Redis cache store.

Deployment note: Take care to use a *dedicated Redis cache* rather than pointing this at your existing Redis server. It won't cope well with mixed usage patterns and it won't expire cache entries by default.

Redis cache server setup guide: redis.io/topics/lru-cache

  • Supports vanilla Redis, hiredis, and Redis::Distributed.

  • Supports Memcached-like sharding across Redises with Redis::Distributed.

  • Fault tolerant. If the Redis server is unavailable, no exceptions are raised. Cache fetches are all misses and writes are dropped.

  • Local cache. Hot in-memory primary cache within block/middleware scope.

  • read_multi and write_multi support for Redis mget/mset. Use Redis::Distributed 4.0.1+ for distributed mget support.

  • delete_matched support for Redis KEYS globs.

Methods

Constants

DEFAULT_ERROR_HANDLER = -> (method:, returning:, exception:) do if logger logger.error { "RedisCacheStore: #{method} failed, returned #{returning.inspect}: #{exception.class}: #{exception.message}" } end end
DEFAULT_REDIS_OPTIONS = { connect_timeout: 20, read_timeout: 1, write_timeout: 1, reconnect_attempts: 0, }
MAX_KEY_BYTESIZE = 1024
 

Keys are truncated with their own SHA2 digest if they exceed 1kB

Attributes

[R] max_key_bytesize
[R] redis_options

Class Public methods

new(namespace: nil, compress: true, compress_threshold: 1.kilobyte, expires_in: nil, race_condition_ttl: nil, error_handler: DEFAULT_ERROR_HANDLER, **redis_options)

Creates a new Redis cache store.

Handles three options: block provided to instantiate, single URL provided, and multiple URLs provided.

:redis Proc   -> options[:redis].call
:url   String -> Redis.new(url: …)
:url   Array  -> Redis::Distributed.new([{ url: … }, { url: … }, …])

No namespace is set by default. Provide one if the Redis cache server is shared with other apps: <tt>namespace: 'myapp-cache'<tt>.

Compression is enabled by default with a 1kB threshold, so cached values larger than 1kB are automatically compressed. Disable by passing compress: false or change the threshold by passing compress_threshold: 4.kilobytes.

No expiry is set on cache entries by default. Redis is expected to be configured with an eviction policy that automatically deletes least-recently or -frequently used keys when it reaches max memory. See redis.io/topics/lru-cache for cache server setup.

Race condition TTL is not set by default. This can be used to avoid “thundering herd” cache writes when hot cache entries are expired. See ActiveSupport::Cache::Store#fetch for more.

📝 Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache/redis_cache_store.rb, line 166
      def initialize(namespace: nil, compress: true, compress_threshold: 1.kilobyte, expires_in: nil, race_condition_ttl: nil, error_handler: DEFAULT_ERROR_HANDLER, **redis_options)
        @redis_options = redis_options

        @max_key_bytesize = MAX_KEY_BYTESIZE
        @error_handler = error_handler

        super namespace: namespace,
          compress: compress, compress_threshold: compress_threshold,
          expires_in: expires_in, race_condition_ttl: race_condition_ttl
      end
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Instance Public methods

cleanup(options = nil)

Cache Store API implementation.

Removes expired entries. Handled natively by Redis least-recently-/ least-frequently-used expiry, so manual cleanup is not supported.

📝 Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache/redis_cache_store.rb, line 279
      def cleanup(options = nil)
        super
      end
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clear(options = nil)

Clear the entire cache on all Redis servers. Safe to use on shared servers if the cache is namespaced.

Failsafe: Raises errors.

📝 Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache/redis_cache_store.rb, line 287
      def clear(options = nil)
        failsafe :clear do
          if namespace = merged_options(options)[:namespace]
            delete_matched "*", namespace: namespace
          else
            redis.with { |c| c.flushdb }
          end
        end
      end
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decrement(name, amount = 1, options = nil)

Cache Store API implementation.

Decrement a cached value. This method uses the Redis decr atomic operator and can only be used on values written with the :raw option. Calling it on a value not stored with :raw will initialize that value to zero.

Failsafe: Raises errors.

📝 Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache/redis_cache_store.rb, line 267
      def decrement(name, amount = 1, options = nil)
        instrument :decrement, name, amount: amount do
          failsafe :decrement do
            redis.with { |c| c.decrby normalize_key(name, options), amount }
          end
        end
      end
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delete_matched(matcher, options = nil)

Cache Store API implementation.

Supports Redis KEYS glob patterns:

h?llo matches hello, hallo and hxllo
h*llo matches hllo and heeeello
h[ae]llo matches hello and hallo, but not hillo
h[^e]llo matches hallo, hbllo, ... but not hello
h[a-b]llo matches hallo and hbllo

Use \ to escape special characters if you want to match them verbatim.

See redis.io/commands/KEYS for more.

Failsafe: Raises errors.

📝 Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache/redis_cache_store.rb, line 226
      def delete_matched(matcher, options = nil)
        instrument :delete_matched, matcher do
          unless String === matcher
            raise ArgumentError, "Only Redis glob strings are supported: #{matcher.inspect}"
          end
          redis.with do |c|
            pattern = namespace_key(matcher, options)
            cursor = "0"
            # Fetch keys in batches using SCAN to avoid blocking the Redis server.
            begin
              cursor, keys = c.scan(cursor, match: pattern, count: SCAN_BATCH_SIZE)
              c.del(*keys) unless keys.empty?
            end until cursor == "0"
          end
        end
      end
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increment(name, amount = 1, options = nil)

Cache Store API implementation.

Increment a cached value. This method uses the Redis incr atomic operator and can only be used on values written with the :raw option. Calling it on a value not stored with :raw will initialize that value to zero.

Failsafe: Raises errors.

📝 Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache/redis_cache_store.rb, line 251
      def increment(name, amount = 1, options = nil)
        instrument :increment, name, amount: amount do
          failsafe :increment do
            redis.with { |c| c.incrby normalize_key(name, options), amount }
          end
        end
      end
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inspect()

📝 Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache/redis_cache_store.rb, line 190
      def inspect
        instance = @redis || @redis_options
        "<##{self.class} options=#{options.inspect} redis=#{instance.inspect}>"
      end
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read_multi(*names)

Cache Store API implementation.

Read multiple values at once. Returns a hash of requested keys -> fetched values.

📝 Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache/redis_cache_store.rb, line 199
      def read_multi(*names)
        if mget_capable?
          instrument(:read_multi, names, options) do |payload|
            read_multi_mget(*names).tap do |results|
              payload[:hits] = results.keys
            end
          end
        else
          super
        end
      end
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redis()

📝 Source code 
# File activesupport/lib/active_support/cache/redis_cache_store.rb, line 177
      def redis
        @redis ||= begin
          pool_options = self.class.send(:retrieve_pool_options, redis_options)

          if pool_options.any?
            self.class.send(:ensure_connection_pool_added!)
            ::ConnectionPool.new(pool_options) { self.class.build_redis(**redis_options) }
          else
            self.class.build_redis(**redis_options)
          end
        end
      end
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