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PCACHE.FLUSH

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PCACHE.FLUSH namespace
Group
Prompt cache
Complexity
O(N) where N is the number of entries
Arity
2 (exactly, counting the command name)
Flags
write
Keys
first 1, last 1, step 1
HotKV Cloud
Performance and Scale
On-Premise
requires the prompt-cache license feature

The prompt cache is an exact-match cache for LLM prompt and response pairs, organised in named namespaces. PCACHE.FLUSH empties a namespace. The namespace keeps its settings, so you can store new entries straight away. To remove the namespace itself, use PCACHE.DROP.

Case RESP2 RESP3
Always Integer: the number of entries removed (0 for an unknown namespace) Same

Errors:

  • ERR wrong number of arguments for 'pcache.flush' command if the argument count is wrong.
  • NOLICENSE prompt-cache requires a HotKV license. Contact sales@hotkv.com if your license does not include the prompt-cache feature.
127.0.0.1:6379> PCACHE.FLUSH llm_prompts
(integer) 42
127.0.0.1:6379> PCACHE.FLUSH llm_prompts
(integer) 0

HotKV-only command. Redis and Valkey have no equivalent.

PCACHE.CREATE, PCACHE.SET, PCACHE.GET, PCACHE.GETEX, PCACHE.DEL, PCACHE.STATS, PCACHE.DROP, PCACHE.LIST, PCACHE.CONFIG, AI features guide