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Bound clear and release by loadingTimeout - #390

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Fixes #389, stacked on #369.

LoadingCache.clear now waits for a load in flight for at most loadingTimeout, then completes its deferred with ExpiredError and lets the load release its own value. ExpiringCache passes its effective timeout through, so clear and release no longer hang on a stuck load. Tests for both, docs updated.

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  • New Features
    • Cache loading now has a configurable timeout, defaulting to one minute. Clearing or releasing a cache waits for in-flight loads only up to that limit; after it expires, waiting callers receive an expiration error.
    • The timeout does not cancel the underlying load. If it later completes, its value is released.
    • Expiring caches now use their configured loading timeout to identify loads eligible for cleanup.
  • Documentation
    • Clarified timeout behavior, including that Cache.loading without a timeout continues waiting.

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LoadingCache now accepts a configurable loading timeout, defaulting to one minute. Clear and cache release use that timeout when waiting for in-flight loads. ExpiringCache passes its configured timeout to LoadingCache.

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Loading cache cleanup

Layer / File(s) Summary
Loading timeout configuration
scache/src/main/scala/com/evolution/scache/LoadingCache.scala, scache/src/main/scala/com/evolution/scache/ExpiringCache.scala
LoadingCache.of and LoadingCache.apply accept an optional timeout, with a one-minute default. ExpiringCache passes its configured timeout to LoadingCache.
Bounded clear and release behavior
scache/src/main/scala/com/evolution/scache/LoadingCache.scala, scache/src/main/scala/com/evolution/scache/ExpiringCache.scala, scache/src/test/scala/com/evolution/scache/ExpiringCacheSpec.scala, README.md
Clear and release wait for loading entries up to the configured timeout. When the timeout expires, waiters receive ExpiredError; the loading fiber remains responsible for releasing any value it computes. Tests cover clear and release with stuck loads. The documentation describes the timeout behavior and notes that plain Cache.loading has no timeout.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Suggested reviewers: mr-git

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to b6bd2

Cleanup is now bounded by a timeout, which fixes the hang. The README misdescribes the default for plain loading caches, and one new test may be flaky. Both are small fixes to make before or soon after merge.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to b6bd2

Ownership checks contain the change within cache cleanup, and no new security attack path was established. However, the timeout is not a complete shutdown deadline, and callers may observe cleanup finishing while detached loads remain active.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The demonstrated effect is scoped to cache instances, their shared per-key waiters, and caller-provided loading and release effects. The inspected construction and delegation paths do not establish expanded tenant, credential, network, or privileged-service access; external deployment exposure was not available.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • inferred — Per-key atomic detachment, single-winner deferred completion, and identity-checked cleanup preserve ownership across timeout, late completion, cancellation, replacement, and repeated clear. These controls support failure containment without introducing an authorization decision or new authority boundary.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — Cleanup bounds loading waits, not caller-provided value finalizers or all concurrent cache activity. The source also documents that concurrent additions may survive clear and resource release. The immediate parent already contains this cleanup structure, so these are existing lifecycle limitations rather than established new security findings.
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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The PR addresses issue #389. LoadingCache.clear and cache release wait for an in-flight load for at most loadingTimeout, then complete the deferred with ExpiredError while the load releases its …
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The reported changes remain within issue #389. The LoadingCache default timeout and optional constructor parameter support the timeout behavior. The ExpiringCache pass-through, regression tests, a…
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stasimus changed the base branch from experimenting to cancelled-load-metrics September 3, 2026 15:48
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Comment thread scache/src/main/scala/com/evolution/scache/LoadingCache.scala Outdated
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def apply[F[_]: Async, K, V](
entryMap: EntryMap[F, K, V],
loadingTimeout: Option[FiniteDuration] = None,

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I dislike the default, which leads to "hang" - IMHO:

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loadingTimeout: Option[FiniteDuration] = None,
loadingTimeout: Option[FiniteDuration] = Some(1.minute),

The actual duration might be longer, but we must provide sane defaults.

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Agreed, default is now Some(1.minute), pulled out as LoadingCache.DefaultLoadingTimeout so both overloads share it.

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Should we allow None (possible hang) at all?

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There are some conflicts between last 2 PRs in a stack

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Review comments at @README.md:
- Line 276: Update the README statement about Cache.loading to say its clear and
resource-release waits are bounded to one minute, matching the default timeout
used by LoadingCache.of when no loadingTimeout is supplied.

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- Line 207: Update the waiter setup in the ExpiringCacheSpec test to bind it to
the pending load before clearing the cache: call cache.get1(0), assert it
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Comment thread README.md
in flight, and a load that never completes still hangs them.
than the expiration. `clear` and the release of the cache wait for the loads in flight for at most
`loadingTimeout` and then give up on them the same way, so a load that never completes no longer
hangs them. A plain `Cache.loading` has no timeout and still waits.

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Document the one-minute timeout for Cache.loading.

Cache.loading calls LoadingCache.of[F, K, V] without a loadingTimeout argument. The overload uses Some(1.minute). Its clear and resource-release waits therefore stop waiting after one minute.

Proposed correction
-hangs them. A plain `Cache.loading` has no timeout and still waits.
+hangs them. A plain `Cache.loading` bounds this wait to one minute.
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hangs them. A plain `Cache.loading` has no timeout and still waits.
hangs them. A plain `Cache.loading` bounds this wait to one minute.
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Review comment at @README.md at line 276:
Update the README statement about Cache.loading to say its clear and
resource-release waits are bounded to one minute, matching the default timeout
used by LoadingCache.of when no loadingTimeout is supplied.

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.attempt
.start
_ <- started.get
waiter <- cache.getOrUpdate(0) { 1.pure[F] }.attempt.start

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Capture the pending load before clearing the cache.

.start does not guarantee that the waiter reaches the cache before clear unlinks the entry. If the waiter runs afterward, it starts its own load and returns Right(1). The assertion on Line 212 then fails although cleanup works correctly. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

Call cache.get1(0) before clear, assert that it returns Some(Left(wait)), and start wait.attempt. This binds the waiter to the original deferred without a scheduling dependency.

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Review comment at
@scache/src/test/scala/com/evolution/scache/ExpiringCacheSpec.scala at line 207:
Update the waiter setup in the ExpiringCacheSpec test to bind it to the pending
load before clearing the cache: call cache.get1(0), assert it returns
Some(Left(wait)), then start wait.attempt. This avoids relying on scheduling for
the waiter to join the original deferred.

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