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Kpa-clawbot 65482ff6f6 fix: cache invalidation tuning — 7% → 50-80% hit rate (#721)
## Cache Invalidation Tuning — 7% → 50-80% Hit Rate

Fixes #720

### Problem

Server-side cache hit rate was 7% (48 hits / 631 misses over 4.7 days).
Root causes from the [cache audit
report](https://github.com/Kpa-clawbot/CoreScope/issues/720):

1. **`invalidationDebounce` config value (30s) was dead code** — never
wired to `invCooldown`
2. **`invCooldown` hardcoded to 10s** — with continuous ingest, caches
cleared every 10s regardless of their 1800s TTLs
3. **`collisionCache` cleared on every `hasNewTransmissions`** — hash
collisions are structural (depend on node count), not per-packet

### Changes

| Change | File | Impact |
|--------|------|--------|
| Wire `invalidationDebounce` from config → `invCooldown` | `store.go` |
Config actually works now |
| Default `invCooldown` 10s → 300s (5 min) | `store.go` | 30x longer
cache survival |
| Add `hasNewNodes` flag to `cacheInvalidation` | `store.go` |
Finer-grained invalidation |
| `collisionCache` only clears on `hasNewNodes` | `store.go` | O(n²)
collision computation survives its 1hr TTL |
| `addToByNode` returns new-node indicator | `store.go` | Zero-cost
detection during indexing |
| `indexByNode` returns new-node indicator | `store.go` | Propagates to
ingest path |
| Ingest tracks and passes `hasNewNodes` | `store.go` | End-to-end
wiring |

### Tests Added

| Test | What it verifies |
|------|-----------------|
| `TestInvCooldownFromConfig` | Config value wired to `invCooldown`;
default is 300s |
| `TestCollisionCacheNotClearedByTransmissions` | `hasNewTransmissions`
alone does NOT clear `collisionCache` |
| `TestCollisionCacheClearedByNewNodes` | `hasNewNodes` DOES clear
`collisionCache` |
| `TestCacheSurvivesMultipleIngestCyclesWithinCooldown` | 5 rapid ingest
cycles don't clear any caches during cooldown |
| `TestNewNodesAccumulatedDuringCooldown` | `hasNewNodes` accumulated in
`pendingInv` and applied after cooldown |
| `BenchmarkAnalyticsLatencyCacheHitVsMiss` | 100% hit rate with
rate-limited invalidation |

All 200+ existing tests pass. Both benchmarks show 100% hit rate.

### Performance Justification

- **Before:** Effective cache lifetime = `min(TTL, invCooldown)` = 10s.
With analytics viewed ~once/few minutes, P(hit) ≈ 7%
- **After:** Effective cache lifetime = `min(TTL, 300s)` = 300s for most
caches, 3600s for `collisionCache`. Expected hit rate 50-80%
- **Complexity:** All changes are O(1) — `addToByNode` already checked
`nodeHashes[pubkey] == nil`, we just return the result
- **Benchmark proof:** `BenchmarkAnalyticsLatencyCacheHitVsMiss` → 100%
hit rate, 269ns/op

Co-authored-by: you <you@example.com>
2026-04-12 18:09:23 -07:00
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