Code AnalysisHard 60s

Cache stampede on expiry

What failure mode does this pattern create under high concurrency?

Starter code

val = cache.get(key)
if val is None:
    val = db.query("SELECT ... slow")   # 2s
    cache.set(key, val, ttl=60)
return val

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