Add LRU capacity to ValidatingCache, remove sentinel pattern, add storage Update

go.mod

@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ require (
 
 require github.com/getsentry/sentry-go/otel v0.44.1
 
+require github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7
+
 require (
 	cel.dev/expr v0.25.1 // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20250102033503-faa5f7b0171c // indirect
@@ -298,7 +300,7 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2 // indirect
-	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.35.0 // indirect
+	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.35.0
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20250910181357-589584f1c912 // indirect
 	modernc.org/libc v1.70.0 // indirect

pkg/cache/validating_cache.go

@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2025 Stacklok, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+// Package cache provides a generic, capacity-bounded cache with singleflight
+// deduplication and per-hit liveness validation.
+package cache
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+
+	lru "github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2"
+	"golang.org/x/sync/singleflight"
+)
+
+// ErrExpired is returned by the check function passed to New to signal that a
+// cached entry has definitively expired and should be evicted.
+var ErrExpired = errors.New("cache entry expired")
+
+// ValidatingCache is a node-local write-through cache backed by a
+// capacity-bounded LRU map, with singleflight-deduplicated restore on cache
+// miss and lazy liveness validation on cache hit.
+//
+// Type parameter K is the key type (must be comparable).
+// Type parameter V is the cached value type.
+//
+// The no-resurrection invariant (preventing a concurrent restore from
+// overwriting a deletion) is enforced via ContainsOrAdd: if a concurrent
+// writer stored a value between load() returning and the cache being updated,
+// the prior writer's value wins and the just-loaded value is discarded via
+// onEvict.
+type ValidatingCache[K comparable, V any] struct {
+	lruCache *lru.Cache[K, V]
+	flight   singleflight.Group
+	load     func(key K) (V, error)
+	check    func(key K, val V) error
+	// onEvict is kept here so we can call it when discarding a concurrently
+	// loaded value that lost the race to a prior writer.
+	onEvict func(key K, val V)
+}
+
+// New creates a ValidatingCache with the given capacity and callbacks.
+//
+// capacity is the maximum number of entries; it must be >= 1. When the cache
+// is full and a new entry must be stored, the least-recently-used entry is
+// evicted first. Values less than 1 panic.
+//
+// load is called on a cache miss to restore the value; it must not be nil.
+// check is called on every cache hit to confirm liveness. It receives both the
+// key and the cached value so callers can inspect the value without a separate
+// read. Returning ErrExpired evicts the entry; any other error is transient
+// (cached value returned unchanged). It must not be nil.
+// onEvict is called after any eviction (LRU or expiry); it may be nil.
+func New[K comparable, V any](
+	capacity int,
+	load func(K) (V, error),
+	check func(K, V) error,
+	onEvict func(K, V),
+) *ValidatingCache[K, V] {
+	if capacity < 1 {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("cache.New: capacity must be >= 1, got %d", capacity))
+	}
+	if load == nil {
+		panic("cache.New: load must not be nil")
+	}
+	if check == nil {
+		panic("cache.New: check must not be nil")
+	}
+
+	c, err := lru.NewWithEvict(capacity, onEvict)
+	if err != nil {
+		// Only possible if size < 0, which we have already ruled out above.
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("cache.New: lru.NewWithEvict: %v", err))
+	}
+
+	return &ValidatingCache[K, V]{
+		lruCache: c,
+		load:     load,
+		check:    check,
+		onEvict:  onEvict,
+	}
+}
+
+// getHit validates a known-present cache entry and returns its value.
+// If the entry has definitively expired it is evicted and (zero, false) is
+// returned. Transient check errors leave the entry in place and return the
+// cached value.
+func (c *ValidatingCache[K, V]) getHit(key K, val V) (V, bool) {
+	if err := c.check(key, val); err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, ErrExpired) {
+			// Remove fires the eviction callback automatically.
+			c.lruCache.Remove(key)
+			var zero V
+			return zero, false
+		}
+	}
+	return val, true
+}
+
+// Get returns the value for key, loading it on a cache miss. On a cache hit
+// the entry's liveness is validated via the check function provided to New:
+// ErrExpired evicts the entry and returns (zero, false); transient errors
+// return the cached value unchanged. On a cache miss, load is called under a
+// singleflight group so at most one restore runs concurrently per key.
+func (c *ValidatingCache[K, V]) Get(key K) (V, bool) {
+	if val, ok := c.lruCache.Get(key); ok {
+		return c.getHit(key, val)
+	}
+
+	// Cache miss: use singleflight to prevent concurrent restores for the same key.
+	type result struct{ v V }
+	raw, err, _ := c.flight.Do(fmt.Sprint(key), func() (any, error) {
+		// Re-check the cache: a concurrent singleflight group may have stored
+		// the value between our miss check above and acquiring this group.
+		if existing, ok := c.lruCache.Get(key); ok {
+			return result{v: existing}, nil
+		}
+
+		v, loadErr := c.load(key)
+		if loadErr != nil {
+			return nil, loadErr
+		}
+
+		// Guard against a concurrent Set/Delete that occurred while load() was
+		// running. ContainsOrAdd stores only if absent; if another writer got
+		// in first, their value wins and we discard ours via onEvict.
+		ok, _ := c.lruCache.ContainsOrAdd(key, v)
+		if ok {
+			// Another writer stored a value first; retrieve the winner's value.
+			winner, _ := c.lruCache.Get(key)
+			if c.onEvict != nil {
+				c.onEvict(key, v)
+			}
+			return result{v: winner}, nil
+		}
+
+		return result{v: v}, nil
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		var zero V
+		return zero, false
+	}
+	r, ok := raw.(result)
+	return r.v, ok
+}
+
+// Set stores value under key, moving the entry to the MRU position. If the
+// cache is at capacity, the least-recently-used entry is evicted first and
+// onEvict is called for it.
+func (c *ValidatingCache[K, V]) Set(key K, value V) {
+	c.lruCache.Add(key, value)
+}
+
+// Len returns the number of entries currently in the cache.
+func (c *ValidatingCache[K, V]) Len() int {
+	return c.lruCache.Len()
+}