Volatile cache keys with Rails and Redis

rubyonrails-talk
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Does Rails automatically set an EXPIRE attribute on keys when working with Redis, or will an old key sit there forever if it’s never manually cleared out? This is mostly a concern when using ActiveModel’s “cache_key”:

<%= cache @post do %>

The cache-key will be something like views/posts/744-20120613070958 . When the post is updated, and therefore gets a new cache-key, what happens to the old one? Will it just sit there forever? Do I need to add an expires_in option to every cache call, just to make sure it gets cleaned up every once in a while?

<%= cache @post, expires_in: 1.month do %>

Thanks,

Bryan

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The idea is that your cache system should expire the oldest items in the cache automatically when it hits its pre-configured size limit.