Memcache unavailability prevents hit tracking

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availabilityUpdated Mar 7, 2014(via Exa)

Sources

GitHub - philroche/django-cached-hitcount: Basic app that allows you to track the number of hits/views for a particular object.github.com

Technologies:

Djangosubject

MemcachedThe root cause of this issue originates in Memcached

How to detect:

Hit tracking depends entirely on memcache availability. If memcache service is unavailable or the HITCOUNT_CACHE key is not configured in Django CACHES settings, all hit tracking fails. No database queries occur on requests, so there is no fallback mechanism.

Recommended action:

Ensure memcache service is running and healthy. Verify Django CACHES dict includes the key specified by HITCOUNT_CACHE setting (default 'cached_hitcount'). Monitor memcache availability and django.cache metrics to detect cache backend failures.