# Rails 3 Flash Messages Not Clearing

**URL:** <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/rails-3-flash-messages-not-clearing/57326>\
**Category:** rubyonrails-talk\
**Created:** [February 14, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/rails-3-flash-messages-not-clearing/57326 "2011-02-14T20:52:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![11155](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/d26b3c/32.png) [@11155](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/11155)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/rails-3-flash-messages-not-clearing/57326/1 "2011-02-14T20:52:43Z")

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Hey Guys, Weird problem.. I just upgraded to Rails 3 on my live site and I can't for the life of me figure this out. None of my flash notices disappear after being displayed. Ever. Like I can refresh 10 times and they're still there.

This happens regardless of the session\_store I use.

Any suggestions on how to debug this? Is there a function I can call manually that apparently isn't being called somewhere?

Thanks! Mike

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**Author:** ![11155](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/d26b3c/32.png) [@11155](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/11155)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/rails-3-flash-messages-not-clearing/57326/2 "2011-02-15T03:47:40Z")

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Does using flash.now help?

> **[Knowing when to use flash.now](https://handyrailstips.com/tips/15-knowing-when-to-use-flash-now/)**
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> The flash hash is designed to carry a message from one action to the next. Here’s a simple example: