Is Chrome ignoring Cache-Control: max-age?

Question

Background:

• IIS 7
• AspNet 3.5 web app

Chrome dev tools lists 98 requests for the home page of the web app (aspx + js + css + images). I

Answer 1

If Chrome Developer Tools are open (F12), Chrome usually disables caching.

It is controllable in the Developer Tools settings - the Gear icon to the right of the dev-tools top bar.