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by avinassh 1601 days ago
Redis expires can't be ordered, unfortunately. [0]

One hack I can think of is, accessing the keys. If the key is expired, then Redis won't provide it and you could know it is expired.

Another way is to club all of the relative keys in a hash [1]

[0] - https://redis.io/commands/expire#how-redis-expires-keys

[1] - https://redis.io/commands/hset
1 comments
andydunstall 1601 days ago
yep - as i mentioned in a comment below - we arn't concerned about when the key is actually deleted - only that its not returned when looked up if its TTL is hit

sorry should have been more clear

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avinassh 1598 days ago
no need to say sorry! Thanks for responding, and the post was fun to read.
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