[jira] [Created] (FREEMARKER-220) Can't change the setting template_update_delay above 1000ms

["Necati ÜNLÜ (Jira)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Necati ÜNLÜ created FREEMARKER-220:
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             Summary: Can't change the setting template_update_delay above 1000ms
                 Key: FREEMARKER-220
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FREEMARKER-220
             Project: Apache Freemarker
          Issue Type: Bug
    Affects Versions: 2.3.31, 2.3.32
         Environment: macOS Catalina Version 10.15.7 (19H15), Eclipse Java / WebObjects
            Reporter: Necati ÜNLÜ


We're currently developing a web application that dynamically generates pages using FreeMarker. In an effort to improve processing performance, we discovered the template caching feature and its associated delay setting, which FreeMarker uses to evaluate whether a cached template is stale or not.

In our processing logs, we noticed that template lookup consumes approximately 30% of FreeMarker's processing time. Our custom loaders' overridden methods are called for each template, even if they're the same, which led us to believe there was an issue with caching.

To test this, we manually set a delay and saw the same template being searched multiple times when the delay was exceeded, confirming our suspicion. We attempted to increase the template update delay to better suit our needs, but regardless of the method used
{code:java}
configuration.setTemplateUpdateDelay(3600);
configuration.setTemplateUpdateDelayMilliseconds(3600000);
configuration.setSetting(Configuration.TEMPLATE_UPDATE_DELAY_KEY, "1 h");{code}
the delay value remains stubbornly at 1000ms. It's worth mentioning that we were only able to change this value to a number less than 1000ms, even when the value was negative.

This is odd, as the default value stated in the FreeMarker documentation is 5000ms. Whether we checked using
{code:java}
configuration.getTemplateUpdateDelayMilliseconds();
configuration.getSetting(Configuration.TEMPLATE_UPDATE_DELAY_KEY);{code}
or even via Eclipse's debug mode, the result is consistently 1000ms, even when the check is made immediately after the delay setting instruction.

Despite our thorough search, we found no other interaction with this delay elsewhere in our code. We also confirmed that the page templates are indeed being added to the cache via debugger.

In light of the above, we're reporting this potential bug, as we are unable to adjust the template update delay setting above 1000ms. We look forward to your assistance in resolving this issue.



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