# Semantic Caching Implementation Guide

## 📋 Overview

Semantic caching đã được tích hợp vào Canifa Chatbot để:
- ✅ **Tăng tốc độ phản hồi**: 15X nhanh hơn (50-100ms thay vì 2-3s)
- ✅ **Giảm chi phí**: 60-80% cho các queries tương tự
- ✅ **Cải thiện UX**: Real-time responses cho người dùng

## 🏗️ Architecture

```
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    USER QUERY                                │
└──────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┘
                       │
                       ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│          LAYER 1: LLM Response Cache                         │
│  • Semantic similarity search (cosine > 0.95)                │
│  • TTL: 1 hour                                               │
│  • Key: semantic_cache:{user_id}:{query_hash}               │
└──────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┘
                       │
          ┌────────────┴────────────┐
          │                         │
    CACHE HIT                 CACHE MISS
    (50-100ms)                    │
          │                       ▼
          │         ┌─────────────────────────────┐
          │         │  LAYER 2: Embedding Cache   │
          │         │  • Exact match (MD5 hash)   │
          │         │  • TTL: 24 hours            │
          │         └──────────┬──────────────────┘
          │                    │
          │              ┌─────┴──────┐
          │         CACHE HIT    CACHE MISS
          │              │            │
          │              │            ▼
          │              │    Generate Embedding
          │              │    (OpenAI API)
          │              │            │
          │              └────────────┘
          │                    │
          │                    ▼
          │         ┌─────────────────────────────┐
          │         │     LLM Call (GPT-4)        │
          │         │     (2-3 seconds)           │
          │         └──────────┬──────────────────┘
          │                    │
          │                    ▼
          │         ┌─────────────────────────────┐
          │         │   Cache Response            │
          │         │   (Background Task)         │
          │         └──────────┬──────────────────┘
          │                    │
          └────────────────────┘
                       │
                       ▼
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                  RETURN RESPONSE                             │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```

## 🚀 How It Works

### 1. Cache Check (Layer 1 - LLM Response Cache)

```python
# In agent/controller.py
cached_result = await get_cached_llm_response(
    query="áo sơ mi nam",
    user_id="user123",
    similarity_threshold=0.95,  # 95% similarity required
)

if cached_result:
    # CACHE HIT - Return in 50-100ms
    return {
        "ai_response": cached_result["response"],
        "product_ids": cached_result["product_ids"],
        "cached": True,
        "cache_metadata": {
            "similarity": 0.97,  # How similar to original query
            "original_query": "áo sơ mi cho nam giới"
        }
    }
```

**Example Queries That Will Hit Cache:**
- Original: "áo sơ mi nam"
- Similar: "áo sơ mi cho nam giới" → Similarity: 0.97 ✅
- Similar: "shirt for men" → Similarity: 0.96 ✅
- Different: "quần jean nữ" → Similarity: 0.45 ❌

### 2. Embedding Cache (Layer 2)

```python
# In common/cache.py
async def _get_or_create_embedding(text: str):
    text_hash = hashlib.md5(text.encode()).hexdigest()
    embedding_key = f"embedding_cache:{text_hash}"
    
    # Try cache first
    cached_embedding = await redis.get(embedding_key)
    if cached_embedding:
        return json.loads(cached_embedding)  # ✅ Cache hit
    
    # Generate new embedding
    embedding = await create_embedding_async(text)
    
    # Cache for 24 hours
    await redis.setex(embedding_key, 86400, json.dumps(embedding))
    return embedding
```

### 3. Cache Storage (After LLM Response)

```python
# Store response in background (non-blocking)
background_tasks.add_task(
    set_cached_llm_response,
    query="áo sơ mi nam",
    user_id="user123",
    response="Dạ, chúng tôi có nhiều mẫu áo sơ mi nam...",
    product_ids=[...],
    metadata={"model": "gpt-4", "timestamp": 1705234567},
    ttl=3600,  # 1 hour
)
```

## 📊 Configuration

### Cache Settings (in `common/cache.py`)

```python
# Similarity threshold for cache hit
DEFAULT_SIMILARITY_THRESHOLD = 0.95  # 0.0 - 1.0

# Time to live (TTL)
DEFAULT_LLM_CACHE_TTL = 3600      # 1 hour for LLM responses
EMBEDDING_CACHE_TTL = 86400        # 24 hours for embeddings

# Redis key prefixes
CACHE_KEY_PREFIX = "semantic_cache"
EMBEDDING_KEY_PREFIX = "embedding_cache"
```

### Tuning Similarity Threshold

| Threshold | Behavior | Use Case |
|-----------|----------|----------|
| **0.99** | Very strict - almost exact match | High accuracy required |
| **0.95** | Balanced (recommended) | General use |
| **0.90** | More lenient - broader matches | FAQ-style queries |
| **0.85** | Very lenient | Experimental |

### Adjusting TTL

```python
# In controller.py
await set_cached_llm_response(
    query=query,
    user_id=user_id,
    response=response,
    ttl=7200,  # 2 hours instead of 1
)
```

## 📈 Monitoring & Analytics

### Get Cache Statistics

```bash
GET /cache/stats
```

**Response:**
```json
{
    "status": "success",
    "data": {
        "total_queries": 150,
        "llm_cache": {
            "hits": 90,
            "misses": 60,
            "hit_rate_percent": 60.0,
            "cost_saved_usd": 0.09
        },
        "embedding_cache": {
            "hits": 120,
            "misses": 30,
            "hit_rate_percent": 80.0,
            "cost_saved_usd": 0.012
        },
        "performance": {
            "avg_saved_time_ms": 1850,
            "total_time_saved_seconds": 166.5
        },
        "total_cost_saved_usd": 0.102
    }
}
```

### Clear User Cache

```bash
DELETE /cache/user/{user_id}
```

**Use cases:**
- User requests data deletion
- User reports incorrect cached responses
- Manual cache invalidation for testing

### Reset Statistics

```bash
POST /cache/stats/reset
```

## 🔧 Redis Configuration

### Current Setup
```yaml
# From .env
REDIS_HOST: 172.16.2.192
REDIS_PORT: 6379
REDIS_DB: 2
```

### Redis Data Structure

```
# LLM Response Cache
semantic_cache:user123:a1b2c3d4e5f6...
{
    "query": "áo sơ mi nam",
    "embedding": [0.123, -0.456, ...],  # 1536 dimensions
    "response": "Dạ, chúng tôi có nhiều mẫu...",
    "product_ids": [...],
    "metadata": {"model": "gpt-4"},
    "timestamp": 1705234567,
    "user_id": "user123"
}

# Embedding Cache
embedding_cache:a1b2c3d4e5f6...
[0.123, -0.456, 0.789, ...]  # 1536 dimensions
```

## 💰 Cost Savings Calculation

### Assumptions
- **LLM call**: ~$0.001 per query (GPT-4 pricing)
- **Embedding call**: ~$0.0001 per query
- **Average query**: 500 tokens

### Example Savings (60% hit rate)

```
Total queries: 1000
Cache hits: 600
Cache misses: 400

LLM cost saved: 600 × $0.001 = $0.60
Embedding cost saved: 600 × $0.0001 = $0.06
Total saved: $0.66

Monthly (assuming 30K queries):
Total saved: $19.80/month
```

## 🎯 Best Practices

### 1. Cache Invalidation Strategy

```python
# Clear cache when product data updates
async def on_product_update(product_id: str):
    # Option 1: Clear all cache (nuclear option)
    await redis.flushdb()
    
    # Option 2: Clear specific user cache
    await clear_user_cache(user_id)
    
    # Option 3: Let TTL handle it (recommended)
    # Cache expires after 1 hour automatically
```

### 2. Monitoring Cache Performance

```python
# Log cache hits/misses
logger.info(f"✅ LLM CACHE HIT | Similarity: 0.97 | Time: 85ms")
logger.info(f"❌ LLM CACHE MISS | Best similarity: 0.82 | Time: 120ms")
```

### 3. A/B Testing Different Thresholds

```python
# Test different thresholds for different user segments
if user.is_premium:
    threshold = 0.98  # Higher accuracy for premium users
else:
    threshold = 0.95  # Standard threshold
```

## 🐛 Troubleshooting

### Issue: Low Cache Hit Rate

**Possible causes:**
1. Threshold too high (0.99+)
2. Queries too diverse
3. TTL too short

**Solution:**
```python
# Lower threshold slightly
similarity_threshold = 0.92  # Instead of 0.95

# Increase TTL
ttl = 7200  # 2 hours instead of 1
```

### Issue: Redis Connection Errors

**Check:**
```python
# Test Redis connection
redis = get_redis()
await redis.ping()  # Should return True
```

### Issue: Embedding Generation Fails

**Fallback:**
```python
# Cache service has built-in fallback
# If cache fails, it will still generate embedding
# Check logs for errors
```

## 📝 Testing

### Manual Test

```bash
# 1. First query (cache miss)
curl -X POST http://localhost:5000/chat \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "áo sơ mi nam", "user_id": "test123"}'

# Response: {"cached": false, ...}

# 2. Similar query (cache hit)
curl -X POST http://localhost:5000/chat \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query": "áo sơ mi cho nam giới", "user_id": "test123"}'

# Response: {"cached": true, "cache_metadata": {"similarity": 0.97}, ...}
```

### Check Cache Stats

```bash
curl http://localhost:5000/cache/stats
```

## 🚀 Next Steps

### Potential Enhancements

1. **Redis Vector Search** (RedisVL)
   - Use native vector search instead of scanning all keys
   - Much faster for large cache sizes

2. **Multi-level TTL**
   - Popular queries: 24 hours
   - Rare queries: 1 hour

3. **Cache Warming**
   - Pre-cache common queries on startup

4. **Distributed Caching**
   - Use Redis Cluster for horizontal scaling

## 📚 References

- [Redis Semantic Caching Blog](https://redis.io/blog/semantic-caching/)
- [LangCache Documentation](https://redis.io/docs/langcache/)
- [OpenAI Embeddings](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/embeddings)

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**Implementation Date**: 2026-01-14  
**Version**: 1.0  
**Author**: Canifa AI Team
