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9fbdd71941 fix(cache): collect the temp files abandoned writes leave behind (#452)
* fix(cache): collect the temp files abandoned writes leave behind

DiskCache.set() writes through mkstemp then os.replace, and removes its
own temp file in a finally. That covers a write that fails, but not a
process that dies between the two -- a SIGKILL, a lost restart race, a
power cut, all ordinary on a Pi.

Nothing ever collected what was left. The temp names are
".<key>.json.<random>", and cleanup_expired_files listed only names
ending in .json, so every one of them was invisible to the sweep for as
long as the card had been in service. On the dev rig: 76 files,
1,050 MB, 81% of the whole cache directory, the oldest six months old.
The startup sweep reported "18/8864 files deleted, 0.01 MB freed" while
sitting on top of a gigabyte it could not see.

They are removed after an hour. A real write holds its temp file for
milliseconds, so that is far outside any in-flight write while still
clearing the same day's debris, and it is deliberately not tied to the
retention policies: those say how long data stays useful, and a
half-written file never was.

The predicate is tested harder than the sweep, because a false positive
deletes real data. It matches the shape set() creates rather than just a
leading dot, so a completed ".json", a stray .gitignore, and a
"weather.json.bak" are all left alone -- and one test drives set()
itself and asserts the names it produces are matched, so the writer and
the predicate cannot drift apart.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Udr6MfaFLUPhX5Fgo67Jf5

* fix(cache): count swept temp files as scanned

files_scanned only counted completed .json files, so a sweep that
removed orphans reported more deleted than it had looked at -- the
summary line renders "<deleted>/<scanned>", which came out as "76/1".

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Udr6MfaFLUPhX5Fgo67Jf5

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-12 08:40:07 -04:00

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"""
Disk Cache
Handles persistent disk-based caching with atomic writes and error recovery.
"""
import json
import os
import time
import tempfile
import logging
import threading
import zlib
from typing import Dict, Any, Optional, Protocol
from datetime import datetime
# How old an abandoned write's temp file must be before the sweep removes it.
# A real write holds its temp file for milliseconds, so an hour is far beyond
# any in-flight write while still clearing the same day's debris. Deliberately
# not tied to the retention policies: those describe how long data stays
# useful, and a half-written file was never useful.
_ORPHAN_TEMP_MAX_AGE_SECONDS = 3600
class CacheStrategyProtocol(Protocol):
"""Protocol for cache strategy objects that categorize cache keys."""
def get_data_type_from_key(self, key: str) -> str:
"""
Determine the data type from a cache key.
Args:
key: Cache key
Returns:
Data type string for strategy lookup
"""
...
class DateTimeEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
"""JSON encoder that handles datetime objects."""
def default(self, obj: Any) -> Any:
if isinstance(obj, datetime):
return obj.isoformat()
return super().default(obj)
class DiskCache:
"""Manages persistent disk-based cache."""
def __init__(self, cache_dir: Optional[str], logger: Optional[logging.Logger] = None) -> None:
"""
Initialize disk cache.
Args:
cache_dir: Directory for cache files (None = disabled)
logger: Optional logger instance
"""
self.cache_dir = cache_dir
self.logger = logger or logging.getLogger(__name__)
self._lock = threading.Lock()
# key -> adler32 of the last payload successfully written to the
# primary cache path; lets set() skip rewriting identical data
# (per-process only — worst case another process rewrites, never
# a missed write). Guarded by _lock.
self._write_digests: Dict[str, int] = {}
def get_cache_path(self, key: str) -> Optional[str]:
"""
Get the path for a cache file.
Args:
key: Cache key
Returns:
Path to cache file or None if cache is disabled
"""
if not self.cache_dir:
return None
return os.path.join(self.cache_dir, f"{key}.json")
def get(self, key: str, max_age: Optional[int] = 300) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
"""
Get data from disk cache.
Args:
key: Cache key
max_age: Maximum age in seconds; None disables age-based expiry
(the record never counts as stale). Mirrors MemoryCache.get.
Returns:
Cached data or None if not found or expired
"""
cache_path = self.get_cache_path(key)
if not cache_path or not os.path.exists(cache_path):
return None
try:
with self._lock:
with open(cache_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
record = json.load(f)
# Determine record timestamp (prefer embedded, else file mtime)
record_ts = None
if isinstance(record, dict):
record_ts = record.get('timestamp')
if record_ts is None:
try:
record_ts = os.path.getmtime(cache_path)
except OSError:
record_ts = None
if record_ts is not None:
try:
record_ts = float(record_ts)
except (TypeError, ValueError):
record_ts = None
now = time.time()
# An explicit per-entry ttl wins over the caller's max_age. The
# caller that wrote the record knows what its data is; max_age is
# inferred from substrings in the key ("live", "odds", "stock") and
# is only a fallback for records that never said. Until now the ttl
# was stored and ignored, so `set(key, data, ttl=...)` did nothing
# at all -- 48 plugin call sites and 4 in the core were writing a
# number no read path consulted.
effective_max_age = max_age
if isinstance(record, dict):
stored_ttl = record.get('ttl')
if isinstance(stored_ttl, (int, float)) and not isinstance(stored_ttl, bool) \
and stored_ttl >= 0:
effective_max_age = stored_ttl
max_age = effective_max_age
# max_age=None means "never expires" (mirrors MemoryCache and the
# cache_manager docstring). Guard it explicitly — otherwise the
# comparison below raises TypeError and the record is treated as a
# miss, which silently breaks callers that persist long-lived state
# via get(key, max_age=None) (e.g. plugin health/metrics that must
# survive restarts and be read cross-process).
if record_ts is None or max_age is None or (now - record_ts) <= max_age:
return record
else:
# Stale on disk; keep file for potential diagnostics but treat as miss
return None
except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
self.logger.error("Error parsing cache file for %s at %s: %s", key, cache_path, e, exc_info=True)
# If the file is corrupted, remove it
try:
os.remove(cache_path)
self.logger.info("Removed corrupted cache file: %s", cache_path)
except OSError as remove_error:
self.logger.warning("Could not remove corrupted cache file %s: %s", cache_path, remove_error)
return None
except PermissionError as e:
# Permission errors are recoverable - cache just won't be available
self.logger.warning("Permission denied loading cache for %s from %s: %s. Cache unavailable for this key.", key, cache_path, e)
return None
except (IOError, OSError) as e:
self.logger.error("Error loading cache for %s from %s: %s", key, cache_path, e, exc_info=True)
return None
except Exception as e:
self.logger.error("Unexpected error loading cache for %s from %s: %s", key, cache_path, e, exc_info=True)
return None
def set(self, key: str, data: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
"""
Save data to disk cache with atomic write.
This method gracefully handles permission errors. If the cache directory
is not writable, it will log a warning and return silently rather than
raising an exception. This allows the application to continue functioning
even when running as a non-root user without write access to system cache
directories.
Args:
key: Cache key
data: Data to cache
"""
cache_path = self.get_cache_path(key)
if not cache_path:
return
# Serialize once, compact (no indent): the payload is reused by every
# write path below, and cache files are machine-read only — indenting
# them just multiplied the bytes written to the SD card.
try:
payload = json.dumps(data, cls=DateTimeEncoder)
except (TypeError, ValueError) as e:
self.logger.warning("Cache data for key '%s' not serializable: %s", key, e)
return
digest = zlib.adler32(payload.encode('utf-8'))
try:
# Atomic write to avoid partial/corrupt files
with self._lock:
# Skip the disk entirely when this exact payload was already
# written for this key (plugins re-save unchanged API data
# every update cycle — each write is real SD-card wear).
# Refresh the file mtime so records that rely on it for TTL
# (no embedded 'timestamp') don't expire early; a metadata
# touch is journal-cheap compared to rewriting the data.
if self._write_digests.get(key) == digest:
try:
os.utime(cache_path, None)
return
except OSError:
# File vanished or perms changed — fall through and write
self._write_digests.pop(key, None)
tmp_dir = os.path.dirname(cache_path)
# Try to create temp file in cache directory first
# If that fails due to permissions, fall back to direct write
tmp_path = None
fd = None
try:
# First try the cache directory
if os.access(tmp_dir, os.W_OK):
try:
fd, tmp_path = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix=f".{os.path.basename(cache_path)}.", dir=tmp_dir)
except (IOError, OSError, PermissionError):
# If temp file creation fails, try direct write as fallback
self.logger.warning("Could not create temp file in %s, using direct write for %s", tmp_dir, key)
tmp_path = None
fd = None
else:
# Directory not writable, use direct write
self.logger.warning("Cache directory %s not writable, using direct write for %s", tmp_dir, key)
tmp_path = None
fd = None
if tmp_path and fd is not None:
# Atomic write with temp file. No fsync: os.replace
# already guarantees readers never see a torn file,
# and cache data is re-fetchable — forcing a disk
# flush per write was the single biggest SD-card
# wear source (dozens of fsyncs/min on API-heavy
# installs) for data that can be re-downloaded.
try:
with os.fdopen(fd, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as tmp_file:
tmp_file.write(payload)
os.replace(tmp_path, cache_path)
self._write_digests[key] = digest
# Set proper permissions: 660 (rw-rw----) for group-readable cache files
try:
os.chmod(cache_path, 0o660) # nosec B103 - intentional; web UI and service share a group
except OSError:
pass # Non-critical if chmod fails
finally:
if os.path.exists(tmp_path):
try:
os.remove(tmp_path)
except OSError:
pass
else:
# Fallback: direct write (not atomic, but better than failing)
try:
with open(cache_path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as cache_file:
cache_file.write(payload)
self._write_digests[key] = digest
# Set proper permissions: 660 (rw-rw----) for group-readable cache files
try:
os.chmod(cache_path, 0o660) # nosec B103 - intentional; web UI and service share a group
except OSError:
pass # Non-critical if chmod fails
self.logger.debug("Wrote cache for %s directly (non-atomic)", key)
except (IOError, OSError, PermissionError) as write_error:
# If direct write also fails, try fallback location
self.logger.warning("Direct write failed for key '%s' to %s: %s", key, cache_path, write_error)
raise # Re-raise to trigger fallback logic
except (IOError, OSError, PermissionError):
# Attempt one-time fallback write to user's home cache directory
try:
# Try user's home cache directory as fallback
home_dir = os.path.expanduser('~')
fallback_dir = os.path.join(home_dir, '.ledmatrix_cache')
# Ensure fallback directory exists
try:
os.makedirs(fallback_dir, exist_ok=True)
except (OSError, PermissionError):
pass
if os.path.isdir(fallback_dir) and os.access(fallback_dir, os.W_OK):
# NOTE: no digest record here — the fallback file
# is a different path, so future sets must keep
# retrying the primary location.
fallback_path = os.path.join(fallback_dir, os.path.basename(cache_path))
with open(fallback_path, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as tmp_file:
tmp_file.write(payload)
# Set proper permissions: 660 (rw-rw----) for group-readable cache files
try:
os.chmod(fallback_path, 0o660) # nosec B103 - intentional; web UI and service share a group
except OSError:
pass # Non-critical if chmod fails
self.logger.debug("Cache wrote to fallback location: %s", fallback_path)
return # Successfully wrote to fallback, exit gracefully
except (IOError, OSError, PermissionError) as e2:
self.logger.debug("Fallback cache write also failed for key '%s': %s", key, e2)
# If all write attempts failed, log warning but don't raise exception
# Cache is a performance optimization, not critical for operation
self.logger.warning(
"Could not write cache for key '%s' to %s (permission denied). "
"Cache will be unavailable for this key, but application will continue.",
key, cache_path
)
return # Exit gracefully without raising exception
except Exception as e:
# For any other unexpected errors, log but don't crash
self.logger.warning(
"Unexpected error saving cache for key '%s' to %s: %s. "
"Application will continue without caching for this key.",
key, cache_path, e, exc_info=True
)
return # Exit gracefully without raising exception
def clear(self, key: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
"""
Clear cache entry or all entries.
Args:
key: Specific key to clear, or None to clear all
"""
if not self.cache_dir:
return
with self._lock:
if key:
self._write_digests.pop(key, None)
cache_path = self.get_cache_path(key)
if cache_path and os.path.exists(cache_path):
try:
os.remove(cache_path)
except OSError as e:
self.logger.warning("Could not remove cache file %s: %s", cache_path, e)
else:
# Clear all cache files
self._write_digests.clear()
if os.path.exists(self.cache_dir):
for filename in os.listdir(self.cache_dir):
if filename.endswith('.json'):
try:
os.remove(os.path.join(self.cache_dir, filename))
except OSError as e:
self.logger.warning("Could not remove cache file %s: %s", filename, e)
def get_cache_dir(self) -> Optional[str]:
"""Get the cache directory path."""
return self.cache_dir
@staticmethod
def _is_orphaned_temp(filename: str) -> bool:
"""Whether a name is one of set()'s temp files rather than real data.
Matches only what this class creates: mkstemp with a prefix of
".<cache filename>." , so ".weather.json.a1b2c3d4". The shape is
checked rather than just the leading dot, because this predicate
deletes things -- a stray dotfile someone left in the cache directory
is not ours to remove, and a completed ".json" never is either.
"""
if not filename.startswith('.') or filename.endswith('.json'):
return False
head, sep, suffix = filename.rpartition('.json.')
# head is the key (non-empty after the leading dot), suffix is
# mkstemp's random component.
return bool(sep) and len(head) > 1 and bool(suffix)
def cleanup_expired_files(self, cache_strategy: CacheStrategyProtocol, retention_policies: Dict[str, int]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
"""
Clean up expired cache files based on retention policies.
Args:
cache_strategy: Object implementing CacheStrategyProtocol for categorizing files
retention_policies: Dict mapping data types to retention days
Returns:
Dictionary with cleanup statistics:
- files_scanned: Total files checked
- files_deleted: Files removed
- space_freed_bytes: Bytes freed
- errors: Number of errors encountered
"""
if not self.cache_dir or not os.path.exists(self.cache_dir):
self.logger.warning("Cache directory not available for cleanup")
return {'files_scanned': 0, 'files_deleted': 0, 'space_freed_bytes': 0, 'errors': 0}
stats = {
'files_scanned': 0,
'files_deleted': 0,
'space_freed_bytes': 0,
'errors': 0
}
current_time = time.time()
try:
# Collect files to process outside the lock to avoid blocking cache operations
# Only hold lock during directory listing to get snapshot of files
try:
with self._lock:
# Get snapshot of files while holding lock briefly
entries = os.listdir(self.cache_dir)
except OSError as list_error:
self.logger.error("Error listing cache directory %s: %s", self.cache_dir, list_error, exc_info=True)
stats['errors'] += 1
return stats
filenames = [f for f in entries if f.endswith('.json')]
# Sweep temp files abandoned by a write that never finished. set()
# removes its own in a finally, so these are the ones where the
# process died between mkstemp and os.replace -- a SIGKILL, a lost
# restart race, a power cut. Nothing ever collected them: they are
# named ".<key>.json.<random>", and the scan above only matches
# names ending in .json, so they accumulated indefinitely. Measured
# on a live rig: 76 files, 1,050 MB, 81% of the whole cache
# directory, the oldest six months old.
stats['orphan_temp_files_deleted'] = 0
for filename in (f for f in entries if self._is_orphaned_temp(f)):
# Counted as scanned like any other candidate, so files_deleted
# can never exceed files_scanned and the summary line reads
# honestly ("77/8864", not "77/0").
stats['files_scanned'] += 1
path = os.path.join(self.cache_dir, filename)
try:
# An in-flight write lives for milliseconds, so anything
# this old is certainly abandoned rather than in progress.
if (current_time - os.path.getmtime(path)) <= _ORPHAN_TEMP_MAX_AGE_SECONDS:
continue
with self._lock:
size = os.path.getsize(path)
os.remove(path)
stats['files_deleted'] += 1
stats['orphan_temp_files_deleted'] += 1
stats['space_freed_bytes'] += size
except FileNotFoundError:
continue # another sweep got there first
except OSError as e:
stats['errors'] += 1
self.logger.warning("Error deleting orphaned temp file %s: %s", filename, e)
if stats['orphan_temp_files_deleted']:
self.logger.info(
"Removed %d abandoned cache temp file(s)",
stats['orphan_temp_files_deleted'])
# Process files outside the lock to avoid blocking get/set operations
for filename in filenames:
stats['files_scanned'] += 1
file_path = os.path.join(self.cache_dir, filename)
try:
# Get file age (outside lock - stat operations are generally atomic)
file_mtime = os.path.getmtime(file_path)
file_age_days = (current_time - file_mtime) / 86400 # Convert to days
# Extract cache key from filename (remove .json extension)
cache_key = filename[:-5]
# Determine data type and retention policy
data_type = cache_strategy.get_data_type_from_key(cache_key)
retention_days = retention_policies.get(data_type, retention_policies.get('default', 30))
# Delete if older than retention period
# Only hold lock during actual file deletion to ensure atomicity
if file_age_days > retention_days:
try:
# Hold lock only during delete operation (get size and remove atomically)
with self._lock:
# Double-check file still exists (may have been deleted by another process)
if os.path.exists(file_path):
try:
file_size = os.path.getsize(file_path)
os.remove(file_path)
# Only increment stats if removal succeeded
stats['files_deleted'] += 1
stats['space_freed_bytes'] += file_size
self.logger.debug(
"Deleted expired cache file: %s (age: %.1f days, type: %s, retention: %d days)",
filename, file_age_days, data_type, retention_days
)
except FileNotFoundError:
# File was deleted by another process between exists check and remove
# This is a benign race condition, silently continue
pass
else:
# File was deleted by another process before lock was acquired
# This is a benign race condition, silently continue
pass
except FileNotFoundError:
# File was already deleted by another process, skip it
# This is a benign race condition, silently continue
continue
except OSError as e:
# Other file system errors, log but don't fail the entire cleanup
stats['errors'] += 1
self.logger.warning("Error deleting cache file %s: %s", filename, e)
continue
except FileNotFoundError:
# File was deleted by another process between listing and processing
# This is a benign race condition, silently continue
continue
except OSError as e:
stats['errors'] += 1
self.logger.warning("Error processing cache file %s: %s", filename, e)
continue
except Exception as e:
stats['errors'] += 1
self.logger.error("Unexpected error processing cache file %s: %s", filename, e, exc_info=True)
continue
except OSError as e:
self.logger.error("Error listing cache directory %s: %s", self.cache_dir, e, exc_info=True)
stats['errors'] += 1
return stats