feat: Improve caching logic and add disk caching option

src/backend/base/langflow/graph/graph/base.py

@@ -1125,43 +1125,53 @@ async def build_vertex(
         self.run_manager.add_to_vertices_being_run(vertex_id)
         try:
             params = ""
-            if vertex.frozen:
+            should_build = False
+            if not vertex.frozen:
+                should_build = True
+            else:
                 # Check the cache for the vertex
                 if get_cache is not None:
                     cached_result = await get_cache(key=vertex.id)
                 else:
                     cached_result = None
                 if isinstance(cached_result, CacheMiss):
-                    await vertex.build(
-                        user_id=user_id, inputs=inputs_dict, fallback_to_env_vars=fallback_to_env_vars, files=files
-                    )
-                    if set_cache is not None:
-                        await set_cache(key=vertex.id, data=vertex)
-                if cached_result and not isinstance(cached_result, CacheMiss):
-                    cached_vertex = cached_result["result"]
-                    # Now set update the vertex with the cached vertex
-                    vertex._built = cached_vertex._built
-                    vertex.result = cached_vertex.result
-                    vertex.results = cached_vertex.results
-                    vertex.artifacts = cached_vertex.artifacts
-                    vertex._built_object = cached_vertex._built_object
-                    vertex._custom_component = cached_vertex._custom_component
-                    if vertex.result is not None:
-                        vertex.result.used_frozen_result = True
+                    should_build = True
                 else:
-                    await vertex.build(
-                        user_id=user_id, inputs=inputs_dict, fallback_to_env_vars=fallback_to_env_vars, files=files
-                    )
-                    if set_cache is not None:
-                        await set_cache(key=vertex.id, data=vertex)
-            else:
+                    try:
+                        cached_vertex_dict = cached_result["result"]
+                        # Now set update the vertex with the cached vertex
+                        vertex._built = cached_vertex_dict["_built"]
+                        vertex.artifacts = cached_vertex_dict["artifacts"]
+                        vertex._built_object = cached_vertex_dict["_built_object"]
+                        vertex._built_result = cached_vertex_dict["_built_result"]
+                        vertex._data = cached_vertex_dict["_data"]
+                        vertex.results = cached_vertex_dict["results"]
+                        try:
+                            vertex._finalize_build()
+                            if vertex.result is not None:
+                                vertex.result.used_frozen_result = True
+                        except Exception:
+                            should_build = True
+                    except KeyError:
+                        should_build = True
+
+            if should_build:
                 await vertex.build(
                     user_id=user_id, inputs=inputs_dict, fallback_to_env_vars=fallback_to_env_vars, files=files
                 )
                 if set_cache is not None:
-                    await set_cache(key=vertex.id, data=vertex)
-
-            if vertex.result is not None:
+                    vertex_dict = {
+                        "_built": vertex._built,
+                        "results": vertex.results,
+                        "artifacts": vertex.artifacts,
+                        "_built_object": vertex._built_object,
+                        "_built_result": vertex._built_result,
+                        "_data": vertex._data,
+                    }
+
+                    await set_cache(key=vertex.id, data=vertex_dict)
+
+            if vertex.results is not None:
                 params = f"{vertex._built_object_repr()}{params}"
                 valid = True
                 result_dict = vertex.result

src/backend/base/langflow/graph/schema.py

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def validate_model(cls, values):
                     stream_url = StreamURL(location=message["stream_url"])
                     values["outputs"].update({key: OutputValue(message=stream_url, type=message["type"])})
                 elif "type" in message:
-                    values["outputs"].update({OutputValue(message=message, type=message["type"])})
+                    values["outputs"].update({key: OutputValue(message=message, type=message["type"])})
         return values
 
 

src/backend/base/langflow/graph/vertex/base.py

@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ async def build(
                 return
 
             if self.frozen and self._built:
-                return self.get_requester_result(requester)
+                return await self.get_requester_result(requester)
             elif self._built and requester is not None:
                 # This means that the vertex has already been built
                 # and we are just getting the result for the requester

src/backend/base/langflow/services/cache/disk.py

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+import asyncio
+import pickle
+import time
+from typing import Generic, Optional
+
+from diskcache import Cache
+from loguru import logger
+
+from langflow.services.cache.base import AsyncBaseCacheService, AsyncLockType
+from langflow.services.cache.utils import CACHE_MISS
+
+
+class AsyncDiskCache(AsyncBaseCacheService, Generic[AsyncLockType]):  # type: ignore
+    def __init__(self, cache_dir, max_size=None, expiration_time=3600):
+        self.cache = Cache(cache_dir)
+        self.lock = asyncio.Lock()
+        self.max_size = max_size
+        self.expiration_time = expiration_time
+
+    async def get(self, key, lock: Optional[asyncio.Lock] = None):
+        if not lock:
+            async with self.lock:
+                return await self._get(key)
+        else:
+            return await self._get(key)
+
+    async def _get(self, key):
+        item = await asyncio.to_thread(self.cache.get, key, default=None)
+        if item:
+            if time.time() - item["time"] < self.expiration_time:
+                await asyncio.to_thread(self.cache.touch, key)  # Refresh the expiry time
+                return pickle.loads(item["value"]) if isinstance(item["value"], bytes) else item["value"]
+            else:
+                logger.info(f"Cache item for key '{key}' has expired and will be deleted.")
+                await self._delete(key)  # Log before deleting the expired item
+        return CACHE_MISS
+
+    async def set(self, key, value, lock: Optional[asyncio.Lock] = None):
+        if not lock:
+            async with self.lock:
+                await self._set(key, value)
+        else:
+            await self._set(key, value)
+
+    async def _set(self, key, value):
+        if self.max_size and len(self.cache) >= self.max_size:
+            await asyncio.to_thread(self.cache.cull)
+        item = {"value": pickle.dumps(value) if not isinstance(value, (str, bytes)) else value, "time": time.time()}
+        await asyncio.to_thread(self.cache.set, key, item)
+
+    async def delete(self, key, lock: Optional[asyncio.Lock] = None):
+        if not lock:
+            async with self.lock:
+                await self._delete(key)
+        else:
+            await self._delete(key)
+
+    async def _delete(self, key):
+        await asyncio.to_thread(self.cache.delete, key)
+
+    async def clear(self, lock: Optional[asyncio.Lock] = None):
+        if not lock:
+            async with self.lock:
+                await self._clear()
+        else:
+            await self._clear()
+
+    async def _clear(self):
+        await asyncio.to_thread(self.cache.clear)
+
+    async def upsert(self, key, value, lock: Optional[asyncio.Lock] = None):
+        if not lock:
+            async with self.lock:
+                await self._upsert(key, value)
+        else:
+            await self._upsert(key, value)
+
+    async def _upsert(self, key, value):
+        existing_value = await self.get(key)
+        if existing_value is not CACHE_MISS and isinstance(existing_value, dict) and isinstance(value, dict):
+            existing_value.update(value)
+            value = existing_value
+        await self.set(key, value)
+
+    def __contains__(self, key):
+        return asyncio.run(asyncio.to_thread(self.cache.__contains__, key))
+
+    async def teardown(self):
+        # Clean up the cache directory
+        self.cache.clear(retry=True)

src/backend/base/langflow/services/cache/factory.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
+from langflow.services.cache.disk import AsyncDiskCache
 from langflow.services.cache.service import AsyncInMemoryCache, CacheService, RedisCache, ThreadingInMemoryCache
 from langflow.services.factory import ServiceFactory
 from langflow.utils.logger import logger
@@ -36,3 +37,8 @@ def create(self, settings_service: "SettingsService"):
             return ThreadingInMemoryCache(expiration_time=settings_service.settings.cache_expire)
         elif settings_service.settings.cache_type == "async":
             return AsyncInMemoryCache(expiration_time=settings_service.settings.cache_expire)
+        elif settings_service.settings.cache_type == "disk":
+            return AsyncDiskCache(
+                cache_dir=settings_service.settings.config_dir,
+                expiration_time=settings_service.settings.cache_expire,
+            )

src/backend/base/langflow/services/cache/service.py

@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@
 from loguru import logger
 
 from langflow.services.cache.base import AsyncBaseCacheService, AsyncLockType, CacheService, LockType
-from langflow.services.cache.utils import CacheMiss
-
-CACHE_MISS = CacheMiss()
+from langflow.services.cache.utils import CACHE_MISS
 
 
 class ThreadingInMemoryCache(CacheService, Generic[LockType]):  # type: ignore

src/backend/base/langflow/services/cache/utils.py

@@ -166,3 +166,6 @@ def update_build_status(cache_service, flow_id: str, status: "BuildStatus"):
     cache_service[flow_id] = cached_flow
     cached_flow["status"] = status
     cache_service[flow_id] = cached_flow
+
+
+CACHE_MISS = CacheMiss()

src/backend/base/langflow/services/settings/base.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 from shutil import copy2
-from typing import Any, List, Optional, Tuple, Type
+from typing import Any, List, Literal, Optional, Tuple, Type
 
 import orjson
 import yaml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     """SQLite pragmas to use when connecting to the database."""
 
     # cache configuration
-    cache_type: str = "async"
+    cache_type: Literal["async", "redis", "memory", "disk"] = "async"
     """The cache type can be 'async' or 'redis'."""
     cache_expire: int = 3600
     """The cache expire in seconds."""

src/backend/base/pyproject.toml

@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ filelock = "^3.15.4"
 grandalf = "^0.8.0"
 crewai = "^0.36.0"
 spider-client = "^0.0.27"
+diskcache = "^5.6.3"
 
 
 [tool.poetry.extras]