Azure / Azure/azure-functions-host

Key Cache Invalidation issue

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Description

The runtime caches keys the first time they are accessed, and relies on file change notifications to refresh the cache. For File storage keys those change notifications happen as part of modifying the key files, and for Blob storage keys we use a sentinel file that we watch.

However, in environments without a shared file system to use for notifications (e.g. Linux Consumption) this mechanism is broken. We need to come up with a replacement mechanism.

**For the keys admin APIs, I think we should bypass cache completely.** The cache is only needed for runtime function invocation performance.

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Research direction

No files or tests are named. Start by tracing the runtime key cache and the key admin APIs described in the issue; define a replacement for file-change notifications on environments without a shared file system, while ensuring admin APIs bypass the cache.

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Assessment

Tech stack
azure, csharp
Domain
backend, cloud
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
18/100

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