localStorage in win8.1 IE11 does not synchronize

Question

We have two pages "/read" and "/write". Page "/write" each second updates localStorage with current time:

setInterval(function(){
    var time = (new Date()).getTime();
    localStorage.setItem("time", time);
    console.log("set", time);
},1000);

Page "/read" reads same storage:

setInterval(function(){
    var time = localStorage.getItem("time");
    console.log("get", time);
},1000);

One would think that "/read" page should show the same values which are written to localStorage by another page. But in IE11 on Win8.1 this is broken. Page "/read" reads some old value from storage, and further on it will show you the same value (as if it uses cache for local storage). Any ideas?

P.S. Both pages are on the same domain (live example - read write)

Answer 1

I've found a workaround for this issue on Win 10. If you handle the window.onstorage event in your code then localStorage will refresh for all open tabs. Something as simple as this worked for me:

window.onstorage = function(e){
    //Leave this empty
    //or add code to handle
    //the event
};

I haven't tested this code thoroughly, so please do so before using this method in any production apps.

Hope this helps!