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Rebuilds LoadingCache on cats.effect.std.MapRef: per-key CAS instead of whole-map Ref, cancelable loads with cleanup, ExpiringCache evicts stale Loading entries. Fixes four proven defects; defect spec now asserts expected behavior and passes. Adds a JMH benchmark module (sbt "benchmark/Jmh/run"). Creation bounds widened Concurrent to Async.

Bench: JMH suite from the benchmark module, run 2026-08-20 on a 12-core machine, JDK 25, Scala 2.13. 8 fibers x 20k ops each, key space 10k, cache operations per second, old is master at 7c9fa9f. The two cancel scenarios have no old number: loads were not cancelable there, so the benchmark never finishes on the original implementation and has to be excluded from the old run. Error margins and the full scenario list are in benchmark/results and the README.

To reproduce (details in the README, "Comparing against another revision"; the old revision needs a one-line adjustment for the single flavor, also in the README):

git worktree add /tmp/scache-old 7c9fa9f
cp -r benchmark /tmp/scache-old/
cp build.sbt /tmp/scache-old/build.sbt
cp project/plugins.sbt /tmp/scache-old/project/plugins.sbt

cd /tmp/scache-old && sbt "benchmark/Jmh/run -e .*getOrUpdateCancel.* -rf json -rff /tmp/old.json"
cd -                && sbt "benchmark/Jmh/run -rf json -rff /tmp/new.json"
LoadingCache (single partition) old (Ref[Map]) new (MapRef) ratio
getOrUpdate, insert distinct keys 1.21M 1.88M 1.55x
getOrUpdate, hit random keys 8.02M 8.49M 1.06x
getOrUpdate, hit single hot key 9.44M 10.27M 1.09x
put, replace random keys 6.81M 7.82M 1.15x
mixed get/put/remove 5.22M 7.06M 1.35x
cancel in-flight load hangs 1.05M
cancel load with a waiter hangs 812k
Cache.loading (partitioned) old new ratio
getOrUpdate, insert distinct keys 2.07M 2.08M 1.01x
getOrUpdate, hit random keys 9.79M 9.03M 0.92x
getOrUpdate, hit single hot key 10.73M 10.13M 0.94x
put, replace random keys 6.19M 7.40M 1.20x
mixed get/put/remove 5.97M 6.72M 1.13x
cancel in-flight load hangs 796k
cancel load with a waiter hangs 781k
Cache.expiring (partitioned) old new ratio
getOrUpdate, insert distinct keys 1.91M 1.79M 0.94x
getOrUpdate, hit random keys 7.14M 7.16M 1.00x
getOrUpdate, hit single hot key 8.34M 7.90M 0.95x
put, replace random keys 7.18M 7.24M 1.01x
mixed get/put/remove 4.69M 5.26M 1.12x
cancel in-flight load hangs 1.03M
cancel load with a waiter hangs 582k

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added configurable loading timeouts and clear expiration errors for cache-loading operations.
    • Improved cancellation cleanup, resource release, concurrency, and cache traversal behavior.
    • Updated cache APIs to require Async for loading and expiration operations.
  • Documentation

    • Added benchmark guidance, performance comparisons, and version 7.0 migration notes.
  • Tests

    • Expanded coverage for cancellation, expiration, concurrency, cleanup, and resource-release scenarios.
    • Added benchmarks and recorded results across cache configurations.

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@stasimus stasimus changed the title Add failing defect tests for LoadingCache and ExpiringCache WIP: rebuild cache on MapRef, fix cancellation defects Jul 31, 2026
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Fixes four proven defects

are the following the above-mentioned defects:

  • claim 1: loads are cancelable and cancellation cleans up the Loading entry;
  • claim 2: entries stuck in Loading state are evicted by the expiration routine;
  • claim 3: waiters on a Loading entry are unblocked when the load is cancelled;
  • claim 4: operations on distinct keys are independent, no shared-state CAS retries.

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Yes, exactly those four, declared and asserted in CacheDefectsSpec.scala, one test per claim. They weren't filed as separate GitHub issues, just documented there.

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I am at the beginning of review and I understood that I fail to comprehend what happens in new functionality.

ScalaDocs are really required! With explicitly explaining why? part, overall description of envisioned algorithm would be very welcome too!

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Added scaladocs on LoadingCache, EntryMap, EntryState, the cache operations and the ExpiringCache eviction routine, describing the algorithm and the four defects this change fixes.

P1, contention on shared state. The state used to be one Ref[F, Map[K, EntryRef]], so every insert or removal of any key CAS-ed the same Ref, and a getOrUpdate of one key lost its CAS whenever an unrelated key was written. Sustained writes elsewhere starved it, which is what MaxRetries = 10000 and IllegalStateException("extreme contention") were guarding, i.e. contention turned into a user visible failure. Every write also copied the whole map. Now each key has its own Ref over a ConcurrentHashMap, unrelated keys never interfere and the retry limit is gone.

P2, cancellation poisoned the key. The value computation ran unmasked inside the retry loop with no onCancel, so cancelling getOrUpdate left Loading(deferred) in the map with the deferred never completed: the key stayed unusable and every waiter blocked forever, and a value computed just as cancellation hit was leaked. Now state transitions are masked, and cancellation unlinks the key, completes the deferred with CancelledError and releases the value if one was produced.

P3, expiration ignored Loading. removeExpiredAndCheckSize only inspected Value states, so an entry whose load never completes was never evicted. Now loads that run longer than the expiration interval are evicted and their waiters get ExpiredError.

P4, a stuck load blocked finalization, since clear runs on resource release and waits on Loading entries. P2 and P3 remove both ways of getting stuck there.

CacheDefectsSpec covers all four.

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Bench: 8 fibers x 100k ops/fiber, keySpace 10k, median of 3 runs, ops/s.

where is the code for benchmarks?

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@stasimus, could we get the PR with failing (and ignored or explicitly waiting for failures with corresponding comments and verbose printouts) unit-tests against "current" (as in master branch)?

I tried to do the quick rollback of implementation in the branch, but new unit-tests do not compile against old implementation.

It also means that this PR might change public API in incompatible way - we must provide the instructions on how to migrate from "old" to "new" APIs!

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Benchmarks are in a new benchmark module now, JMH based, at benchmark/src/main/scala/com/evolution/scache/bench/CacheBenchmark.scala. It carries a frozen copy of the pre-MapRef implementation under com.evolution.scache.v1, so old and new are measured in the same run: impl=v1 against impl=v2, across flavor=single, partitioned and expiring, over get, get1, getOrUpdate, put, modify, remove, contains and foldMap.

Run it with: sbt "benchmark/Jmh/run", or narrow it down, e.g. sbt "benchmark/Jmh/run -p impl=v1,v2 -p flavor=single .getOrUpdateHitRandomKeys.". I will refresh the numbers in the description once the full suite has run on a quiet machine.

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Ran the JMH suite twice back to back on the same machine, once on 7c9fa9f and once on this branch, and put the before and after table in the README under Benchmarks, Results. Raw JMH output of both runs is committed in benchmark/results.

Biggest gains are where the old code had to CAS the shared map: put of distinct keys 1.66 to 9.24 M ops/s on the unpartitioned cache, modify of distinct keys 1.88 to 11.44, remove and put 0.84 to 3.87. With partitioning the same operations gain 1.6x to 1.9x, reads gain around 1.2x. foldMap is 2 to 3 percent slower, which is the price of walking a ConcurrentHashMap instead of an atomic snapshot.

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The cache now uses per-key entry maps and Async capabilities. Loading expiration reports ExpiredError. Cancellation and concurrency tests cover lifecycle behavior. A JMH benchmark project, recorded results, and migration documentation were added.

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Cache implementation and expiration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Per-key cache state and operations
scache/src/main/scala/com/evolution/scache/LoadingCache.scala, scache/src/main/scala/com/evolution/scache/Cache.scala, scache/src/main/scala/com/evolution/scache/SerialMap.scala
LoadingCache now uses EntryMap and per-key operations. Cache factories and SerialMap require Async. The obsolete EntryRefs API is removed.
Loading expiration and expiring cache integration
scache/src/main/scala/com/evolution/scache/ExpiringCache.scala, scache/src/main/scala/com/evolution/scache/ExpiredError.scala, scache/src/main/scala/com/evolution/scache/CancelledError.scala
ExpiringCache tracks loading timeouts, evicts stuck loads, and completes waiters with ExpiredError. Error documentation was added.

Regression validation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Cancellation and concurrency regression coverage
scache/src/test/scala/com/evolution/scache/CacheDefectsSpec.scala, scache/src/test/scala/com/evolution/scache/CacheSpec.scala, scache/src/test/scala/com/evolution/scache/SerialMapSpec.scala, scache/src/test/scala/com/evolution/scache/ExpiringCacheSpec.scala
Tests cover cancellation cleanup, waiter completion, expiration generations, independent-key concurrency, removal races, resource release, and asynchronous eviction polling.

Benchmark suite

Layer / File(s) Summary
JMH benchmark project and recorded results
project/plugins.sbt, build.sbt, benchmark/src/main/scala/com/evolution/scache/bench/CacheBenchmark.scala, benchmark/results/*.json, README.md
The build adds an sbt-jmh project with concurrent cache workloads, traversal measurements, recorded results, benchmark instructions, and migration notes.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to bd381

The cache now uses per-key state and cancelable loads, but the current head still risks incorrect size reporting for very large caches and has cancellation benchmarks/tests that may not reliably validate the documented lifecycle, alongside a bounded documentation compatibility issue. Merge should wait for these issues to be fixed or explicitly accepted by the owner.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Loader
  participant ExpiringCache
  participant EntryMap
  participant WaitingFiber
  ExpiringCache->>EntryMap: track loading entry
  ExpiringCache->>EntryMap: evict after loadingTimeout
  EntryMap-->>WaitingFiber: complete with ExpiredError
  EntryMap-->>Loader: complete with ExpiredError
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scache/src/test/scala/com/evolution/scache/CacheSpec.scala (1)

1075-1090: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

The cancellation proper test can block on the loading Deferred.

fiber.cancel.start runs the cancellation concurrently. The following cache.get(0) is not synchronized against it. If get observes the entry still in Loading state, it awaits the entry's Deferred. That Deferred is completed by the cancellation cleanup with CancelledError, so the test recovers, but only after the cleanup runs.

If the cancellation cleanup has not yet marked the entry, get returns the loaded value instead of none, and result shouldEqual none fails.

Join the cancellation before asserting, or poll get until it returns none.

💚 Proposed fix
             fiber <- cache.getOrUpdateEnsure(0)(deferred.get)
-            fiber <- fiber.cancel.start
-            result <- cache.get(0)
-            _ <- IO { result shouldEqual none }
-            _ <- deferred.complete(0)
-            _ <- fiber.joinWithNever
+            cancelling <- fiber.cancel.start
+            _ <- cancelling.joinWithNever
+            result <- cache.get(0)
+            _ <- IO { result shouldEqual none }
+            _ <- deferred.complete(0)
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In `@scache/src/test/scala/com/evolution/scache/CacheSpec.scala` around lines 1075
- 1090, Update the `cancellation proper` test to synchronize cancellation before
asserting the cache state: join the cancellation fiber created by
`fiber.cancel.start` before calling `cache.get(0)` and checking `result
shouldEqual none`. Preserve the existing deferred completion and metrics
assertions.
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README.md (1)

148-157: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low value

Use the shell fence language for the sbt commands.

The block contains shell commands, not Scala code. The comparison block at Line 204 already uses shell. Align the two blocks.

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-```scala
+```shell
 // everything, around 10 minutes
 sbt "benchmark/Jmh/run"
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fence used by the comparison block while leaving the commands unchanged.
scache/src/main/scala/com/evolution/scache/ExpiringCache.scala (2)

442-447: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

foldMapPar delegates to cache.foldMap.

The method name promises parallel folding, but the body calls cache.foldMap. The underlying LoadingCache.foldMapPar does run in parallel. This predates the change, and only the signature line changed here.

Change the delegation to cache.foldMapPar if the parallel behavior is intended.

♻️ Proposed fix
       def foldMapPar[A: CommutativeMonoid](f: (K, Either[F[V], V]) => F[A]): F[A] = {
-        cache.foldMap {
+        cache.foldMapPar {
           case (k, Right(v)) => f(k, v.value.asRight)
           case (k, Left(v)) => f(k, v.map { _.value }.asLeft)
         }
       }

Note: this needs Parallel[F] on apply, which currently only requires MonadThrow: Clock.

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In `@scache/src/main/scala/com/evolution/scache/ExpiringCache.scala` around lines
442 - 447, Update ExpiringCache.foldMapPar to delegate to cache.foldMapPar so it
preserves the promised parallel behavior, and add the required Parallel[F]
constraint to the surrounding apply or relevant construction context alongside
the existing MonadThrow and Clock requirements.

41-51: 🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🔵 Trivial

Consider the scan cost when loadingTimeout is much shorter than the expiration.

expireInterval is bounded by loadingTimeoutMs / 2. One run walks every entry of the cache. A short loadingTimeout next to a large cache therefore schedules a full scan very often, for example every 50 ms for a 100 ms timeout.

The comment describes the trade-off, but nothing bounds the resulting work. Consider documenting the cost in Config.loadingTimeout, or tracking loading entries separately so that the loading sweep does not need a full traversal.

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rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@scache/src/main/scala/com/evolution/scache/ExpiringCache.scala` around lines
41 - 51, Address the full-cache scan cost in the expireInterval logic around
Config.loadingTimeout: avoid scheduling whole-cache traversals solely from a
short loadingTimeout, preferably by tracking loading entries separately so
loading cleanup does not require scanning every cache entry; otherwise document
the scan-cost trade-off in Config.loadingTimeout and preserve expiration cleanup
behavior.
scache/src/main/scala/com/evolution/scache/Cache.scala (1)

511-511: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Update the context-bound documentation for the new Async requirement.

The signature now requires Async[F]. The scaladoc above still explains the bounds in terms of Sync and Concurrent, and the expiring scaladoc still names Temporal. Readers of the API docs will see the old requirements.

Add a line describing why Async is needed, matching the README migration note.

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rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@scache/src/main/scala/com/evolution/scache/Cache.scala` at line 511, Update
the Scaladoc for loading to document the Async[F] context bound and its purpose,
replacing the outdated Sync/Concurrent explanation and matching the README
migration wording. Also update the expiring Scaladoc to reflect its current
Async requirement instead of naming Temporal.
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Inline comments:
In `@benchmark/src/main/scala/com/evolution/scache/bench/CacheBenchmark.scala`:
- Around line 207-213: Add method-level `@OperationsPerInvocation`(320000) to
removeAndPutRandomKeys, overriding the class-level operation count, and
regenerate the recorded benchmark results.

In `@scache/src/main/scala/com/evolution/scache/ExpiringCache.scala`:
- Around line 104-129: Update evictLoading so the loading deferred is completed
with ExpiredError before the entry is marked Removed and unlinked, preventing a
concurrent load from publishing a value after eviction. Preserve the existing
deferred-identity check and no-op behavior when the entry is no longer the
matching load.

In `@scache/src/main/scala/com/evolution/scache/LoadingCache.scala`:
- Around line 676-701: Update the LoadingCache put path at
LoadingCache.scala:676-701 and the corresponding modify path at
LoadingCache.scala:825-850 so deferred publication and the EntryState transition
use distinct, balanced ownership. Retain or transfer ownership when complete
publishes entry, release the producer’s ownership exactly once when set/setRef
fails after publication, preserve the waiter-owned reference, and release the
unpublished entry when complete fails before retrying or exiting.

In `@scache/src/test/scala/com/evolution/scache/CacheDefectsSpec.scala`:
- Around line 211-240: Increase the loadingTimeout in the “a new load generation
does not inherit the previous generation's stuck-timer” test and adjust the
second sleep in the result block to remain well below the new timeout,
preserving the presence assertion while providing sufficient scheduler-timing
margin.

---

Outside diff comments:
In `@scache/src/test/scala/com/evolution/scache/CacheSpec.scala`:
- Around line 1075-1090: Update the `cancellation proper` test to synchronize
cancellation before asserting the cache state: join the cancellation fiber
created by `fiber.cancel.start` before calling `cache.get(0)` and checking
`result shouldEqual none`. Preserve the existing deferred completion and metrics
assertions.

---

Nitpick comments:
In `@README.md`:
- Around line 148-157: Change the fenced code language for the sbt command block
in the README from scala to shell, matching the existing shell fence used by the
comparison block while leaving the commands unchanged.

In `@scache/src/main/scala/com/evolution/scache/Cache.scala`:
- Line 511: Update the Scaladoc for loading to document the Async[F] context
bound and its purpose, replacing the outdated Sync/Concurrent explanation and
matching the README migration wording. Also update the expiring Scaladoc to
reflect its current Async requirement instead of naming Temporal.

In `@scache/src/main/scala/com/evolution/scache/ExpiringCache.scala`:
- Around line 442-447: Update ExpiringCache.foldMapPar to delegate to
cache.foldMapPar so it preserves the promised parallel behavior, and add the
required Parallel[F] constraint to the surrounding apply or relevant
construction context alongside the existing MonadThrow and Clock requirements.
- Around line 41-51: Address the full-cache scan cost in the expireInterval
logic around Config.loadingTimeout: avoid scheduling whole-cache traversals
solely from a short loadingTimeout, preferably by tracking loading entries
separately so loading cleanup does not require scanning every cache entry;
otherwise document the scan-cost trade-off in Config.loadingTimeout and preserve
expiration cleanup behavior.
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I used the snippets from README file to run the benchmarks locally - both before and after looks practically identical.

Asked Claude to analyze the results and it returned:

What's actually significant. Only 3 of 39 rows have non-overlapping JMH error bars (bolded above):

  • getOrUpdateHitSingleHotKey / single — 0.73× (13.6M → 10.0M). Biggest real move, and it's a regression.
  • getOrUpdateHitRandomKeys / partitioned — 0.93×
  • modifyUpdateRandomKeys / partitioned — 1.07× (the only significant win)

Everything else is inside the noise. The single flavor rows in particular are very noisy — error margins run 10–58% of score (putInsertDistinctKeys/single is ±58% old, ±50% new), so the
eye-catching modifyInsertDistinctKeys/single 1.21× is meaningless at ±42%. Both runs used 1 warmup iteration and 5×2s measurements; the significant single-flavor result would be worth re-running
with -wi 5 -i 10 -r 5s before trusting the magnitude.

It is good that overall performance stayed about the same!

On first glance I didn't notice any benchmarks related to cancellations, will see, if I can add such a benchmark.

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225-225: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial

Verify worktree cleanup after the benchmark run.

SBT can create generated target files under /tmp/scache-old. Confirm that plain git worktree remove /tmp/scache-old succeeds after the benchmark commands. If it does not, document an explicit cleanup step or use git worktree remove --force /tmp/scache-old only after verifying the path.

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- Around line 97-105: Update the documentation for both modify and update to use
Scala’s exact Option value None, stating that the entry is removed if f returns
None; keep the existing serial execution description intact.
- Around line 21-24: Update the README text to refer to the factory as
Cache.expiring instead of Cache#expiring, and add a Javadoc link for the Scala 3
artifact alongside the existing Scala 2.13 link, using the published scache_3
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- Line 225: Update the benchmark cleanup instructions in README.md to verify
that plain worktree removal succeeds despite generated target files under
/tmp/scache-old; if it fails, document an explicit cleanup step or conditionally
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Reran the hot key benchmark with heavier settings (-wi 5 -i 10 -r 5 -f 3) on my machine, old and new back to back:

getOrUpdateHitSingleHotKey, single ops/s
old (7c9fa9f) 8.62M ± 0.35M
new 11.67M ± 0.36M

So here it comes out 1.35x in favor of the new code with tight error bars, the opposite of your run. I don't think the code explains either direction: on a hit neither implementation writes anything, old is one Ref.get plus an immutable map lookup, new is a ConcurrentHashMap.get plus a per-entry Ref.get, so the score is mostly cats-effect run loop and scheduling overhead, and that swings a lot between machines. If you get a chance, the same heavy flags on your box would show whether the 0.73x survives more warmup and forks.

Also redid the full suite old vs new with the default settings: 15 of 39 rows land outside the error bars, all in favor of the new code, the rest overlap.

On cancellations you were right, there were none. Added two in 349cf41: getOrUpdateCancelDistinctKeys starts a load, waits until it actually runs and cancels it, getOrUpdateCancelWithWaiter does the same with a second fiber blocked on the loading entry. Around 1M start-load-cancel cycles per second, roughly half that with the waiter. No old numbers to compare against, loads were not cancelable before the rewrite, so both scenarios just hang there.

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186-187: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use ConcurrentHashMap.size() for the Int API.

mappingCount().toInt can wrap to a negative value above Int.MaxValue. size() saturates at Int.MaxValue.

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275-287: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Start the loader and the waiters with .attempt, then assert their results.

The loader and the eight waiters are started without .attempt. This test drives a remove into the commit window of modify over a Loading key, so an interleaving can complete a waiter with an error. If a fiber reaches Errored before its join registers, the runtime reports the error as unhandled. The plain join also discards the outcome, so the test gives no signal about it.

Other tests in this file already use .attempt.start for this exact reason, see lines 87-90 and 190-195.

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-          loader <- cache.getOrUpdate(0) { started.complete(()) *> gate.get.as(-i) }.start
+          loader <- cache.getOrUpdate(0) { started.complete(()) *> gate.get.as(-i) }.attempt.start
           _ <- started.get
           // The waiters widen the window between modify completing the deferred and committing the
           // entry, which is exactly where the concurrent remove has to land.
-          waiters <- (1 to 8).toList.traverse { _ => cache.getOrUpdate(0)((-i).pure[IO]).start }
+          waiters <- (1 to 8).toList.traverse { _ => cache.getOrUpdate(0)((-i).pure[IO]).attempt.start }
           _ <- balance.update { _ + 1 }
           _ <- (
             cache.modify(0) { _ => ((), Cache.Directive.Put(i, balance.update { _ - 1 }.some)) },
             cache.remove(0).flatten,
           ).parTupled
           _ <- gate.complete(())
-          _ <- loader.join
-          _ <- waiters.traverse_ { _.join }
+          _ <- loader.joinWithNever
+          _ <- waiters.traverse_ { _.joinWithNever }
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In `@scache/src/test/scala/com/evolution/scache/CacheDefectsSpec.scala` around
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In `@README.md`:
- Around line 238-241: Update the README migration note to distinguish the
SerialMap.apply overloads: identify the factory-style apply(cache) overload as
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