @xxx
• Magento Learner: I tried to flush js/css cache i admin after static-content:deploy. The css files still not updated in pub/static/frontend folder. But if I remove everything from pub/static/frontend folder then deploy, it will work. but as I mentioned in the question, removing everything from pub/static will break my site for a few moment, which I want to avoid.

Answer 1

Run orders in the following order:

rm -Rf var/view_preprocessed/* var/*cache/* pub/static/frontend/*
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy
php bin/magento cache:flush --all

In production mode, you have a CSS and JS files cache, this cache is must remove after that is must refresh cache, screen.

• Magento Learner: If I remove everything from pub/static/frontend/* then my site will broke right? I know I can then deploy static-content right away, but I cant afford to have the site down for 1 or more minutes.
• St3phan: yes, after remove, site is possible to down, but you must remove everything from var/view_preprocessed/
• St3phan: Run commands from answer
• Magento Learner: thanks, but then we can come to a conclusion that when running Magento 2 in production mode, there's no way to get css / js changes on live site without breaking the site for a few moment?
• St3phan: this is command for clear all php bin/magento cache:flush --all, if not working, I recomand you to clear from admin and after that refresh to all caches.