I have full page cache disabled as I troubleshoot this issue.

My minicart and account nav lives within my header (header.phtml). As I add items to cart, log in, and log out the navigation and minicart remain cached — the content does not update.

I’ve tried setting cache lifetime, manipulating the cache key, yet the block is always cached.

Here is my local.xml

    <reference name="header">         <!--block type="directory/currency" name="currency" as="currency_switcher" template="page/switch/currency.phtml"/-->         <block type="page/switch" name="store_language" as="store_language" template="page/switch/languages.phtml"/>         <block type="page/switch" name="store_switcher" as="store_switcher" template="page/switch/stores.phtml"/>         <block type="core/template" template="page/html/accountmenu.phtml" name="account_menu"/>         <block type="core/template" template="page/html/customergreeting.phtml" name="customer_greeting">             <action method="setCacheLifetime"><s>0</s></action>         </block>         <block type="checkout/cart_minicart" name="minicart_head" template="checkout/cart/minicart.phtml" before="-">             <block type="checkout/cart_sidebar" name="minicart_content" template="checkout/cart/minicart/items.phtml">                 <action method="addItemRender">                     <type>default</type>                     <block>checkout/cart_item_renderer</block>                     <template>checkout/cart/minicart/default.phtml</template>                 </action>                 <action method="addItemRender">                     <type>simple</type>                     <block>checkout/cart_item_renderer</block>                     <template>checkout/cart/minicart/default.phtml</template>                 </action>                 <action method="addItemRender">                     <type>grouped</type>                     <block>checkout/cart_item_renderer_grouped</block>                     <template>checkout/cart/minicart/default.phtml</template>                 </action>                 <action method="addItemRender">                     <type>configurable</type>                     <block>checkout/cart_item_renderer_configurable</block>                     <template>checkout/cart/minicart/default.phtml</template>                 </action>                 <block type="core/text_list" name="cart_sidebar.cart_promotion" as="cart_promotion" translate="label" module="checkout">                     <label>Mini-cart promotion block</label>                 </block>                 <block type="core/text_list" name="cart_sidebar.extra_actions" as="extra_actions" translate="label" module="checkout">                     <label>Shopping Cart Sidebar Extra Actions</label>                 </block>             </block>         </block>         <block type="core/text_list" name="top.menu" as="topMenu" translate="label">             <label>Navigation Bar</label>             <block type="page/html_topmenu" name="catalog.topnav" template="page/html/topmenu.phtml">                 <block type="contentmanager/menu" name="main-menu" alias="americas.menu"/>                 <block type="contentmanager/menu" name="main-menu-fr_ca"  alias="americas.french.menu"/>                 <block type="page/html_topmenu_renderer" name="catalog.topnav.renderer" template="page/html/topmenu/renderer.phtml">                     <block type="themecustom/menu_image" name="menu.image.container" as="image_container" template="page/html/topmenu/image.phtml"/>                 </block>             </block>         </block>         <block type="searchresults/form_mini" name="mobile.search" as="topSearchMobile" template="catalogsearch/form.mobile.phtml"/>     </reference>