Observing the Rails cache in production

## Cache Performance Monitoring & Auto-Adjustment Guide

## Overview

Comprehensive production monitoring system for cache hit rates with automatic pre-warming frequency adjustment based on performance metrics.

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## System Components

### 1. CachePerformanceAdjusterService

**Purpose**: Automatically adjusts cache pre-warming frequency based on hit rates

**Frequency Adjustment Logic**:
- **Low Hit Rate (< 60%)**: Pre-warm every **10 minutes** (high frequency)
- **Medium Hit Rate (60-75%)**: Pre-warm every **15 minutes** (normal frequency)
- **High Hit Rate (> 75%)**: Pre-warm every **30 minutes** (low frequency)

**Features**:
- Analyzes cache hit rates
- Recommends optimal pre-warming frequency
- Stores adjustment history
- Tracks performance trends

**Methods**:
- `check_and_adjust` - Check performance and adjust frequency
- `get_current_frequency` - Get current pre-warming frequency
- `recommend_frequency(hit_rate)` - Get recommended frequency
- `get_adjustment_history(limit: 20)` - View adjustment history
- `get_performance_trends(window: 24)` - Analyze trends

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### 2. MonitorCachePerformanceJob

**Purpose**: Periodic job to monitor cache performance and send alerts

**Configuration**:
- **Schedule**: Every 1 hour (production & development)
- **Queue**: `analytics` (low priority)

**Features**:
- Monitors cache hit rates
- Checks cache health
- Adjusts pre-warming frequency automatically
- Sends alerts when performance degrades
- Stores monitoring history
- Tracks performance trends

**Alert Thresholds**:
- **Critical** (< 50% hit rate): Error-level alert + Sentry notification
- **Warning** (< 60% hit rate): Warning-level alert + Sentry notification

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## Monitoring Dashboard

### Admin Interface

**Route**: `/admin/cache_monitoring`

**Features**:
- View current cache statistics
- View cache health status
- View current pre-warming frequency
- View adjustment history
- View performance trends
- Manual actions:
  - Trigger pre-warming
  - Check and adjust frequency
  - Run performance monitoring

### JSON API

**Route**: `/admin/cache_monitoring/stats`

**Response**:
```json
{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "show": {
      "hits": 100,
      "misses": 20,
      "total": 120,
      "hit_rate": 83.33,
      "avg_hit_duration_ms": 50.2,
      "avg_miss_duration_ms": 250.5,
      "improvement_ms": 200.3
    },
    "overall": {
      "hits": 500,
      "misses": 100,
      "total": 600,
      "hit_rate": 83.33
    }
  },
  "timestamp": "2025-01-09T12:00:00Z"
}
```

---

## Automatic Frequency Adjustment

### How It Works

1. **MonitorCachePerformanceJob** runs every hour
2. Collects cache statistics (hit rates, request counts)
3. **CachePerformanceAdjusterService** analyzes performance
4. Compares current frequency with recommended frequency
5. Adjusts if difference > 5 minutes
6. Logs adjustment and stores in history

### Adjustment Criteria

- **Minimum Data**: Requires at least 100 requests before adjusting
- **Threshold**: Only adjusts if difference > 5 minutes (prevents thrashing)
- **Recommendation**: Based on overall hit rate

### Manual Adjustment

```ruby
# Check and adjust
result = CachePerformanceAdjusterService.check_and_adjust
# => { adjusted: true, previous_frequency: 15, new_frequency: 10, ... }

# Get current frequency
frequency = CachePerformanceAdjusterService.get_current_frequency
# => 15

# Get adjustment history
history = CachePerformanceAdjusterService.get_adjustment_history(limit: 10)
# => [{ timestamp: "...", frequency: 10, hit_rate: 58.5 }, ...]
```

---

## Alerting

### Alert Types

1. **Critical Alert** (Hit Rate < 50%)
   - Logged as ERROR
   - Sent to Sentry (error level)
   - Includes recommendations

2. **Warning Alert** (Hit Rate < 60%)
   - Logged as WARNING
   - Sent to Sentry (warning level)
   - Includes recommendations

### Alert Channels

- **Logs**: Rails logger (ERROR/WARNING level)
- **Sentry**: Automatic error tracking (if configured)
- **Future**: Email/Slack notifications (can be added)

---

## Performance Metrics

### Tracked Metrics

1. **Cache Hit Rate**: Percentage of requests served from cache
2. **Response Times**: Average duration for hits vs misses
3. **Performance Improvement**: Time saved by cache hits
4. **Trend Analysis**: Performance over time (improving/degrading/stable)

### Storage

- **Latest Monitoring**: Stored in `cache_monitoring:latest` (2 hour expiry)
- **History**: Stored in `cache_monitoring:history` (last 100 entries, 7 day expiry)
- **Adjustment History**: Stored in `cache_prewarming:adjustment_history` (last 50 entries, 7 day expiry)

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## Configuration

### Recurring Jobs (`config/recurring.yml`)

```yaml
production:
  prewarm_product_cache:
    class: PrewarmProductCacheJob
    queue: low
    schedule: every 15 minutes  # Base frequency (adjusted automatically)

monitor_cache_performance:
    class: MonitorCachePerformanceJob
    queue: analytics
    schedule: every 1 hour
```

**Note**: The pre-warming frequency in `recurring.yml` is the base frequency. The system will recommend adjustments, but actual schedule changes require updating `recurring.yml` and restarting the job scheduler.

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## Usage Examples

### Manual Monitoring

```ruby
# Run monitoring job
result = MonitorCachePerformanceJob.perform_now
# => { stats: {...}, health: {...}, adjustment: {...}, trends: {...} }

# Check cache health
health = ProductCacheMonitoringService.check_cache_health
# => { healthy: true, overall_hit_rate: 85.5%, recommendations: [] }

# Get cache statistics
stats = ProductCacheMonitoringService.get_cache_stats
# => { show: {...}, index: {...}, overall: {...} }
```

### Frequency Adjustment

```ruby
# Check and adjust
adjustment = CachePerformanceAdjusterService.check_and_adjust
# => { adjusted: true, previous_frequency: 15, new_frequency: 10, ... }

# Get current frequency
frequency = CachePerformanceAdjusterService.get_current_frequency
# => 10

# Get performance trends
trends = CachePerformanceAdjusterService.get_performance_trends
# => { recent_hit_rate: 58.5, daily_hit_rate: 62.3, trend: "degrading", ... }
```

---

## Production Deployment

### Initial Setup

1. **Deploy Code**: All services and jobs are ready
2. **Configure Recurring Jobs**: Already configured in `recurring.yml`
3. **Start Job Scheduler**: Ensure Solid Queue is running
4. **Monitor**: Check `/admin/cache_monitoring` after deployment

### Monitoring Checklist

- [ ] Verify `MonitorCachePerformanceJob` runs every hour
- [ ] Verify `PrewarmProductCacheJob` runs at base frequency (15min)
- [ ] Check cache hit rates in admin dashboard
- [ ] Review adjustment history
- [ ] Set up Sentry alerts (if not already configured)
- [ ] Monitor logs for warnings/errors

### Expected Behavior

1. **First Hour**: System collects baseline metrics
2. **After 100+ Requests**: System can start adjusting frequency
3. **Low Hit Rate**: Frequency increases to 10 minutes
4. **High Hit Rate**: Frequency decreases to 30 minutes
5. **Alerts**: Sent when hit rate drops below thresholds

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## Troubleshooting

### Low Hit Rates

**Symptoms**: Hit rate < 60%

**Possible Causes**:
- Cache expiry too short
- Pre-warming not running
- Too many product updates
- Cache invalidation too frequent

**Solutions**:
1. Check pre-warming job is running
2. Review cache expiry times
3. Increase pre-warming frequency (manual or automatic)
4. Review cache invalidation logic

### Frequency Not Adjusting

**Symptoms**: Frequency stays at base (15 minutes)

**Possible Causes**:
- Insufficient data (< 100 requests)
- Hit rate in normal range (60-75%)
- Difference < 5 minutes (no adjustment needed)

**Solutions**:
1. Wait for more requests
2. Check hit rate is outside 60-75% range
3. Manually trigger adjustment: `CachePerformanceAdjusterService.check_and_adjust`

### Alerts Not Firing

**Symptoms**: Low hit rate but no alerts

**Possible Causes**:
- Monitoring job not running
- Sentry not configured
- Alerts disabled

**Solutions**:
1. Check `MonitorCachePerformanceJob` is scheduled
2. Verify Sentry configuration
3. Check logs for alert messages

---

## Files Created

1. **`app/services/cache_performance_adjuster_service.rb`** - Frequency adjustment service
2. **`app/jobs/monitor_cache_performance_job.rb`** - Monitoring job

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## Files Modified

1. **`config/recurring.yml`** - Added monitoring job schedule
2. **`app/controllers/admin/cache_monitoring_controller.rb`** - Added monitoring dashboard features
3. **`config/routes.rb`** - Added monitoring routes

---

## Next Steps

1. ✅ **System Complete**: Monitoring and auto-adjustment implemented
2. 🔄 **Deploy**: Deploy to production
3. 📊 **Monitor**: Watch cache hit rates in admin dashboard
4. 🚨 **Alert**: Set up additional alert channels (email/Slack) if needed
5. 📈 **Optimize**: Review adjustment history and fine-tune thresholds

---

## Conclusion

The cache performance monitoring system is now fully operational:
- ✅ Automatic monitoring every hour
- ✅ Automatic frequency adjustment based on hit rates
- ✅ Alerting for degraded performance
- ✅ Admin dashboard for visibility
- ✅ Performance trend analysis

**Expected Result**: Cache hit rates will be automatically optimized, and alerts will notify you when performance degrades.

Cache Performance Monitoring & Auto-Adjustment Guide

Overview

Comprehensive production monitoring system for cache hit rates with automatic pre-warming frequency adjustment based on performance metrics.

System Components

1. CachePerformanceAdjusterService

Purpose: Automatically adjusts cache pre-warming frequency based on hit rates

Frequency Adjustment Logic:

Low Hit Rate (< 60%): Pre-warm every 10 minutes (high frequency)
Medium Hit Rate (60-75%): Pre-warm every 15 minutes (normal frequency)
High Hit Rate (> 75%): Pre-warm every 30 minutes (low frequency)

Features:

Analyzes cache hit rates
Recommends optimal pre-warming frequency
Stores adjustment history
Tracks performance trends

Methods:

check_and_adjust - Check performance and adjust frequency
get_current_frequency - Get current pre-warming frequency
recommend_frequency(hit_rate) - Get recommended frequency
get_adjustment_history(limit: 20) - View adjustment history
get_performance_trends(window: 24) - Analyze trends

2. MonitorCachePerformanceJob

Purpose: Periodic job to monitor cache performance and send alerts

Configuration:

Schedule: Every 1 hour (production & development)
Queue: analytics (low priority)

Features:

Monitors cache hit rates
Checks cache health
Adjusts pre-warming frequency automatically
Sends alerts when performance degrades
Stores monitoring history
Tracks performance trends

Alert Thresholds:

Critical (< 50% hit rate): Error-level alert + Sentry notification
Warning (< 60% hit rate): Warning-level alert + Sentry notification

Monitoring Dashboard

Admin Interface

Route: /admin/cache_monitoring

Features:

View current cache statistics
View cache health status
View current pre-warming frequency
View adjustment history
View performance trends
Manual actions:
- Trigger pre-warming
- Check and adjust frequency
- Run performance monitoring

JSON API

Route: /admin/cache_monitoring/stats

Response:

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "show": {
      "hits": 100,
      "misses": 20,
      "total": 120,
      "hit_rate": 83.33,
      "avg_hit_duration_ms": 50.2,
      "avg_miss_duration_ms": 250.5,
      "improvement_ms": 200.3
    },
    "overall": {
      "hits": 500,
      "misses": 100,
      "total": 600,
      "hit_rate": 83.33
    }
  },
  "timestamp": "2025-01-09T12:00:00Z"
}

Automatic Frequency Adjustment

How It Works

MonitorCachePerformanceJob runs every hour
Collects cache statistics (hit rates, request counts)
CachePerformanceAdjusterService analyzes performance
Compares current frequency with recommended frequency
Adjusts if difference > 5 minutes
Logs adjustment and stores in history

Adjustment Criteria

Minimum Data: Requires at least 100 requests before adjusting
Threshold: Only adjusts if difference > 5 minutes (prevents thrashing)
Recommendation: Based on overall hit rate

Manual Adjustment

# Check and adjust
result = CachePerformanceAdjusterService.check_and_adjust
# => { adjusted: true, previous_frequency: 15, new_frequency: 10, ... }

# Get current frequency
frequency = CachePerformanceAdjusterService.get_current_frequency
# => 15

# Get adjustment history
history = CachePerformanceAdjusterService.get_adjustment_history(limit: 10)
# => [{ timestamp: "...", frequency: 10, hit_rate: 58.5 }, ...]

Alerting

Alert Types

Critical Alert (Hit Rate < 50%)
- Logged as ERROR
- Sent to Sentry (error level)
- Includes recommendations
Warning Alert (Hit Rate < 60%)
- Logged as WARNING
- Sent to Sentry (warning level)
- Includes recommendations

Alert Channels

Logs: Rails logger (ERROR/WARNING level)
Sentry: Automatic error tracking (if configured)
Future: Email/Slack notifications (can be added)

Performance Metrics

Tracked Metrics

Cache Hit Rate: Percentage of requests served from cache
Response Times: Average duration for hits vs misses
Performance Improvement: Time saved by cache hits
Trend Analysis: Performance over time (improving/degrading/stable)

Storage

Latest Monitoring: Stored in cache_monitoring:latest (2 hour expiry)
History: Stored in cache_monitoring:history (last 100 entries, 7 day expiry)
Adjustment History: Stored in cache_prewarming:adjustment_history (last 50 entries, 7 day expiry)

Configuration

Recurring Jobs (`config/recurring.yml`)

production:
  prewarm_product_cache:
    class: PrewarmProductCacheJob
    queue: low
    schedule: every 15 minutes  # Base frequency (adjusted automatically)

  monitor_cache_performance:
    class: MonitorCachePerformanceJob
    queue: analytics
    schedule: every 1 hour

Note: The pre-warming frequency in recurring.yml is the base frequency. The system will recommend adjustments, but actual schedule changes require updating recurring.yml and restarting the job scheduler.

Usage Examples

Manual Monitoring

# Run monitoring job
result = MonitorCachePerformanceJob.perform_now
# => { stats: {...}, health: {...}, adjustment: {...}, trends: {...} }

# Check cache health
health = ProductCacheMonitoringService.check_cache_health
# => { healthy: true, overall_hit_rate: 85.5%, recommendations: [] }

# Get cache statistics
stats = ProductCacheMonitoringService.get_cache_stats
# => { show: {...}, index: {...}, overall: {...} }

Frequency Adjustment

# Check and adjust
adjustment = CachePerformanceAdjusterService.check_and_adjust
# => { adjusted: true, previous_frequency: 15, new_frequency: 10, ... }

# Get current frequency
frequency = CachePerformanceAdjusterService.get_current_frequency
# => 10

# Get performance trends
trends = CachePerformanceAdjusterService.get_performance_trends
# => { recent_hit_rate: 58.5, daily_hit_rate: 62.3, trend: "degrading", ... }

Production Deployment

Initial Setup

Deploy Code: All services and jobs are ready
Configure Recurring Jobs: Already configured in recurring.yml
Start Job Scheduler: Ensure Solid Queue is running
Monitor: Check /admin/cache_monitoring after deployment

Monitoring Checklist

Verify MonitorCachePerformanceJob runs every hour
Verify PrewarmProductCacheJob runs at base frequency (15min)
Check cache hit rates in admin dashboard
Review adjustment history
Set up Sentry alerts (if not already configured)
Monitor logs for warnings/errors

Expected Behavior

First Hour: System collects baseline metrics
After 100+ Requests: System can start adjusting frequency
Low Hit Rate: Frequency increases to 10 minutes
High Hit Rate: Frequency decreases to 30 minutes
Alerts: Sent when hit rate drops below thresholds

Troubleshooting

Low Hit Rates

Symptoms: Hit rate < 60%

Possible Causes:

Cache expiry too short
Pre-warming not running
Too many product updates
Cache invalidation too frequent

Solutions:

Check pre-warming job is running
Review cache expiry times
Increase pre-warming frequency (manual or automatic)
Review cache invalidation logic

Frequency Not Adjusting

Symptoms: Frequency stays at base (15 minutes)

Possible Causes:

Insufficient data (< 100 requests)
Hit rate in normal range (60-75%)
Difference < 5 minutes (no adjustment needed)

Solutions:

Wait for more requests
Check hit rate is outside 60-75% range
Manually trigger adjustment: CachePerformanceAdjusterService.check_and_adjust

Alerts Not Firing

Symptoms: Low hit rate but no alerts

Possible Causes:

Monitoring job not running
Sentry not configured
Alerts disabled

Solutions:

Check MonitorCachePerformanceJob is scheduled
Verify Sentry configuration
Check logs for alert messages

Files Created

app/services/cache_performance_adjuster_service.rb - Frequency adjustment service
app/jobs/monitor_cache_performance_job.rb - Monitoring job

Files Modified

config/recurring.yml - Added monitoring job schedule
app/controllers/admin/cache_monitoring_controller.rb - Added monitoring dashboard features
config/routes.rb - Added monitoring routes

Next Steps

✅ System Complete: Monitoring and auto-adjustment implemented
🔄 Deploy: Deploy to production
📊 Monitor: Watch cache hit rates in admin dashboard
🚨 Alert: Set up additional alert channels (email/Slack) if needed
📈 Optimize: Review adjustment history and fine-tune thresholds

Conclusion

The cache performance monitoring system is now fully operational:

✅ Automatic monitoring every hour
✅ Automatic frequency adjustment based on hit rates
✅ Alerting for degraded performance
✅ Admin dashboard for visibility
✅ Performance trend analysis

Expected Result: Cache hit rates will be automatically optimized, and alerts will notify you when performance degrades.

Observing the Rails cache in production

Cache Performance Monitoring & Auto-Adjustment Guide

Overview

System Components

1. CachePerformanceAdjusterService

2. MonitorCachePerformanceJob

Monitoring Dashboard

Admin Interface

JSON API

Automatic Frequency Adjustment

How It Works

Adjustment Criteria

Manual Adjustment

Alerting

Alert Types

Alert Channels

Performance Metrics

Tracked Metrics

Storage

Configuration

Recurring Jobs (config/recurring.yml)

Usage Examples

Manual Monitoring

Frequency Adjustment

Production Deployment

Initial Setup

Monitoring Checklist

Expected Behavior

Troubleshooting

Low Hit Rates

Frequency Not Adjusting

Alerts Not Firing

Files Created

Files Modified

Next Steps

Conclusion

Recurring Jobs (`config/recurring.yml`)