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First measured, low-risk block of the caching overhaul tracked in #387 (steps 1-3). Redis and edge/full-page cache are deliberately deferred to later PRs pending the numbers.

What changed

  • QueryCache — single backend (APCu when available+enabled, else file): no more mandatory dual-write to disk; the file .lock is used only on the file backend, an apcu_add() sentinel guards stampede on the APCu hot path.
  • O(1) namespace invalidation via generation counters: ContentCache::booksChanged()/homeContentChanged() bump a counter instead of scanning APCUIterator+glob. The storage key embeds the namespace generation; counters are monotonic (init to time()) so a lost counter can't resurrect stale entries. Unknown prefixes keep the legacy scan.
  • Instrumentation: QueryCache::stats(){backend, gets, hits, misses, hit_ratio} from per-request counters (zero alloc/log per call). No index.php wiring yet — a later PR surfaces it.
  • OPcache guidance only (php.ini.recommended, no runtime change): removed opcache.fast_shutdown (no-op since 7.2), documented why validate_timestamps=0 needs deploy-side invalidation, JIT left off (DB/IO-bound), 128/10000 kept with a "raise only on opcache_get_status() saturation" note.

Safety / existing installs

  • No migration, no new config, no new PHP extension. Non-namespaced keys hash identically to before (cache survives upgrade); namespaced keys miss once, stale files reclaimed by gc()/APCu TTL.
  • Security invariants preserved: file cache keeps unserialize(allowed_classes=false) + expiry; pinakes_ isolation kept; F008 stampede behavior preserved.
  • Known trade-off (single backend, as designed): a server with APCu in FPM but not CLI no longer partially propagates invalidations across that boundary — already the case with the old APCu-first read, bounded by short data TTLs; availability stays live outside the cache.

Tests

  • New tests/querycache-backend-and-generation.unit.php (30 checks): round-trip, TTL expiry, remember-once, single-backend evidence, generation invalidation (unrelated namespace survives), object-payload rejection, stats deltas. Fails by design on the pre-refactor code.
  • Full unit suite 137/137, PHPStan level 5 clean, soft-delete guard clean.

Closes part of #387.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Miglioramenti

    • Ottimizzata la gestione della cache con invalidazione più rapida e minore impatto sulle prestazioni.
    • Migliorata la coerenza dei contenuti durante gli aggiornamenti e la rigenerazione della cache.
    • Rafforzata la protezione contro richieste duplicate durante la ricostruzione dei dati.
    • Aggiunte statistiche sugli accessi riusciti e mancati alla cache.
    • Migliorata la selezione automatica del sistema di archiviazione della cache, con fallback affidabile.
  • Configurazione

    • Aggiornata la documentazione delle impostazioni OPcache, inclusi limiti, validazione dei timestamp e JIT.

… instrumentation (#387)

First measured, low-risk block of the caching overhaul (steps 1-3 of #387).

Step 3 — QueryCache refactor:
- Single selected backend per request (APCu when available+enabled, else file).
  set() no longer force-writes to both stores; get()/delete() touch only the
  selected backend. flush() still clears both (maintenance op, avoids resurrecting
  pre-upgrade dual-written entries).
- O(1) namespace invalidation via generation counters: the storage key embeds the
  namespace's current generation, so ContentCache::booksChanged()/homeContentChanged()
  bump a counter instead of scanning APCUIterator+glob. Unknown prefixes keep the
  legacy scan. Counters init to time() and bump monotonically, so a lost counter
  can never resurrect stale entries.
- APCu-backed stampede sentinel (apcu_add) on the APCu hot path — no filesystem
  lock when the value lives in APCu; the file backend keeps the original flock/F008
  path verbatim.
- Security invariants preserved: file cache keeps unserialize(allowed_classes=false)
  + expiry check; pinakes_ key isolation kept.

Step 1 — instrumentation: QueryCache::stats() returns {backend, gets, hits, misses,
hit_ratio} from per-request integer counters (no allocation/logging per call). No
index.php wiring yet — a later PR surfaces it in an admin/debug endpoint.

Step 2 — OPcache guidance only (php.ini.recommended, no runtime change): removed
opcache.fast_shutdown (no-op since PHP 7.2); documented why validate_timestamps=0
needs deploy-side invalidation; JIT left off (DB/IO-bound workload); 128/10000
kept with a note to raise only on opcache_get_status() saturation.

Upgrade-safe: no migration, no new config, no new extension. Non-namespaced keys
hash identically to before (cache survives upgrade); namespaced keys miss once and
stale files are reclaimed by gc()/APCu TTL. Known trade-off (single backend): a
server with APCu in FPM but not CLI no longer partially propagates invalidations
across that boundary — already the case with the old APCu-first read, bounded by
the short data TTLs, and availability stays live outside the cache.

New tests/querycache-backend-and-generation.unit.php (30 checks): round-trip, TTL
expiry, remember-once, single-backend evidence, generation invalidation (unrelated
namespace survives), object-payload rejection, stats deltas. Fails by design on the
pre-refactor code. Full unit suite 137/137.

Redis and edge/full-page cache are deferred to later PRs pending the numbers (#387).
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QueryCache ora seleziona un solo backend per richiesta, usa contatori di generazione per l’invalidazione e registra statistiche di accesso. ContentCache usa bump O(1). I test coprono backend, concorrenza, sicurezza e garbage collection. La configurazione OPcache aggiorna timestamp, JIT e limiti di risorse.

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Refactoring QueryCache

Layer / File(s) Summary
Backend, letture e caricamento concorrente
app/Support/QueryCache.php
QueryCache seleziona un backend per richiesta. get(), set() e delete() usano primitive comuni. remember() usa lock APCu o file. stats() registra hit e miss.
Generazioni, invalidazione e garbage collection
app/Support/QueryCache.php, app/Support/ContentCache.php
I namespace noti usano contatori di generazione persistenti e scritture atomiche. I prefissi arbitrari mantengono la scansione legacy. La garbage collection rimuove i file obsoleti. booksChanged() e homeContentChanged() usano bumpGeneration().
Verifica dei backend e delle generazioni
tests/querycache-backend-and-generation.unit.php, tests/performance-cache-regressions.unit.php
I test verificano TTL, invalidazione, fallback legacy, sicurezza della deserializzazione, statistiche, concorrenza, garbage collection e pulizia delle fixture.
Backend APCu e lock ownership
tests/querycache-apcu-backend.unit.php
Il test verifica il backend APCu, il double-check, l’ownership dei lock, l’isolamento tra generazioni e le statistiche.

Configurazione OPcache

Layer / File(s) Summary
Parametri e comportamento OPcache
php.ini.recommended
La configurazione documenta limiti di risorse, validazione dei timestamp, rimozione di opcache.fast_shutdown e disabilitazione esplicita del JIT.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minuti

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 89af8

The cache invalidation rewrite can leave stale content or inconsistent invalidation state when generation persistence fails or a full cache flush overlaps an update. Cross-runtime lock permissions and request-time cleanup also add bounded operational risk, so these paths should be addressed or explicitly accepted before merging.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant ContentCache
  participant QueryCache
  participant CacheBackend
  participant GenerationStore
  participant Loader

  ContentCache->>QueryCache: bumpGeneration(namespace)
  QueryCache->>GenerationStore: aggiorna il contatore
  QueryCache->>CacheBackend: usa la chiave della nuova generazione
  QueryCache->>Loader: calcola il valore su cache miss
  Loader-->>QueryCache: restituisce il valore
  QueryCache->>CacheBackend: salva il valore nella generazione corrente
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175-182: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

La pulizia non rimuove i file delle generazioni precedenti.

QueryCache::delete() risolve la chiave di storage con la generazione corrente. Le voci scritte alle righe 111, 119 e 120 appartengono a generazioni precedenti, perché booksChanged() (riga 113) e homeContentChanged() (riga 121) hanno incrementato i contatori. Esempio garantito: home_{$runKey} scritto alla riga 120 diventa irraggiungibile dopo la riga 121, quindi la delete() della riga 176 non lo rimuove.

Sul backend file ogni esecuzione lascia file orfani in storage/cache fino al prossimo gc(). Aggiungi una pulizia per pattern sul $runKey, come fa tests/querycache-backend-and-generation.unit.php alle righe 223-228.

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 \App\Support\QueryCache::delete('i18n_languages');
+$leftovers = glob(__DIR__ . '/../storage/cache/pinakes_*' . $runKey . '*');
+if ($leftovers !== false) {
+    foreach ($leftovers as $leftover) {
+        `@unlink`($leftover);
+    }
+}
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In `@app/Support/QueryCache.php`:
- Around line 150-222: Update rememberWithApcuLock so it performs a confirmation
self::get($key) after acquiring the APCu lock, including when apcu_add succeeds
on the first attempt, and returns the cached value when present before invoking
$callback. Preserve the existing timeout and mutex-release behavior.
- Around line 577-609: Memoize namespace generations for the current request in
currentGeneration(), returning the cached value before reading the backend and
caching the newly created generation after lookup or initialization. Update
bumpGeneration() to invalidate the corresponding memoized generation after
persisting the increment, so subsequent operations observe the new generation
and failed writes do not cause time-based key rotation.

In `@php.ini.recommended`:
- Around line 33-36: Update the PHP OPcache configuration to explicitly disable
JIT by setting opcache.jit to disable and opcache.jit_buffer_size to 0, and
revise the nearby comment to accurately describe these explicit settings.

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In `@tests/performance-cache-regressions.unit.php`:
- Around line 175-182: Aggiorna la pulizia finale del test in modo da rimuovere
tutte le entry di cache associate a $runKey, incluse quelle delle generazioni
precedenti, usando la pulizia per pattern già adottata nel test
querycache-backend-and-generation. Mantieni le eliminazioni esplicite esistenti
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… + scheduled GC (#387)

Harden the QueryCache refactor so the single-backend rule cannot introduce
cross-SAPI staleness, and reclaim the files that generation invalidation orphans.

- Generation counters are now ALWAYS file-backed (not the selected data backend)
  and memoized per request. PHP-FPM (APCu) and CLI (apc.enable_cli off) therefore
  observe the same generation, so an invalidation from either SAPI is honored by
  the other — one shared file, at most one read per namespace per request.
- currentGeneration()/mutateGenerationFile()/readGenerationFile() take shared/
  exclusive flocks and write atomically (ftruncate+fwrite+fflush); a lost counter
  re-initializes monotonically (max(cur+1, time())) so stale entries can't resurrect.
- delete() now reaches both stores when this SAPI has APCu, preserving web->CLI
  invalidation coherence while data writes stay single-backend.
- APCu stampede sentinel gains a per-caller random token released via apcu_cas()
  (fallback: fetch-compare), so an expired/reacquired successor lock is never
  deleted by the previous owner; plus a post-acquire double-check to cut duplicate
  callbacks.
- Scheduled file-cache GC (maybeGc, once/hour, non-blocking lock, marker written
  before the sweep to avoid a GC storm on fatal): generation bumps leave old
  filenames unreachable, so TTL alone would never remove them. GC now takes the
  same exclusive lock as writers so an in-progress truncate isn't misread as
  corruption and unlinks while still holding the lock.

New tests/querycache-apcu-backend.unit.php (10 checks) exercises the APCu path via
an in-process double, re-executing under apc.enable_cli=1 when the real extension
is present but CLI-disabled. Generation suite widened to 36 checks. Full unit suite
138/138, PHPStan clean, soft-delete guard clean.
…ly (#387)

Address a CodeRabbit note: "off by default" is not enough — opcache.jit_buffer_size
defaults to a non-zero value on some builds (notably PHP 8.4+), which reserves JIT
memory even with opcache.jit unset. Set both directives explicitly to disabled.
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Review completata e finding CodeRabbit chiusi.

  • Il finding fuori diff sulla pulizia delle fixture di generazioni precedenti è corretto in 22268f93, con cleanup mirato sia APCu sia file senza flush globale.
  • Verificati anche i tre finding inline già corretti (double-check lock APCu, generazioni memoizzate/coerenti, JIT esplicitamente disabilitato).
  • Test: cache regressions 55/55 su APCu e file; QueryCache APCu 10/10 e file/generazioni 36/36; PHP lint e diff-check puliti.

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🔍 adamsreview --full — PR #388 (QueryCache single-backend + generation invalidation)

Ran 5 lenses (diff-local, structural/opus, project-conventions, comments, security) over main..HEAD, then adversarially validated every candidate against the code. No blockers. The concurrency/lock/generation logic holds up; CodeRabbit already passed. Findings below are hardening + documented limitations.

🟡 F1 — mutateGenerationFile truncates before write (low-severity robustness edge)

mutateGenerationFile() does ftruncate($handle, 0) before fwrite. A truncate-success/write-fail (rare I/O error mid-op) leaves the counter file empty → currentGeneration() re-inits to time(). Because bumps use max($current+1, time()), a generation that had climbed above wall-clock would reset below its previous value, making TTL-live entries stored under an earlier generation reachable again (a stale serve).
Mitigated by ContentCache::deferBooksChanged() batching (one bump per request, so the generation stays within seconds of time() — the stale window is tiny) and by the failure requiring a rare truncate-ok/write-fail. Not a blocker. Suggested hardening: write to a temp file + atomic rename(), so a failed write never leaves the counter empty.

🟡 F2 — $generationCache memo is never re-read (latent, not triggered today)

currentGeneration() returns the per-process memo unconditionally once set. Correct for short-lived FPM requests, but a long-running PHP process (daemon/queue worker) would serve its resolved generation for its whole lifetime, ignoring other-process invalidations. The CLI here is short-lived so this isn't triggered now — worth a docblock note for any future worker.

🟢 F3 — single-value keys stay CLI→FPM incoherent (pre-existing tradeoff, bounded)

Non-namespaced keys (settings, theme, i18n) invalidated from a CLI process (no APCu) delete only the file copy and can't evict FPM's APCu copy → stale until TTL. This is the known single-backend tradeoff; the generation mechanism only covers the 5 content namespaces. Bounded by the short data TTLs. The delete() comment slightly overstates "web/FPM → CLI/file coherence".

Considered and dismissed (transparency)

  • stats() counts a cached null as a miss — coherent by design: the whole cache treats null as a miss (remember re-computes on null), so this is consistent, not a bug.
  • test Nginx config example #35 exact-delta assertion vs max(current+1,time()) — in a burst, bumps vastly outpace elapsed seconds so current+1 > time() holds and the delta is exact; won't trigger in practice.
  • apcu_cas 64-bit token — fine on standard 64-bit PHP; a === fallback covers exotic builds.
  • gc() unlink-while-locked race — worst case is a harmless cache recompute.
  • symlink-follow / missing chmod on gen + GC marker files — extends the pre-existing setToFile pattern; the marker/lock files carry no data, and storage/cache is per-user.

Verdict: mergeable. F1 is a nice-to-have hardening; F2/F3 are documented limitations, not defects.

…iew F1, #387)

mutateGenerationFile() previously did ftruncate(0) BEFORE fwrite on the counter
file: a truncate-success/write-fail (rare I/O error) left it empty, so the next
currentGeneration() re-initialized to time() — which can be LOWER than a
generation that had climbed above wall-clock, making TTL-live entries stored
under an earlier generation reachable again (stale serve of invalidated cache).

Make the write atomic: serialize writers on a dedicated persistent sibling lock
file (<counter>.lock, never unlinked — an flock on the counter itself would race
because rename() swaps the inode), then publish via replaceGenerationFile() which
writes to <counter>.tmp.<pid>.<seq> (monotonic seq, no time/random per the
codebase rule), fwrite full-length + fflush + fsync, chmod 0660, then atomic
rename() over the counter path. On any failure the temp is unlinked and the
PREVIOUS counter file is left untouched — a failed write can no longer wipe it.
Readers see either the old or the new complete inode, never empty/partial.
gc() skips .tmp.* (unless mtime > 300s) and the pinakes_gen_*.lock files so
neither is mistaken for a cache entry or split-brains the writer lock.

Preserves max($current+1,time()) monotonicity, allowed_classes=false, the
pinakes_gen_ scheme, and initialize-if-missing race-safety. New checks 37-40 in
querycache-backend-and-generation.unit.php prove the on-disk counter is always a
complete valid payload, strictly monotonic, leaves no .tmp residue, and — via a
deterministic write-failure simulation — that a failed write keeps the previous
value intact. Gen suite 40/40, apcu 10/10, full suite 138/138, PHPStan clean.

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In `@app/Support/QueryCache.php`:
- Around line 931-972: Update gc(), invoked by maybeGc(), so per-entry cache
locks use nonblocking acquisition and locked entries are skipped rather than
waiting during a user request. Preserve cleanup for entries whose locks are
available, and ensure each lock is released correctly after processing.
- Around line 736-746: Update the lock-file creation in mutateGenerationFile to
apply chmod 0660 to the handle-backed <counter>.lock file after fopen succeeds,
preserving the existing locking flow and ensuring the persistent lock remains
writable by both FPM and CLI users.

In `@tests/querycache-apcu-backend.unit.php`:
- Around line 173-178: Estendi il cleanup del test attorno a $createdKeys per
rimuovere anche le chiavi APCu obsolete della run quando stats()['backend'] è
'apcu' e APCUIterator è disponibile. Usa APCUIterator per individuare ed
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