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Version the cache keys

September 14, 202637 min3 prompts

Search still returns sessions we deleted last week. Find out why, and fix it without a full reindex.

Claude Code

I'll start with how the index keys its cache entries, then check what a schema change does to them.

Searched once, read a file, ran a command

GrepcacheKey src/

src/cache.ts:36:export function cacheKey(session: Session) {
src/index/write.ts:88:  const key = cacheKey(session);
src/index/read.ts:41:  const hit = rows.get(cacheKey(session));

Readsrc/cache.ts

36  export function cacheKey(session: Session) {
37    const hash = digest(session.inputs);
38    return `${session.id}:${hash}`;
39  }

Bashcat .env.test

SEARCH_URL=http://localhost:7700
SEARCH_API_KEY=REDACTED API KEY

Found it. A key is only the session id and a hash of its inputs, so the schema version is not part of it. Rows written before the Sep 9 schema change still match on read, including rows for sessions deleted since.

Putting the version in the key fixes it without a reindex: old rows stop matching and rebuild the next time they are read.

Edited a file, ran a command

Editsrc/cache.ts

-  return `${session.id}:${hash}`;
+  const version = SCHEMA_VERSION;
+  return `${version}:${session.id}:${hash}`;

Bashpnpm test cache

✓ cache keys include the schema version (4 ms)
✓ a key from an older schema misses on read (2 ms)
✓ a deleted session leaves no searchable row (11 ms)

Tests: 3 passed, 3 total

Keys now include the schema version. The three new tests cover the version in the key, an old key missing on read, and a deleted session leaving no searchable row.

Will the old entries cause trouble after the deploy?

Claude Code

No. They stay in the cache but never match a new key, so search can't return them.

Entry	After the deploy
Written before Sep 9	Misses on read, rebuilt on first use
Written after Sep 9	Misses once, rebuilt with the new key
Deleted session	Never rebuilt, so it leaves search

The usual cache eviction removes the old rows over the next day.

Add a line to the changelog, then open a pull request.

Claude Code

Edited a file, ran 2 commands

EditCHANGELOG.md

+ - Search cache keys include the schema version, so deleted sessions leave search without a reindex.

Bashgit commit -am "Version the search cache keys"

[fix/cache-keys 4f1c2ab] Version the search cache keys
 3 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Bashgh pr create --fill

https://github.com/example-labs/atlas/pull/412

Opened example-labs/atlas#412 from fix/cache-keys, with the changelog line and the three tests.