Action Caching and After Filters

Hi there,

I'm using action caching, instead of page caching, because I'm using filters in my controller.

<code> class CommunityProgramController < ApplicationController

  before_filter :login_required   after_filter :log_request

  caches_action :show </code>

In the log: Cached fragment hit: views/site.com/community_programs/1 (0.2ms) Filter chain halted as [#<ActionController::Filters::AroundFilter: 0x2a3a1540 ........

I'm wondering if there's a way to get after_filters working with action caching. As far as I can tell what happens is, if an action has been cached, the caches_action filter will halt the filter chain and spit back the cached result. This means that any after_filters don't get run.

Is there some way to still have the after filters run ? Are my assumptions correct about how this is working ?

Yes, I know I could change it to a before filter. I've done a little bit of performance testing and it appears that the gain I get in using action caching is cancelled out by needing log_request to be a before filter instead of an after filter.

Thanks!

Luke