graphql-engine/docs/graphql/cloud/response-caching.rst
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.. meta::
:description: Query response caching in Hasura Cloud
:keywords: hasura, docs, cloud, response, caching
.. _response_caching:
Query response caching
======================
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Introduction
------------
Hasura Cloud provides support for caching query responses, in order to
improve performance for queries which are executed frequently.
Cached responses are stored in for a period of time in a LRU (least-recently
used) cache, and removed from the cache as needed based on usage.
A query's response can be cached only if the following conditions hold:
- The query does **not** make use of ``remote schemas`` or ``remote joins``.
- The query **isn't** an ``Action`` that has ``forward_client_headers`` (see :ref:`ActionDefinition`) set to ``true``.
- The response JSON is **under** 100KB in size
.. admonition:: Support
Query response caching is available for Hasura Cloud projects on the ``Standard`` (pay-as-you-go) tier and above.
Enable caching
--------------
In order to enable caching for a query response, or to return an existing
response from the cache (if one exists), simply add the ``@cached`` directive
to your query:
.. code-block:: graphql
query MyCachedQuery @cached {
users {
id
name
}
}
If the response was cached successfully, the HTTP response will include a
``X-Hasura-TTL`` header, whose value indicates the maximum number of seconds
for the returned response to remain in the cache.
Controlling cache lifetime
--------------------------
The maximum lifetime of an entry in the cache can be controlled using the ``ttl``
argument to the ``@cached`` query directive. The value is an integer number of seconds:
.. code-block:: graphql
query MyCachedQuery @cached(ttl: 120) {
users {
id
name
}
}
By default, a response will be cached with a maximum lifetime of 60 seconds.
The maximum allowed value is 300 seconds (5 minutes).
Forcing the cache to refresh
----------------------------
The cache entry can be forced to refresh, regardless of the maximum
lifetime using the ``refresh`` argument to ``@cached``. The value is a
boolean:
.. code-block:: graphql
query MyCachedQuery @cached(refresh: true) {
users {
id
name
}
}
Rate Limiting
-------------
Cache writes are rate limited, with a rate depending on your plan. The rate
limit is based on the total number of bytes written to the cache in a sliding
window. If you exceed the rate limit, the HTTP response will indicate this
with a warning header: "Warning: 199 - cache-store-capacity-exceeded".
Session variables
-----------------
Queries using session variables are able to be cached.
Please note:
* A session variable will only influence the cache key for a query if it referenced by the execution plan.
In practice this means that session variables are only factored into cache keys if they are referenced
in the permissions for a query.
See https://hasura.io/docs/latest/graphql/core/api-reference/schema-metadata-api/permission.html
Response headers
----------------
When you enable caching for a query, the following headers should be returned in the HTTP response:
* ``X-Hasura-Query-Cache-Key`` - Key for cached query response, unique to this query
* ``X-Hasura-Query-Family-Cache-Key`` - Key for the family of queries (ignores variable values)
* ``Cache-Control`` - Value: ``max-age={SECONDS}`` - Seconds until cache expires for query
These can be used by your application as you see fit, as well as by the cache clearing endpoints.
Clearing items from the cache
-----------------------------
A set of endpoints exist to clear items from the cache for the current project:
* ``POST /pro/cache/clear`` -- Clears all
* ``POST /pro/cache/clear?key={HASH}`` -- Clears key hash
* ``POST /pro/cache/clear?family={FAMILY}`` -- Clears items that match query family (ignoring variables)