580278 - Questions forum caches filter queries so data is not updated evenly

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(support.mozilla.org :: Questions, task)

Description

[Rebecca Billings [:rbillings]]

The Questions app caches each query so they all time out at different points. This leads to uneven data on the forums- where some data is updated and some is not.

1) log in> ask a new question
2) select 'Most Recent'> Click 'All', 'Unsolved', 'No Replies' filters

expected: new question displays in all three filters
actual: new question appears in Unsolved & No Replies, but not All

Comment 2

[Rebecca Billings [:rbillings]]

The update delay is quicker now, but it results show immediately for most but take a few minutes for the 'All' filter

Comment 3

[James Socol [:jsocol, :james]]

Two days later, how prevalent is this? Some delay is OK as long as the question itself is accessible.

Comment 4

[Rebecca Billings [:rbillings]]

This repro's easily- the question takes at least 2 min to display under 'All' while showing immediately in the other filters. All things considered, 2 min is small enough most people wouldn't notice it unless they were looking- it shows more as the user is taken back to the forum after asking a question and the 'All' filter shows by default.

Comment 5

[James Socol [:jsocol, :james]]

Ricky is about to land a patch that will make people confirm questions, anyway, which makes me think we can ignore 2 minutes.

Things might get a little better when we land that patch, actually, or when we move to a Redis/Memcache hybrid for caching, but for now there's not much we can, or need to, I think, do.