Cache invalidation problem

[karim.hj]

Hello Broadleaf' users !

I am trying to understand a strange behavior I have with cache invalidation with the Broadleaf demo.
When I modify product directly in DB, product page displays randomly the cached value or the new value stored in db until the cache expires.
browser: firefox/chrome ( cache is disabled)
demoSite: develop-5.0.x
db: mysql5

There are the steps to reproduce it.
CACHE
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1) Increase CACHE on site
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I have increased the timeToLiveSeconds="360" in bl-override-ehcache.xml for all caches.

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<cache
        name="blProducts"
        maxElementsInMemory="100000"
        eternal="false"
        overflowToDisk="true"
        timeToLiveSeconds="360">
        <cacheEventListenerFactory class="org.broadleafcommerce.common.cache.engine.HydratedCacheEventListenerFactory"/>
    </cache>

cache

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2) GET Product from Api ENDPOINT
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curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8080/api/v1/catalog/product/

1

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{"id":1,"name":"Sudden Death Sauce","longDescription":"As my Chilipals know, ...",...,"manufacturer":"Blair's"]}


As expected I get the value from the database which is "manufacturer":"Blair's"
The value is now stored in cache. ( I have just previously invalidated the cache just to be sure)


3) Change product's value in database
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I change quickly the value of manufacturer directly into the database

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curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8080/api/v1/catalog/product/1

And i still get "manufacturer":"Blair's" which is perfectly normal as the value is retrieved from the cache.

4) DISPLAY PRODUCT PAGE
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But when I go to the product page :
http://localhost:8080/hot-sauces/sudden_death_sauce
It displays randomly "Blair's BBB" or "Blair's" as product's manufacturer property value as I am reloading the page !! (ctrl + F5)
I would expect to get the same value equals to the json value ("blair's") until the cache expires.

Blair's bbb

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Blair expected value

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5) Cache expiration
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After 360 seconds ( = cache expiration or cache invalidation via), everything goes back to normal: the new value ( "Blair's BBB") is always returned in json or browser.


My question is :
How to explain the behavior in step 4. Is it normal ? Is there an other cache mechanism involved ?

Thanks !

[phillipuniverse]

I can't really explain your results in step 4 either, especially if you just have a single application server. If you have multiple, since the cache is just a local, per-node cache, then you could be hitting different servers that have the results cached differently. Also possible that the browser could be caching it? If you do a hard refresh (ctrl + shift + r) then it also wipes the browser cache.

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