#35039: Redis cache.clear() should respect KEY_PREFIX
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Reporter: Peter | Owner: nobody
Baumgartner |
Type: Bug | Status: new
Component: Core | Version: 4.2
(Cache system) |
Severity: Normal | Keywords: cache redis
Triage Stage: | Has patch: 0
Unreviewed |
Needs documentation: 0 | Needs tests: 0
Patch needs improvement: 0 | Easy pickings: 0
UI/UX: 0 |
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The Redis cache backend `clear` method calls the Redis command `flushdb`.
This makes sense when `KEY_PREFIX` is not defined and the user has access
to the full keyspace.
== Current Behavior
If a user has defined a `KEY_PREFIX`, it is likely they don't have access
to the full keyspace or don't want the Redis cache changing keys outside
the `KEY_PREFIX`. In these scenarios, the user either gets a permissions
error calling `cache.clear()` or deletes keys that are outside what the
Django cache manages.
== Expected Behavior
When `KEY_PREFIX` is defined, `cache.clear()` only deletes keys with that
prefix.
== Possible solutions
[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21975228/redis-python-how-to-delete-
all-keys-according-to-a-specific-pattern-in-python/45153525#45153525 This
StackOverflow answer] benchmarks a few different ways to delete all keys
with a specific prefix.
`django-redis` has a `delete_pattern` method https://github.com/jazzband
/django-redis#scan--delete-keys-in-bulk
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