Do we have router.reload in vue-router?

this.$router.go() does exactly this; if no arguments are specified, the router navigates to current location, refreshing the page.

note: current implementation of router and its history components don't mark the param as optional, but IMVHO it's either a bug or an omission on Evan You's part, since the spec explicitly allows it. I've filed an issue report about it. If you're really concerned with current TS annotations, just use the equivalent this.$router.go(0)

As to 'why is it so': go internally passes its arguments to window.history.go, so its equal to windows.history.go() - which, in turn, reloads the page, as per MDN doc.

note: since this executes a "soft" reload on regular desktop (non-portable) Firefox, a bunch of strange quirks may appear if you use it but in fact you require a true reload; using the window.location.reload(true); (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location/reload) mentioned by OP instead may help - it certainly did solve my problems on FF.

The simplest solution is to add a :key attribute to :

<router-view :key="$route.fullPath"></router-view>

This is because Vue Router does not notice any change if the same component is being addressed. With the key, any change to the path will trigger a reload of the component with the new data.

this.$router.go(this.$router.currentRoute)

Vue-Router Docs:

I checked vue-router repo on GitHub and it seems that there isn't reload() method any more. But in the same file, there is: currentRoute object.

Source: vue-router/src/index.js
Docs: docs

get currentRoute (): ?Route {    return this.history && this.history.current  }

Now you can use this.$router.go(this.$router.currentRoute) for reload current route.

Simple example.

Version for this answer:

"vue": "^2.1.0","vue-router": "^2.1.1"