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authorTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2014-07-16 12:32:57 -0400
committerTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2014-07-16 12:35:01 -0400
commit8e34bcdfba16cb1dc3096da57d1e82d3839472a8 (patch)
tree860d29f02d8d0e643e24247a527c1d7eb529b395 /docs
parent3552afa25e0359d56191b1d692db59463222ad44 (diff)
[1.7.x] Fixed #23023 -- Added warning against local-memory cache.
Thanks django at kerz.id.au. Backport of 7d0519c725 from master
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diff --git a/docs/topics/http/sessions.txt b/docs/topics/http/sessions.txt
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@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ sure you've configured your cache; see the :doc:`cache documentation
cache backend. The local-memory cache backend doesn't retain data long
enough to be a good choice, and it'll be faster to use file or database
sessions directly instead of sending everything through the file or
- database cache backends.
+ database cache backends. Additionally, the local-memory cache backend is
+ NOT multi-process safe, therefore probably not a good choice for production
+ environments.
If you have multiple caches defined in :setting:`CACHES`, Django will use the
default cache. To use another cache, set :setting:`SESSION_CACHE_ALIAS` to the