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…nd compliance scope (LAB-6394) - @cache.secure does not pin a backend. Only an explicit backend (backend= or one inside config=) is order-independent; set_default_backend() is honoured until the first call, which pins the backend. With REDIS_URL set and CACHEKIT_API_KEY unset, the encrypted values go to Redis. - The four prefixed backend selectors are mutually exclusive, with no precedence. Two set raise ConfigurationError at first call; the decorator logs it at WARNING on cachekit.decorators.orchestrator and runs the function uncached on every call. The provider docstring and the backend table no longer present them as a priority order. - The master key is read when the decorator is applied, not at call time. - Failing closed on a missing key is separate from fail_closed on a decrypt failure, which defaults to off. The downgrade guard's wording no longer borrows the "fail closed" term. - The cache key is cleartext: it carries the qualname and an unkeyed hash of the arguments, and on CachekitIO it travels in the URL path, so it lands in access logs. Added to Accepted Exposure. - Compliance: client-side encryption can support a scope-reduction argument; it is not a guarantee. Reworded every "compliant" / "out of scope" claim. - none.md: .io and .local reject backend=, and the .secure refusal is spelled with master_key=, since without a key ValueError fires first. - backends/README.md: an explicit stale_ttl needs the CachekitIO default before import; .io never consults set_default_backend(). - DecoratorConfig.secure: inside the classmethod backend=None is the unset default; the L1-only refusal applies to @cache.secure(backend=None) and @cache(config=..., backend=None). - Encryption examples use @cache.secure(master_key=..., serializer=...), which applies EncryptionWrapper itself. @cache(serializer=EncryptionWrapper(...)) never stores an entry, and backend= does not take a URL string. The Basic Usage fence binds its own key through a new opt-in master_key_env doc-test fixture, and now calls the function twice to show the hit. - tenant_extractor docstrings say per-tenant key derivation, not isolation, and the serialize_data comment says the store path catches a failed extraction.
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…elector conflict and interop migration (LAB-6394) - A default backend already set when the decorator is applied is pinned then; one set later is picked up at the first call. The first commit said only the second half. - A selector conflict logs until the function's circuit breaker opens (5 failures by default), then runs uncached without a per-call line. The encryption page now links to the backend guide instead of repeating it. - Plaintext rejection on enabling encryption is independent of fail_closed only for CK-framed entries; in an interop cache a plaintext entry is a decrypt failure, so fail_closed=True raises until it expires. - Cleartext cache key gets its own Accepted Exposure heading: the namespace appears only when set, a key= function's return value is stored verbatim, and compression makes ciphertext length track content. - configuration.md no longer says CACHEKIT_API_KEY has no effect on Redis-backed decorators; it is a backend selector. - tenant_extractor is annotated TenantContextExtractor on DecoratorConfig.secure and EncryptionConfig, matching create_cache_wrapper; the remaining tenant-extraction FAIL CLOSED labels say no shared-key fallback. - Say that @cache(serializer=EncryptionWrapper(...)) is not supported.
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…v block, HMAC for key= (LAB-6394) - SECURITY.md, the serializer and CachekitIO pages, the comparison and the ZK page said the backend never sees plaintext; it never sees plaintext values, and the cache key stays cleartext. - README and getting-started env blocks set two backend selectors at once, which leaves every decorator without backend= uncached. Each block now leaves one selector live and says why. - A key= value should be derived with an HMAC whose key never reaches the backend; an unkeyed hash over a guessable space is enumerable, as the same section says. - After the breaker opens, it re-probes every recovery_timeout (30 s by default), logging one failure and one OPEN WARNING per probe; the circuit_breaker_state gauge shows OPEN. - configuration.md: api_key= comes from a secret store, never a literal. - The ZK backend-pinning section and api-reference defer to the backend guide instead of restating the resolution order; the compliance callout no longer repeats the activation text.
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…, finish the plaintext-values sweep (LAB-6394) - The circuit_breaker_state gauge is not exported for this breaker, so the WARNINGs are the only signal of a selector conflict. - The environment decides the backend only when there is no explicit backend and no set_default_backend() default. - Remaining "user data" / "plaintext" overclaims now say cached values or plaintext values (ZK architecture example and benefits, EncryptionWrapper docstrings, comparison page, CachekitIO bullet). - A selector conflict leaves decorators that rely on env auto-detection uncached, not every decorator. README env block trimmed to one statement of the selector rule.
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… check_health() (LAB-6394) The WARNINGs are the only log signal of a selector conflict; the decorated function's get_health_status() reports the breaker as open and check_health() as unhealthy.
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…ging (LAB-6394) After the breaker opens, failures stop logging at WARNING; INFO lines continue per call. Drop the only-log-signal claim and keep the health-status one.
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…s, not the cache key (LAB-6394) The multi-pod example uses plain @cache, which does not encrypt; the Redis-sees-ciphertext bullet now names @cache.secure. The managed-backend bullet says ciphertext values and that the cache key stays cleartext, linking the Accepted Exposure section.
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Docs, docstrings and two type annotations; no behaviour change. Every claim below was re-checked against
mainwith sockets blocked, using the file backend in place of a network backend.What changes
@cache.securedoes not pin a backend. Only an explicit backend (backend=or one insideconfig=) is order-independent. A default already set when the decorator is applied is pinned then; one set later is picked up at the first call, which pins it. WithREDIS_URLset andCACHEKIT_API_KEYunset, the encrypted values go to Redis. There is a new "@cache.secureDoes Not Pin a Backend" section inzero-knowledge-encryption.md, a bullet incachekitio.md, and a correctedDecoratorConfig.securedocstring.ConfigurationErrorat first call. The decorator logs it at WARNING oncachekit.decorators.orchestrator(Cache operation 'client_creation' failed…) and runs the function uncached. After 5 consecutive failures the circuit breaker opens; it then re-probes everyrecovery_timeout(30 s by default), logging one failure and one OPEN WARNING per probe; between probes, failures no longer log at WARNING. The function'sget_health_status()reports the breaker asopenandcheck_health()as unhealthy. The backend table, theDefaultBackendProviderdocstring,configuration.mdandapi-reference.mdno longer present the selectors as a priority order.configuration.mdno longer saysCACHEKIT_API_KEYhas no effect on Redis-backed decorators, and the README and getting-started env blocks leave only one selector live. A conflict leaves decorators that rely on env auto-detection uncached; an explicit backend or aset_default_backend()default is unaffected.@cache.securecache off.fail_closedon a decrypt failure, which defaults to off. The downgrade-guard wording no longer borrows the "fail closed" term. The rejection of plaintext entries when encryption is turned on is independent offail_closedonly for CK-framed entries. In an interop cache a plaintext entry is a decrypt failure, sofail_closed=Trueraises.SECURITY.md, the serializer and CachekitIO pages, the comparison page, the ZK page and theEncryptionWrapperdocstrings now say "plaintext values" or "cached values". By default the key carries the qualname and an unkeyed hash of the arguments. Akey=function's return value is stored verbatim, so derive it with an HMAC whose key never reaches the backend. On CachekitIO the key travels in the URL path, so it lands in access logs. Compression makes the ciphertext length track the content. This is a new Accepted Exposure section.SECURITY.md,cachekitio.md, the serializer pages andzero-knowledge-encryption.md.none.md:.ioand.localrejectbackend=, and the.securerefusal is written@cache.secure(master_key=…, backend=None), because without a keyValueErrorfires first.backends/README.md: an explicitstale_ttlneeds the CachekitIO default before import, and@cache.ionever consultsset_default_backend().DecoratorConfig.secure: inside the classmethod,backend=Noneis the unset default. The L1-only refusal applies to@cache.secure(backend=None)and@cache(config=..., backend=None).@cache.secure(master_key=..., serializer=...), which appliesEncryptionWrapperitself.@cache(serializer=EncryptionWrapper(...))never stores an entry (the page now says so), andbackend=does not take a URL string. The executable Basic Usage fence indocs/serializers/encryption.mdbinds its own key through a new opt-inmaster_key_envdoc-test fixture (documented indocs/CONTRIBUTING.md), and calls the function twice to show the hit.tenant_extractoris annotatedTenantContextExtractor | NoneonDecoratorConfig.secureandEncryptionConfig, matchingcreate_cache_wrapper. Its docstrings say per-tenant key derivation, not isolation. The tenant-extraction "FAIL CLOSED" labels say "no shared-key fallback", and theserialize_datacomment says the store path catches a failed extraction.Checks
ruff checkandruff format --check: clean.basedpyright src/cachekit: 0 errors.pytest --markdown-docs README.md docs/: 130 passed.pytest --doctest-modules src/cachekit: 111 passed, 14 skipped.pytest tests/docs: 70 passed.pytest tests/unit tests/critical -m "not slow and not integration": 3278 passed, 15 skipped.KeyError, and the key does not leak into the next fence.Summary by CodeRabbit
REDIS_URLremains a fallback.