Refactor cache and disable go-chi cache (#30417)

use built-in cache package to wrap external go-chi cache package

.golangci.yml

@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ linters-settings:
             desc: do not use the internal package, use AddXxx function instead
           - pkg: gopkg.in/ini.v1
             desc: do not use the ini package, use gitea's config system instead
+          - pkg: gitea.com/go-chi/cache
+            desc: do not use the go-chi cache package, use gitea's cache system
 
 issues:
   max-issues-per-linter: 0

modules/cache/cache.go

@@ -4,149 +4,75 @@
 package cache
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
+	"time"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
-
-	mc "gitea.com/go-chi/cache"
-
-	_ "gitea.com/go-chi/cache/memcache" // memcache plugin for cache
 )
 
-var conn mc.Cache
+var defaultCache StringCache
-
-func newCache(cacheConfig setting.Cache) (mc.Cache, error) {
-	return mc.NewCacher(mc.Options{
-		Adapter:       cacheConfig.Adapter,
-		AdapterConfig: cacheConfig.Conn,
-		Interval:      cacheConfig.Interval,
-	})
-}
 
 // Init start cache service
 func Init() error {
-	var err error
+	if defaultCache == nil {
-
+		c, err := NewStringCache(setting.CacheService.Cache)
-	if conn == nil {
+		if err != nil {
-		if conn, err = newCache(setting.CacheService.Cache); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if err = conn.Ping(); err != nil {
+		for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+			if err = c.Ping(); err == nil {
+				break
+			}
+			time.Sleep(time.Second)
+		}
+		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		defaultCache = c
 	}
-
+	return nil
-	return err
 }
 
 // GetCache returns the currently configured cache
-func GetCache() mc.Cache {
+func GetCache() StringCache {
-	return conn
+	return defaultCache
 }
 
 // GetString returns the key value from cache with callback when no key exists in cache
 func GetString(key string, getFunc func() (string, error)) (string, error) {
-	if conn == nil || setting.CacheService.TTL == 0 {
+	if defaultCache == nil || setting.CacheService.TTL == 0 {
 		return getFunc()
 	}
-
+	cached, exist := defaultCache.Get(key)
-	cached := conn.Get(key)
+	if !exist {
-
-	if cached == nil {
 		value, err := getFunc()
 		if err != nil {
 			return value, err
 		}
-		return value, conn.Put(key, value, setting.CacheService.TTLSeconds())
+		return value, defaultCache.Put(key, value, setting.CacheService.TTLSeconds())
-	}
-
-	if value, ok := cached.(string); ok {
-		return value, nil
-	}
-
-	if stringer, ok := cached.(fmt.Stringer); ok {
-		return stringer.String(), nil
-	}
-
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s", cached), nil
-}
-
-// GetInt returns key value from cache with callback when no key exists in cache
-func GetInt(key string, getFunc func() (int, error)) (int, error) {
-	if conn == nil || setting.CacheService.TTL == 0 {
-		return getFunc()
-	}
-
-	cached := conn.Get(key)
-
-	if cached == nil {
-		value, err := getFunc()
-		if err != nil {
-			return value, err
-		}
-
-		return value, conn.Put(key, value, setting.CacheService.TTLSeconds())
-	}
-
-	switch v := cached.(type) {
-	case int:
-		return v, nil
-	case string:
-		value, err := strconv.Atoi(v)
-		if err != nil {
-			return 0, err
-		}
-		return value, nil
-	default:
-		value, err := getFunc()
-		if err != nil {
-			return value, err
-		}
-		return value, conn.Put(key, value, setting.CacheService.TTLSeconds())
 	}
+	return cached, nil
 }
 
 // GetInt64 returns key value from cache with callback when no key exists in cache
 func GetInt64(key string, getFunc func() (int64, error)) (int64, error) {
-	if conn == nil || setting.CacheService.TTL == 0 {
+	s, err := GetString(key, func() (string, error) {
-		return getFunc()
+		v, err := getFunc()
-	}
+		return strconv.FormatInt(v, 10), err
-
+	})
-	cached := conn.Get(key)
+	if err != nil {
-
+		return 0, err
-	if cached == nil {
-		value, err := getFunc()
-		if err != nil {
-			return value, err
-		}
-
-		return value, conn.Put(key, value, setting.CacheService.TTLSeconds())
 	}
-
+	if s == "" {
-	switch v := conn.Get(key).(type) {
+		return 0, nil
-	case int64:
-		return v, nil
-	case string:
-		value, err := strconv.ParseInt(v, 10, 64)
-		if err != nil {
-			return 0, err
-		}
-		return value, nil
-	default:
-		value, err := getFunc()
-		if err != nil {
-			return value, err
-		}
-
-		return value, conn.Put(key, value, setting.CacheService.TTLSeconds())
 	}
+	return strconv.ParseInt(s, 10, 64)
 }
 
 // Remove key from cache
 func Remove(key string) {
-	if conn == nil {
+	if defaultCache == nil {
 		return
 	}
-	_ = conn.Delete(key)
+	_ = defaultCache.Delete(key)
 }

modules/cache/cache_redis.go

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/graceful"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/nosql"
 
-	"gitea.com/go-chi/cache"
+	"gitea.com/go-chi/cache" //nolint:depguard
 	"github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
 )
 

modules/cache/cache_test.go

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func createTestCache() {
-	conn, _ = newCache(setting.Cache{
+	defaultCache, _ = NewStringCache(setting.Cache{
 		Adapter: "memory",
 		TTL:     time.Minute,
 	})
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func TestNewContext(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, Init())
 
 	setting.CacheService.Cache = setting.Cache{Adapter: "redis", Conn: "some random string"}
-	con, err := newCache(setting.Cache{
+	con, err := NewStringCache(setting.Cache{
 		Adapter:  "rand",
 		Conn:     "false conf",
 		Interval: 100,
@@ -76,42 +76,6 @@ func TestGetString(t *testing.T) {
 	Remove("key")
 }
 
-func TestGetInt(t *testing.T) {
-	createTestCache()
-
-	data, err := GetInt("key", func() (int, error) {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("some error")
-	})
-	assert.Error(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, 0, data)
-
-	data, err = GetInt("key", func() (int, error) {
-		return 0, nil
-	})
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, 0, data)
-
-	data, err = GetInt("key", func() (int, error) {
-		return 100, nil
-	})
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, 0, data)
-	Remove("key")
-
-	data, err = GetInt("key", func() (int, error) {
-		return 100, nil
-	})
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, 100, data)
-
-	data, err = GetInt("key", func() (int, error) {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("some error")
-	})
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, 100, data)
-	Remove("key")
-}
-
 func TestGetInt64(t *testing.T) {
 	createTestCache()
 

modules/cache/cache_twoqueue.go

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/json"
 
-	mc "gitea.com/go-chi/cache"
+	mc "gitea.com/go-chi/cache" //nolint:depguard
 	lru "github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2"
 )
 

modules/cache/string_cache.go

@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package cache
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"strings"
+
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/json"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/util"
+
+	chi_cache "gitea.com/go-chi/cache" //nolint:depguard
+)
+
+type GetJSONError struct {
+	err         error
+	cachedError string // Golang error can't be stored in cache, only the string message could be stored
+}
+
+func (e *GetJSONError) ToError() error {
+	if e.err != nil {
+		return e.err
+	}
+	return errors.New("cached error: " + e.cachedError)
+}
+
+type StringCache interface {
+	Ping() error
+
+	Get(key string) (string, bool)
+	Put(key, value string, ttl int64) error
+	Delete(key string) error
+	IsExist(key string) bool
+
+	PutJSON(key string, v any, ttl int64) error
+	GetJSON(key string, ptr any) (exist bool, err *GetJSONError)
+
+	ChiCache() chi_cache.Cache
+}
+
+type stringCache struct {
+	chiCache chi_cache.Cache
+}
+
+func NewStringCache(cacheConfig setting.Cache) (StringCache, error) {
+	adapter := util.IfZero(cacheConfig.Adapter, "memory")
+	interval := util.IfZero(cacheConfig.Interval, 60)
+	cc, err := chi_cache.NewCacher(chi_cache.Options{
+		Adapter:       adapter,
+		AdapterConfig: cacheConfig.Conn,
+		Interval:      interval,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &stringCache{chiCache: cc}, nil
+}
+
+func (sc *stringCache) Ping() error {
+	return sc.chiCache.Ping()
+}
+
+func (sc *stringCache) Get(key string) (string, bool) {
+	v := sc.chiCache.Get(key)
+	if v == nil {
+		return "", false
+	}
+	s, ok := v.(string)
+	return s, ok
+}
+
+func (sc *stringCache) Put(key, value string, ttl int64) error {
+	return sc.chiCache.Put(key, value, ttl)
+}
+
+func (sc *stringCache) Delete(key string) error {
+	return sc.chiCache.Delete(key)
+}
+
+func (sc *stringCache) IsExist(key string) bool {
+	return sc.chiCache.IsExist(key)
+}
+
+const cachedErrorPrefix = "<CACHED-ERROR>:"
+
+func (sc *stringCache) PutJSON(key string, v any, ttl int64) error {
+	var s string
+	switch v := v.(type) {
+	case error:
+		s = cachedErrorPrefix + v.Error()
+	default:
+		b, err := json.Marshal(v)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		s = util.UnsafeBytesToString(b)
+	}
+	return sc.chiCache.Put(key, s, ttl)
+}
+
+func (sc *stringCache) GetJSON(key string, ptr any) (exist bool, getErr *GetJSONError) {
+	s, ok := sc.Get(key)
+	if !ok || s == "" {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+	s, isCachedError := strings.CutPrefix(s, cachedErrorPrefix)
+	if isCachedError {
+		return true, &GetJSONError{cachedError: s}
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(util.UnsafeStringToBytes(s), ptr); err != nil {
+		return false, &GetJSONError{err: err}
+	}
+	return true, nil
+}
+
+func (sc *stringCache) ChiCache() chi_cache.Cache {
+	return sc.chiCache
+}

modules/git/last_commit_cache.go

@@ -7,18 +7,11 @@ import (
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"fmt"
 
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/cache"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
 )
 
-// Cache represents a caching interface
-type Cache interface {
-	// Put puts value into cache with key and expire time.
-	Put(key string, val any, timeout int64) error
-	// Get gets cached value by given key.
-	Get(key string) any
-}
-
 func getCacheKey(repoPath, commitID, entryPath string) string {
 	hashBytes := sha256.Sum256([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%s", repoPath, commitID, entryPath)))
 	return fmt.Sprintf("last_commit:%x", hashBytes)
@@ -30,11 +23,11 @@ type LastCommitCache struct {
 	ttl         func() int64
 	repo        *Repository
 	commitCache map[string]*Commit
-	cache       Cache
+	cache       cache.StringCache
 }
 
 // NewLastCommitCache creates a new last commit cache for repo
-func NewLastCommitCache(count int64, repoPath string, gitRepo *Repository, cache Cache) *LastCommitCache {
+func NewLastCommitCache(count int64, repoPath string, gitRepo *Repository, cache cache.StringCache) *LastCommitCache {
 	if cache == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -65,7 +58,7 @@ func (c *LastCommitCache) Get(ref, entryPath string) (*Commit, error) {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
-	commitID, ok := c.cache.Get(getCacheKey(c.repoPath, ref, entryPath)).(string)
+	commitID, ok := c.cache.Get(getCacheKey(c.repoPath, ref, entryPath))
 	if !ok || commitID == "" {
 		return nil, nil
 	}

routers/api/v1/misc/nodeinfo.go

@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ func NodeInfo(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 
 	nodeInfoUsage := structs.NodeInfoUsage{}
 	if setting.Federation.ShareUserStatistics {
-		var cached bool
+		cached, _ := ctx.Cache.GetJSON(cacheKeyNodeInfoUsage, &nodeInfoUsage)
-		nodeInfoUsage, cached = ctx.Cache.Get(cacheKeyNodeInfoUsage).(structs.NodeInfoUsage)
-
 		if !cached {
 			usersTotal := int(user_model.CountUsers(ctx, nil))
 			now := time.Now()
@@ -53,7 +51,7 @@ func NodeInfo(ctx *context.APIContext) {
 				LocalComments: int(allComments),
 			}
 
-			if err := ctx.Cache.Put(cacheKeyNodeInfoUsage, nodeInfoUsage, 180); err != nil {
+			if err := ctx.Cache.PutJSON(cacheKeyNodeInfoUsage, nodeInfoUsage, 180); err != nil {
 				ctx.InternalServerError(err)
 				return
 			}

services/context/api.go

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/unit"
 	user_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/user"
-	mc "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/cache"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/cache"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/git"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/gitrepo"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/httpcache"
@@ -21,15 +21,13 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/web"
 	web_types "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/web/types"
-
-	"gitea.com/go-chi/cache"
 )
 
 // APIContext is a specific context for API service
 type APIContext struct {
 	*Base
 
-	Cache cache.Cache
+	Cache cache.StringCache
 
 	Doer        *user_model.User // current signed-in user
 	IsSigned    bool
@@ -217,7 +215,7 @@ func APIContexter() func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
 			base, baseCleanUp := NewBaseContext(w, req)
 			ctx := &APIContext{
 				Base:  base,
-				Cache: mc.GetCache(),
+				Cache: cache.GetCache(),
 				Repo:  &Repository{PullRequest: &PullRequest{}},
 				Org:   &APIOrganization{},
 			}

services/context/captcha.go

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func GetImageCaptcha() *captcha.Captcha {
 		cpt = captcha.NewCaptcha(captcha.Options{
 			SubURL: setting.AppSubURL,
 		})
-		cpt.Store = cache.GetCache()
+		cpt.Store = cache.GetCache().ChiCache()
 	})
 	return cpt
 }

services/context/context.go

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/unit"
 	user_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/user"
-	mc "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/cache"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/cache"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/gitrepo"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/httpcache"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/web/middleware"
 	web_types "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/web/types"
 
-	"gitea.com/go-chi/cache"
 	"gitea.com/go-chi/session"
 )
 
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ type Context struct {
 	Render   Render
 	PageData map[string]any // data used by JavaScript modules in one page, it's `window.config.pageData`
 
-	Cache   cache.Cache
+	Cache   cache.StringCache
 	Csrf    CSRFProtector
 	Flash   *middleware.Flash
 	Session session.Store
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ func NewWebContext(base *Base, render Render, session session.Store) *Context {
 		Render:  render,
 		Session: session,
 
-		Cache: mc.GetCache(),
+		Cache: cache.GetCache(),
 		Link:  setting.AppSubURL + strings.TrimSuffix(base.Req.URL.EscapedPath(), "/"),
 		Repo:  &Repository{PullRequest: &PullRequest{}},
 		Org:   &Organization{},

services/repository/branch.go

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/queue"
 	repo_module "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/repository"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/timeutil"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/util"
 	webhook_module "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/webhook"
 	notify_service "code.gitea.io/gitea/services/notify"
 	files_service "code.gitea.io/gitea/services/repository/files"
@@ -119,17 +120,15 @@ func getDivergenceCacheKey(repoID int64, branchName string) string {
 
 // getDivergenceFromCache gets the divergence from cache
 func getDivergenceFromCache(repoID int64, branchName string) (*git.DivergeObject, bool) {
-	data := cache.GetCache().Get(getDivergenceCacheKey(repoID, branchName))
+	data, ok := cache.GetCache().Get(getDivergenceCacheKey(repoID, branchName))
 	res := git.DivergeObject{
 		Ahead:  -1,
 		Behind: -1,
 	}
-	s, ok := data.([]byte)
+	if !ok || data == "" {
-	if !ok || len(s) == 0 {
 		return &res, false
 	}
-
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(util.UnsafeStringToBytes(data), &res); err != nil {
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(s, &res); err != nil {
 		log.Error("json.UnMarshal failed: %v", err)
 		return &res, false
 	}
@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ func putDivergenceFromCache(repoID int64, branchName string, divergence *git.Div
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return cache.GetCache().Put(getDivergenceCacheKey(repoID, branchName), bs, 30*24*60*60)
+	return cache.GetCache().Put(getDivergenceCacheKey(repoID, branchName), util.UnsafeBytesToString(bs), 30*24*60*60)
 }
 
 func DelDivergenceFromCache(repoID int64, branchName string) error {

services/repository/commitstatus/commitstatus.go

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type commitStatusCacheValue struct {
 
 func getCommitStatusCache(repoID int64, branchName string) *commitStatusCacheValue {
 	c := cache.GetCache()
-	statusStr, ok := c.Get(getCacheKey(repoID, branchName)).(string)
+	statusStr, ok := c.Get(getCacheKey(repoID, branchName))
 	if ok && statusStr != "" {
 		var cv commitStatusCacheValue
 		err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(statusStr), &cv)

services/repository/contributors_graph.go

@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/avatars"
 	repo_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/repo"
 	user_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/user"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/cache"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/git"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/gitrepo"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/graceful"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
 	api "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/structs"
-
-	"gitea.com/go-chi/cache"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -79,13 +78,13 @@ func findLastSundayBeforeDate(dateStr string) (string, error) {
 }
 
 // GetContributorStats returns contributors stats for git commits for given revision or default branch
-func GetContributorStats(ctx context.Context, cache cache.Cache, repo *repo_model.Repository, revision string) (map[string]*ContributorData, error) {
+func GetContributorStats(ctx context.Context, cache cache.StringCache, repo *repo_model.Repository, revision string) (map[string]*ContributorData, error) {
 	// as GetContributorStats is resource intensive we cache the result
 	cacheKey := fmt.Sprintf(contributorStatsCacheKey, repo.FullName(), revision)
 	if !cache.IsExist(cacheKey) {
 		genReady := make(chan struct{})
 
-		// dont start multible async generations
+		// dont start multiple async generations
 		_, run := generateLock.Load(cacheKey)
 		if run {
 			return nil, ErrAwaitGeneration
@@ -104,15 +103,11 @@ func GetContributorStats(ctx context.Context, cache cache.Cache, repo *repo_mode
 		}
 	}
 	// TODO: renew timeout of cache cache.UpdateTimeout(cacheKey, contributorStatsCacheTimeout)
-
+	var res map[string]*ContributorData
-	switch v := cache.Get(cacheKey).(type) {
+	if _, cacheErr := cache.GetJSON(cacheKey, &res); cacheErr != nil {
-	case error:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cached error: %w", cacheErr.ToError())
-		return nil, v
-	case map[string]*ContributorData:
-		return v, nil
-	default:
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected type in cache detected")
 	}
+	return res, nil
 }
 
 // getExtendedCommitStats return the list of *ExtendedCommitStats for the given revision
@@ -205,13 +200,12 @@ func getExtendedCommitStats(repo *git.Repository, revision string /*, limit int
 	return extendedCommitStats, nil
 }
 
-func generateContributorStats(genDone chan struct{}, cache cache.Cache, cacheKey string, repo *repo_model.Repository, revision string) {
+func generateContributorStats(genDone chan struct{}, cache cache.StringCache, cacheKey string, repo *repo_model.Repository, revision string) {
 	ctx := graceful.GetManager().HammerContext()
 
 	gitRepo, closer, err := gitrepo.RepositoryFromContextOrOpen(ctx, repo)
 	if err != nil {
-		err := fmt.Errorf("OpenRepository: %w", err)
+		_ = cache.PutJSON(cacheKey, fmt.Errorf("OpenRepository: %w", err), contributorStatsCacheTimeout)
-		_ = cache.Put(cacheKey, err, contributorStatsCacheTimeout)
 		return
 	}
 	defer closer.Close()
@@ -221,13 +215,11 @@ func generateContributorStats(genDone chan struct{}, cache cache.Cache, cacheKey
 	}
 	extendedCommitStats, err := getExtendedCommitStats(gitRepo, revision)
 	if err != nil {
-		err := fmt.Errorf("ExtendedCommitStats: %w", err)
+		_ = cache.PutJSON(cacheKey, fmt.Errorf("ExtendedCommitStats: %w", err), contributorStatsCacheTimeout)
-		_ = cache.Put(cacheKey, err, contributorStatsCacheTimeout)
 		return
 	}
 	if len(extendedCommitStats) == 0 {
-		err := fmt.Errorf("no commit stats returned for revision '%s'", revision)
+		_ = cache.PutJSON(cacheKey, fmt.Errorf("no commit stats returned for revision '%s'", revision), contributorStatsCacheTimeout)
-		_ = cache.Put(cacheKey, err, contributorStatsCacheTimeout)
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -309,7 +301,7 @@ func generateContributorStats(genDone chan struct{}, cache cache.Cache, cacheKey
 		total.TotalCommits++
 	}
 
-	_ = cache.Put(cacheKey, contributorsCommitStats, contributorStatsCacheTimeout)
+	_ = cache.PutJSON(cacheKey, contributorsCommitStats, contributorStatsCacheTimeout)
 	generateLock.Delete(cacheKey)
 	if genDone != nil {
 		genDone <- struct{}{}

services/repository/contributors_graph_test.go

@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/db"
 	repo_model "code.gitea.io/gitea/models/repo"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/unittest"
-	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/git"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/cache"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
 
-	"gitea.com/go-chi/cache"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
@@ -20,20 +20,18 @@ func TestRepository_ContributorsGraph(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, unittest.PrepareTestDatabase())
 	repo := unittest.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &repo_model.Repository{ID: 2})
 	assert.NoError(t, repo.LoadOwner(db.DefaultContext))
-	mockCache, err := cache.NewCacher(cache.Options{
+	mockCache, err := cache.NewStringCache(setting.Cache{})
-		Adapter:  "memory",
-		Interval: 24 * 60,
-	})
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 	generateContributorStats(nil, mockCache, "key", repo, "404ref")
-	err, isErr := mockCache.Get("key").(error)
+	var data map[string]*ContributorData
-	assert.True(t, isErr)
+	_, getErr := mockCache.GetJSON("key", &data)
-	assert.ErrorAs(t, err, &git.ErrNotExist{})
+	assert.NotNil(t, getErr)
+	assert.ErrorContains(t, getErr.ToError(), "object does not exist")
 
 	generateContributorStats(nil, mockCache, "key2", repo, "master")
-	data, isData := mockCache.Get("key2").(map[string]*ContributorData)
+	exist, _ := mockCache.GetJSON("key2", &data)
-	assert.True(t, isData)
+	assert.True(t, exist)
 	var keys []string
 	for k := range data {
 		keys = append(keys, k)