diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/hg/repository.py b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/hg/repository.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/hg/repository.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/hg/repository.py
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ class MercurialRepository(BaseRepository
 
         self._remote.tag(
             name, commit.raw_id, message, local, user, date, tz)
+        self._remote.invalidate_vcs_cache()
 
         # Reinitialize tags
         self.tags = self._get_tags()
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ class MercurialRepository(BaseRepository
         date, tz = date_to_timestamp_plus_offset(date)
 
         self._remote.tag(name, nullid, message, local, user, date, tz)
+        self._remote.invalidate_vcs_cache()
         self.tags = self._get_tags()
 
     @LazyProperty
@@ -261,6 +263,7 @@ class MercurialRepository(BaseRepository
     def strip(self, commit_id, branch=None):
         self._remote.strip(commit_id, update=False, backup="none")
 
+        self._remote.invalidate_vcs_cache()
         self.commit_ids = self._get_all_commit_ids()
         self._rebuild_cache(self.commit_ids)
 
@@ -530,6 +533,7 @@ class MercurialRepository(BaseRepository
         """
         url = self._get_url(url)
         self._remote.pull(url, commit_ids=commit_ids)
+        self._remote.invalidate_vcs_cache()
 
     def _local_clone(self, clone_path):
         """
@@ -603,6 +607,7 @@ class MercurialRepository(BaseRepository
                 self.bookmark(bookmark_name, revision=source_ref.commit_id)
                 self._remote.rebase(
                     source=source_ref.commit_id, dest=target_ref.commit_id)
+                self._remote.invalidate_vcs_cache()
                 self._update(bookmark_name)
                 return self._identify(), True
             except RepositoryError:
@@ -611,15 +616,19 @@ class MercurialRepository(BaseRepository
                 log.exception('Error while rebasing shadow repo during merge.')
 
                 # Cleanup any rebase leftovers
+                self._remote.invalidate_vcs_cache()
                 self._remote.rebase(abort=True)
+                self._remote.invalidate_vcs_cache()
                 self._remote.update(clean=True)
                 raise
         else:
             try:
                 self._remote.merge(source_ref.commit_id)
+                self._remote.invalidate_vcs_cache()
                 self._remote.commit(
                     message=safe_str(merge_message),
                     username=safe_str('%s <%s>' % (user_name, user_email)))
+                self._remote.invalidate_vcs_cache()
                 return self._identify(), True
             except RepositoryError:
                 # Cleanup any merge leftovers
@@ -771,11 +780,13 @@ class MercurialRepository(BaseRepository
 
         options = {option_name: [ref]}
         self._remote.pull_cmd(repository_path, hooks=False, **options)
+        self._remote.invalidate_vcs_cache()
 
     def bookmark(self, bookmark, revision=None):
         if isinstance(bookmark, unicode):
             bookmark = safe_str(bookmark)
         self._remote.bookmark(bookmark, revision=revision)
+        self._remote.invalidate_vcs_cache()
 
 
 class MercurialIndexBasedCollectionGenerator(CollectionGenerator):
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/client_http.py b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/client_http.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/client_http.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/client_http.py
@@ -84,18 +84,6 @@ class RepoMaker(object):
 
 class RemoteRepo(object):
 
-    # List of method names that act like a write to the repository. After these
-    # methods we have to invalidate the VCSServer cache.
-    _writing_methods = [
-        'bookmark',
-        'commit',
-        'pull',
-        'pull_cmd',
-        'push',
-        'rebase',
-        'strip',
-    ]
-
     def __init__(self, path, config, url, session, with_wire=None):
         self.url = url
         self._session = session
@@ -128,15 +116,7 @@ class RemoteRepo(object):
             'method': name,
             'params': {'wire': wire, 'args': args, 'kwargs': kwargs}
         }
-
-        try:
-            response = _remote_call(
-                self.url, payload, EXCEPTIONS_MAP, self._session)
-        finally:
-            if name in self._writing_methods:
-                self.invalidate_vcs_cache()
-
-        return response
+        return _remote_call(self.url, payload, EXCEPTIONS_MAP, self._session)
 
     def _call_with_logging(self, name, *args, **kwargs):
         log.debug('Calling %s@%s', self.url, name)