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Compare two caching options for NVCT after phase 2 removes the registry credential secret from the Get Account Details response: a dedicated EssService secret cache versus reusing the NvcfClient account cache by hydrating at load. Includes sequence diagrams, tradeoffs, test impact, and a recommendation for internal review.
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughAdded a draft design document for caching NVCT registry credential secrets after phase 2. The document compares two cache designs, recommends a dedicated ChangesNVCT Secret Caching
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The design should define credential rotation and deletion behavior before its recommendation is adopted. Correcting the account-cache description and malformed Markdown will also make the document accurate and publishable. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@design/nvct-registry-credential-secret-caching.md`:
- Line 182: Remove the stray Markdown fence after the final bullet in the
documentation, leaving the surrounding Markdown structure balanced and
eliminating the MD040 violation.
- Around line 142-145: Update the account-cache wording in the Option B
discussion to state that ESS is called on every account-cache miss or during
each account hydration, rather than for every caller. Preserve the surrounding
load and outage analysis.
- Around line 56-58: Define and document explicit cache invalidation for
registry-secret writes, rotations, and deletions in the registry credential
secret caching design, including how invalidations propagate across instances.
Ensure revoked or removed credentials are not served from cached SecretDto
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| resolution path (`EssService.getRegistryCredentialSecret`). ESS is called only on a cache miss or | ||
| after the entry expires. Missing secrets are not cached, so a later ESS write is | ||
| picked up on the next call. The secret cache has its own TTL (proposed 5m) and |
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Define invalidation for registry-secret rotation and deletion.
Option A serves the cached SecretDto until TTL expiry. If ESS rotates or deletes a credential during that period, task launches can use a stale or revoked credential. Define write/delete invalidation and cross-instance behavior before adopting this option. A five-minute TTL does not provide revocation semantics.
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In `@design/nvct-registry-credential-secret-caching.md` around lines 56 - 58,
Define and document explicit cache invalidation for registry-secret writes,
rotations, and deletions in the registry credential secret caching design,
including how invalidations propagate across instances. Ensure revoked or
removed credentials are not served from cached SecretDto entries, rather than
relying solely on the proposed TTL.
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| Option B: hydrating at account load made account fetch call ESS for every | ||
| caller. The nvct-core suite ran 677 tests with 67 failures. All failures share | ||
| the same cause: account readers that never provisioned an ESS mock now hit ESS | ||
| and get connection refused, so endpoints return 500. |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Correct the account-cache wording.
The sequence shows ESS calls on an account-cache miss, not for every caller. Replace “for every caller” with “for every account-cache miss” or “during each account hydration” so the load and outage analysis remains accurate.
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In `@design/nvct-registry-credential-secret-caching.md` around lines 142 - 145,
Update the account-cache wording in the Option B discussion to state that ESS is
called on every account-cache miss or during each account hydration, rather than
for every caller. Preserve the surrounding load and outage analysis.
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| delayed ESS write is picked up. Confirm this is acceptable given ESS load. | ||
| - Metrics and alerts. Confirm the cache hit ratio and ESS error metrics feed the | ||
| dashboards the team already uses. | ||
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Remove the stray Markdown fence.
Line 182 starts an extra fenced block after the final bullet. Remove it, or add the intended language tag and content. The current form leaves the Markdown structure unbalanced and triggers MD040.
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[warning] 182-182: Fenced code blocks should have a language specified
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In `@design/nvct-registry-credential-secret-caching.md` at line 182, Remove the
stray Markdown fence after the final bullet in the documentation, leaving the
surrounding Markdown structure balanced and eliminating the MD040 violation.
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Why
Phase 2 changes the Get Account Details contract so NVCF no longer returns the registry credential secret. NVCT must resolve the secret from ESS by registry credential id and cache it. This doc compares two caching designs and recommends one, for internal review and comments.
What changed
Adds
design/nvct-registry-credential-secret-caching.md. Docs only, no code changes. It covers the post-phase-2 data flow, two options with sequence diagrams (dedicated secret cache vs reusing the NvcfClient account cache), a tradeoffs table, test and prod impact, a recommendation, and open questions.Customer Release Notes
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Testing
Docs only. No tests.
git diff --checkclean.Notes
Review target: pick Option A or Option B. The code changes for the chosen option are tracked separately and are not part of this PR.
References
Relates to #1662
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