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# Polling with ETag caching
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Polling for changes (repeatedly asking server if there are any new changes)
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introduces high load on a GitLab instance, because it usually requires
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executing at least a few SQL queries. This makes scaling large GitLab
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instances (like GitLab.com) very difficult so we do not allow adding new
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features that require polling and hit the database.
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Instead you should use polling mechanism with ETag caching in Redis.
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## How to use it
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1. Add the path of the endpoint which you want to poll to
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`Gitlab::EtagCaching::Middleware`.
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1. Implement cache invalidation for the path of your endpoint using
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`Gitlab::EtagCaching::Store`. Whenever a resource changes you
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have to invalidate the ETag for the path that depends on this
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resource.
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1. Check that the mechanism works:
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- requests should return status code 304
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- there should be no SQL queries logged in `log/development.log`
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## How it works
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Cache Miss:
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Cache Hit:
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1. Whenever a resource changes we generate a random value and store it in
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Redis.
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1. When a client makes a request we set the `ETag` response header to the value
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from Redis.
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1. The client caches the response (client-side caching) and sends the ETag as
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the `If-None-Match` header with every subsequent request for the same
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resource.
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1. If the `If-None-Match` header matches the current value in Redis we know
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that the resource did not change so we can send 304 response immediately,
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without querying the database at all. The client's browser will use the
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cached response.
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1. If the `If-None-Match` header does not match the current value in Redis
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we have to generate a new response, because the resource changed.
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Do not use query parameters (for example `?scope=all`) for endpoints where you
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want to enable ETag caching. The middleware takes into account only the request
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path and ignores query parameters. All parameters should be included in the
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request path. By doing this we avoid query parameter ordering problems and make
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route matching easier.
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For more information see:
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- [`Poll-Interval` header](fe_guide/performance.md#realtime-components)
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- [RFC 7232](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7232)
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- [ETag proposal](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/26926)
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