How long should I wait for my avatar to update?

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I updated my avatar at gravatar about 16 hours ago. It has not updated here yet.

This is what it should look like:

You can see what it actually looks like next to my post.

How long should I have to wait for the avatar to update?

I have cleared my cache, rebooted, logged in an out of EL&U and logged in and our of gravatar, none of these things worked.

The problem seems to be how gravatar cache the URLs. Semantically identical URLs give me different avatars.

I have posted at the WordPress support forum. I'll let you know if anything comes of it.

@ClarkKent - I bet if I delete the old avatar, that won't stop it from appearing. The image is cached somewhere in the gravatar system, cached by precise URL. I have changed the rating of the old avatar to X, but it's still coming up for rating requests of PG. — Matt E. Эллен, May 9, 2012 at 7:50

Matt E. Эллен · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-09 08:07:04Z

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OK, so I have deleted the old avatar, as ClarkKent suggested, and this has had the desired effect.

answered May 9, 2012 at 8:07

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