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Summary

With serverAssisted(true), invalidations the server sends while the client is disconnected never arrive, so after a reconnect the cache served values from before the drop until entryTtlMs ran out. A connection that turned on tracking now flushes the cache when it closes, as the Valkey client-side caching guide asks.

Issue link

This Pull Request is linked to issue: Java: server-assisted client-side cache serves stale values after a reconnect
Closes #7446

Related: #7492 (for issue #7445) also changes multiplexed_connection.rs. The two merge without conflicts.

Features / Behaviour Changes

• Server-assisted cache: when a connection with CLIENT TRACKING ON BCAST closes, for any reason, the cache is flushed, so the first read after the reconnect goes to the server.
• This also covers the side check in the issue: a client built later from the same ClientSideCache instance no longer gets the old entry.
• TTL-only caches are unchanged.

Implementation

• multiplexed_connection.rs: Pipeline and PipelineSink share a tracking_on flag. MultiplexedConnection::new_with_response_timeout sets it once setup_connection has succeeded with server_assisted_cache on, which means CLIENT TRACKING ON BCAST returned OK.
• PinnedDrop for PipelineSink calls flush_all_server_assisted() when the flag is set. The sink is dropped when the connection's driver ends, in the same poll that notifies the disconnect, so the flush lands before glide can reconnect. flush_all_server_assisted() also cancels fills in flight, so a reply read just before the close can't put a stale value back.
• A connection whose setup failed (for example AUTH rejected while the user is locked out, as in the repro) never tracked anything and leaves the cache alone, so failed reconnect attempts don't flush it over and over.
• Pipeline::new keeps its signature.

Limitations

• The whole cache is flushed when any one tracking connection closes. In cluster mode that includes other nodes' keys, and it also happens when glide replaces a tracking connection on purpose (for example a management connection that failed a health check) or when a client closes. Keys aren't tracked per node, and refilling after a disconnect is cheap. A cache shared by several clients is flushed for all of them.
• A connection that dies without glide seeing it (no FIN or RST) is flushed only once glide notices the disconnect.

Testing

• test_server_assisted_cache_flushed_when_connection_drops (glide-core, standalone and cluster): cache a key, then run CLIENT KILL SKIPME YES and SET in one MULTI on the key's node, so the write lands after the cached client's connections are gone and its invalidation is never delivered. The test waits for the cache to empty without sending anything, then checks that a read returns the new value. Both variants fail on main and pass with this change. They use dedicated servers, and the cluster has no replicas, since a replica connection would still deliver the invalidation.
• Unit tests in multiplexed_connection.rs: the cache is flushed when a tracking connection closes, kept when a connection without tracking closes, and a reply read in the same turn as the close isn't cached. The first and third fail without the flush.
• test_cache (39 passed) and the engine crate's cargo test --lib (403 passed).
• cargo fmt --check, both clippy passes, cargo check --no-default-features and cargo check --benches --all-features.
• Merged with fix(core): release connections when a reconnecting client closes #7492, the two branches combine without conflicts, and the new tests of both pass together.
• ElastiCache for Valkey 8.2 (cluster mode disabled, TLS, IAM auth, RESP3), with the Java client built from main and from main with this change and fix(core): release connections when a reconnecting client closes #7492 (the Java: close() leaves connections open when a node stopped answering before the close #7445 fix). Same steps as StaleAfterReconnect in the issue, except that a second client cuts the connection with CLIENT KILL ID and SET in one MULTI, since ElastiCache has no ACL SETUSER.
  • main: the client reconnected in 25 ms, then all 10 reads, 1 s apart, returned the old value while the server had the new one. A new client built from the same ClientSideCache instance also got the old value.
  • this change: every read after the reconnect returned the new value, and so did the new client.

Checklist

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• This Pull Request is related to one issue.
• Commit message has a detailed description of what changed and why.
• Tests are added or updated.
• CHANGELOG.md and documentation files are updated.
• Linters have been run (make *-lint targets) and Prettier has been run (make prettier-fix). (Rust only: cargo fmt and clippy. No file Prettier checks was touched.)
• Destination branch is correct - main or release
• Create merge commit if merging release branch into main, squash otherwise.
• Make sure to update the documentation in the valkey-glide-docs repository if necessary

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Walkthrough

When a tracking connection closes or is replaced, its PipelineSink flushes server-assisted cache entries. The change tracks whether caching is active and adds tests for tracked and untracked connections, close races, and standalone and cluster clients.

Changes: Server-assisted cache disconnect handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Track connection setup state glide-core/redis-rs/redis/src/aio/multiplexed_connection.rs	Pipeline and PipelineSink share tracking state. Successful connection setup enables tracking when server-assisted caching is configured.
Flush cache when tracked sink drops glide-core/redis-rs/redis/src/aio/multiplexed_connection.rs, glide-core/tests/test_cache.rs, CHANGELOG.md	Dropping a tracked PipelineSink flushes server-assisted cache entries. Tests cover tracked and untracked connections, a response arriving during closure, and standalone and cluster clients. The changelog records the cache-flush behavior.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ConnectionSetup
  participant Pipeline
  participant PipelineSink
  participant ServerAssistedCache
  ConnectionSetup->>Pipeline: enable tracking after successful setup
  Pipeline->>PipelineSink: share tracking state
  PipelineSink->>ServerAssistedCache: flush entries when dropped if tracking is active

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Possibly related issues

• valkey-io/valkey-glide#7446 — The issue reports stale cached values after a tracking connection reconnects. This change flushes the cache when the connection closes.
• valkey-io/valkey-glide#6809 — This change adds tests for client-side caching and tracking behavior when a connection closes.

Possibly related PRs

• valkey-io/valkey-glide#7492 — It changes when PipelineSink closes, which affects the same close path.
• valkey-io/valkey-glide#7427 — Its connection replacement path is related to the tracked sink’s cache flush.
• valkey-io/valkey-glide#7462 — Its pipeline-driver abort path drops PipelineSink instances.

Suggested reviewers: shohamazon, affonsov

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: Low · up to ed2cf

A narrow setup-failure path can leave stale values in the shared cache; record tracking immediately after enabling it before merging.

Pre-merge checks: 5

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: flushing server-assisted cache entries when the tracking connection closes.
Linked Issues check		Issue #7446 requires eviction of cached entries when a tracking connection drops, so that a read after reconnect goes to the server. The issue allows the whole cache for standalone, or at least the no…
Out of Scope Changes check		The reported changes are the multiplexed_connection.rs tracking flag and flush (about +119 lines, with unit tests), the integration tests in glide-core/tests/test_cache.rs (about +103 lines), and …
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…
Description check		The pull request description is complete and follows the required template. It includes the summary, issue link, behavior changes, implementation details, limitations, testing results, and checklist s…

Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

Issue #7446 requires eviction of cached entries when a tracking connection drops, so that a read after reconnect goes to the server. The issue allows the whole cache for standalone, or at least the node's keys for cluster. The whole-PR summary and PR description show the following at the reviewed head. Pipeline and PipelineSink share a tracking_on flag. MultiplexedConnection::new_with_response_timeout sets the flag only after setup_connection succeeds with server_assisted_cache on. PinnedDrop for PipelineSink calls flush_all_server_assisted() when the flag is set, and that flush also cancels in-flight fills. Failed setup and untracked connections do not flush. Unit tests cover the tracked close, the untracked close, and a reply read during close. The integration test test_server_assisted_cache_flushed_when_connection_drops runs in standalone and cluster variants. It forces a missed invalidation with CLIENT KILL SKIPME YES and a SET in one MULTI, then checks that the cache empties and that a read returns the new value. The whole-cache flush also covers a later client built from the same ClientSideCache instance, which is the side check in the issue. Limitation: the flush occurs only after glide detects the close, which the PR states. Evidence limit: the incremental diff from the previous reviewed head (f4c851b) to the reviewed head (ed2cfe2) and the whole-PR diff could not be read because the changed blobs are missing from the checkout. This assessment relies on the whole-PR summary, the PR description, and the previous assessment. The summary and description both describe the current head and agree with each other.

Full details: Out of Scope Changes check

Explanation

The reported changes are the multiplexed_connection.rs tracking flag and flush (about +119 lines, with unit tests), the integration tests in glide-core/tests/test_cache.rs (about +103 lines), and a CHANGELOG.md entry (+1 line). All of these support #7446. The flush also runs when a tracking connection is replaced on purpose or when a client closes. These cases are the same mechanism applied to other closes of a tracking connection, so they are a consequence of the requested behavior and not an unrelated change. The cluster behavior flushes the whole cache, not only the affected node's keys. The issue permits this, and the PR documents it as a limitation. No unrelated code change is shown in the available evidence. The same diff-read limit noted for the linked-issue assessment applies here. The conclusion relies on the whole-PR summary and PR description at the reviewed head.

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Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 3 functions across 2 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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The pull request description is complete and follows the required template. It includes the summary, issue link, behavior changes, implementation details, limitations, testing results, and checklist status. The unchecked documentation item is addressed as not necessary for this change.

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Review state

Ready for human review.
No open findings. The new head only merges main. Main's new Pipeline::kill aborts the driver, which drops the PipelineSink, so a killed tracking connection still flushes the cache. All 16 multiplexed_connection unit tests pass in the engine crate at this head.

Risk: Low. The change only applies when server_assisted_cache is on. If it is wrong, server-assisted cache users in every binding either get extra cache misses or keep the stale-after-reconnect bug.

Open findings: none.

Backport: Needed for release-2.5. Of the maintained lines, only release-2.5 has server-assisted caching (CLIENT TRACKING ON BCAST), and it does not flush on disconnect. It also lacks flush_all_server_assisted, so the backport has to use flush_all instead. release-2.4, 2.3 and 2.2 have no server-assisted cache.

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⚠️ Outside diff range comments (1)

Minor · Record tracking when CLIENT TRACKING ON BCAST succeeds. · multiplexed_connection.rs:1119-1123

glide-core/redis-rs/redis/src/aio/multiplexed_connection.rs:1119-1123
Minor · Data Integrity & Integration · Quick win

Record tracking when CLIENT TRACKING ON BCAST succeeds.

setup_connection enables tracking before the fallible update_az_from_info(con).await? call. If the AZ update fails, setup returns before set_tracking_on() runs, so the dropped sink skips the cache flush. A retry can then return stale entries from the shared cache without contacting the server.

Pass the shared tracking flag to setup_connection, set it immediately after the tracking command succeeds, and pass None for the legacy connection.

Suggested fix

--- a/glide-core/redis-rs/redis/src/aio/mod.rs
+++ b/glide-core/redis-rs/redis/src/aio/mod.rs
@@
 use std::pin::Pin;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
@@
 async fn setup_connection<C>(
     connection_info: &RedisConnectionInfo,
     con: &mut C,
@@
     // An INFO command will be triggered in the connection's setup to update the 'availability_zone' property.
     discover_az: bool,
+    tracking_on: Option<Arc<AtomicBool>>,
 ) -> RedisResult<()>
@@
-            Ok(Value::Okay) => {}
+            Ok(Value::Okay) => {
+                if let Some(tracking_on) = tracking_on.as_ref() {
+                    tracking_on.store(true, Ordering::Release);
+                }
+            }

--- a/glide-core/redis-rs/redis/src/aio/connection.rs
+++ b/glide-core/redis-rs/redis/src/aio/connection.rs
@@
-        setup_connection(connection_info, &mut rv, false).await?;
+        setup_connection(connection_info, &mut rv, false, None).await?;

--- a/glide-core/redis-rs/redis/src/aio/multiplexed_connection.rs
+++ b/glide-core/redis-rs/redis/src/aio/multiplexed_connection.rs
@@
         let driver = {
+            let tracking_on = con.pipeline.tracking_on.clone();
             let auth = setup_connection(
                 &connection_info.redis,
                 &mut con,
                 glide_connection_options.discover_az,
+                Some(tracking_on),
             );
@@
-        // Setup succeeded, so it turned tracking on. A connection whose setup failed was
-        // never used and tracked nothing, so it must not flush the cache.
-        if connection_info.redis.server_assisted_cache {
-            con.pipeline.set_tracking_on();
-        }
-
         Ok((con, driver))

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Review comment at @glide-core/redis-rs/redis/src/aio/multiplexed_connection.rs
around lines 1119 - 1123:
Update setup_connection to receive an optional shared tracking flag and set it
immediately after CLIENT TRACKING ON BCAST succeeds, before update_az_from_info
can fail. Pass the multiplexed connection’s shared flag and pass None from the
legacy connection; remove the later set_tracking_on call that only runs after
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Review comments at @glide-core/redis-rs/redis/src/aio/multiplexed_connection.rs:
- Around line 1119-1123: Update setup_connection to receive an optional shared
tracking flag and set it immediately after CLIENT TRACKING ON BCAST succeeds,
before update_az_from_info can fail. Pass the multiplexed connection’s shared
flag and pass None from the legacy connection; remove the later set_tracking_on
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