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GET /api/workspaces/<slug>/labels/ and GET /api/workspaces/<slug>/estimates/ are wrapped in @cache_response(60 * 60 * 2), which stores each reader's copy under "<path>:<user_id>" (plane/utils/cache.py). Most writes invalidated with user=False and without multiple=True, which deletes only the bare "<path>" key. That key is never written, so nothing was cleared and both lists stayed stale for up to 2 hours whenever DEBUG is off. Label create already used multiple=True (#6587), which is why only that path worked.

Changes:

  • Labels: app partial_update / destroy now pass multiple=True. The v1 POST / PATCH / DELETE label endpoints had no invalidation at all and now clear the cache too.
  • Estimates: estimate create / partial_update / destroy now pass multiple=True. The estimate-point create / partial_update / destroy endpoints now invalidate. Changing a project's estimate (enabling/disabling estimates) now invalidates, because the workspace list only includes estimates attached to a project.
  • Instance admins: GET /api/instances/admins/ is cached under that path, but adding or removing an admin only invalidated /api/instances/. Both writes now also clear /api/instances/admins/.

The project PATCH invalidates only when estimate is in the payload, so ordinary project edits don't trigger a pattern delete.

Type of Change

  • Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)

Test Scenarios

New contract tests in plane/tests/contract/app/test_workspace_cache_invalidation_app.py. Each one reads the list (filling the cache with DEBUG=False), performs a write, and reads again:

  • app label rename / delete, and v1 label rename → workspace labels show the change
  • enabling an estimate on a project, estimate-point update, estimate bulk update, estimate delete → workspace estimates show the change
  • adding / removing an instance admin → /api/instances/admins/ shows the change

All 9 fail on preview without the fix and pass with it. The full plane/tests/contract suite passes (308 tests); ruff check and ruff format --check are clean.

References

Fixes #10015

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes
    • Workspace label lists now reflect label creation, edits, and deletions more reliably.
    • Estimate lists stay up to date after estimate changes, including estimate-point updates and changes made through projects.
    • Instance administrator lists now reflect additions and removals without showing stale results.
    • Cached lists update after successful changes, while failed changes leave existing list data unchanged, helping ensure displayed information matches the latest saved data.

…instance admins

cache_response stores each reader's copy under "<path>:<user_id>", but
most writes invalidated with user=False and no multiple=True, which only
deletes the bare "<path>" key that is never written. The workspace
labels/estimates lists stayed stale for the 2h TTL in production.

- labels: app partial_update/destroy and v1 create/patch/delete now
  clear every user's copy
- estimates: create/partial_update/destroy, the estimate-point writes
  and enabling an estimate on a project now clear every user's copy
- instance admins: add/remove now clear /api/instances/admins/, which
  was cached under that path but only /api/instances/ was invalidated

Fixes makeplane#10015
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📝 Walkthrough

Cache responses now track path generations, and successful writes can trigger a second invalidation. Label, estimate, project estimate-selection, and instance-admin writes invalidate their corresponding cached lists. Unit and contract tests cover cache behavior and affected lists.

Changes: Workspace list cache invalidation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Cache generations and after-write invalidation
apps/api/plane/utils/cache.py, apps/api/plane/tests/unit/utils/test_cache.py
Cached responses store a path generation. Invalidation advances that generation. invalidate_cache can also invalidate after a response with a status below 400. Unit tests cover write outcomes and a read that overlaps a write.
Workspace label list invalidation
apps/api/plane/api/views/issue.py, apps/api/plane/app/views/issue/label.py, apps/api/plane/tests/contract/app/test_workspace_cache_invalidation_app.py
Label creation, updates, and deletion invalidate matching workspace label entries after writes. Contract tests check label rename and deletion through app and v1 APIs.
Workspace estimate list invalidation
apps/api/plane/app/views/estimate/base.py, apps/api/plane/app/views/project/base.py, apps/api/plane/tests/contract/app/test_workspace_cache_invalidation_app.py
Estimate and estimate-point writes invalidate matching workspace estimate entries. A project update invalidates the list when the request includes estimate. Contract tests check estimate enablement, point updates, bulk updates, and deletion.

Instance-admin list cache invalidation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Instance-admin list invalidation
apps/api/plane/license/api/views/admin.py, apps/api/plane/tests/contract/app/test_workspace_cache_invalidation_app.py
Adding or removing an instance admin also invalidates the instance-admin list cache. Contract tests check the list after both operations.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Out of Scope Changes check Warning The PR also changes InstanceAdminEndpoint.post and delete to invalidate /api/instances/admins/ and adds instance-admin contract coverage. Linked issue #10015 concerns only workspace labels and w… Remove the instance-admin invalidation changes and their tests, or link an active issue that requires /api/instances/admins/ cache invalidation.
Docstring Coverage Warning Docstring coverage is 15.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 60 functions across 8 files. Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Description check Passed The description clearly explains the cache invalidation bug, lists the affected endpoints and changes, identifies the bug-fix type, documents test scenarios and results, and references issue #10015. S…
Title check Passed The title is concise, specific, and accurately summarizes the main cache invalidation changes for workspace labels, estimates, and instance admins.
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #10015 requires fresh workspace label and estimate data after label and estimate changes with caching enabled. The PR invalidates per-user workspace cache entries after app and v1 label writes, …
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The description clearly explains the cache invalidation bug, lists the affected endpoints and changes, identifies the bug-fix type, documents test scenarios and results, and references issue #10015. Screenshots are not applicable.

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Explanation

Issue #10015 requires fresh workspace label and estimate data after label and estimate changes with caching enabled. The PR invalidates per-user workspace cache entries after app and v1 label writes, estimate and estimate-point writes, and project updates that include estimate. The contract tests cover the confirmed rename, delete, estimate update, estimate delete, and estimate enablement cases, plus the added v1 and estimate-point paths.

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Explanation

The PR also changes InstanceAdminEndpoint.post and delete to invalidate /api/instances/admins/ and adds instance-admin contract coverage. Linked issue #10015 concerns only workspace labels and workspace estimates. The instance-admin changes have no demonstrated connection to that issue.

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Remove the instance-admin invalidation changes and their tests, or link an active issue that requires /api/instances/admins/ cache invalidation.

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Review comments at @apps/api/plane/api/views/issue.py:
- Line 1063: Move cache invalidation from the pre-handler decorator to
successful post-write paths, accounting for in-flight reads so they cannot leave
stale cached lists. In apps/api/plane/api/views/issue.py lines 1063-1063,
invalidate v1 label lists after successful create, update, and delete
operations; in apps/api/plane/app/views/issue/label.py lines 57-57, do so after
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- Line 48: Add direct cache invalidation after the admin create and delete
mutations in the relevant view methods, using invalidate_cache_directly with the
same path and user settings as the existing decorator and passing request.
Update the import to include this helper; apply the create-side change at
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invalidate_cache clears the cache before the view runs, so a read during
the write could cache the old list for the full TTL. Add an opt-in
after_write flag that invalidates again on a successful response, and
enable it on the label, estimate and instance-admin writes.

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Requesting changes for the remaining concurrent-read cache refill race described inline. The sequential invalidation paths look correct, but an in-flight GET can still cache pre-write data after the final invalidation.

return view_func(instance, request, *args, **kwargs)
response = view_func(instance, request, *args, **kwargs)
if after_write and response.status_code < 400:
invalidate_cache_directly(

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[P2] Prevent in-flight reads from repopulating stale data after this invalidation

The second delete still leaves a race: a GET misses the cache and reads the old labels/estimates, then the write succeeds and this post-write invalidation completes, and finally the GET reaches cache_response's cache.set() with its old response. That stale entry survives both invalidations and is served for the full two-hour TTL. I reproduced this ordering using these cache functions with a mocked cache and a paused read. The new unit test only covers the opposite ordering, where the GET populates the cache before the final delete.

Please coordinate cache population with invalidation (for example, generation-versioned cache keys so a read started before a write cannot populate the current generation) and add a regression test that resumes the stale GET after the successful write and final invalidation.

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Fixed in 66f6977. Cached responses are now versioned per path: every invalidation bumps the version, and a cached response is only served when its version matches the current one. A GET that read the old data before the write saves under the old version, so it is never served. Added test_read_paused_across_write_does_not_cache_stale_data, which pauses a GET after it loads the old data, runs the write and both invalidations, then lets the GET reach cache.set(). It fails on the previous code ('old' == 'new') and passes now.

Version cached responses per path. Invalidation bumps the version, and a
response is only served when its version matches, so a GET that read the
old data before a write can no longer leave it cached after invalidation.

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