fix!: remove fsspec board caching from constructors

Author: machow

pins/constructors.py

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 from .boards import BaseBoard, BoardRsConnect, BoardManual
 from .cache import PinsCache, PinsRscCache, PinsAccessTimeCache, prefix_cache
 from .config import get_data_dir, get_cache_dir
-from .rsconnect.fs import RsConnectFs
 
 
 class DEFAULT:
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ def board_deparse(board: BaseBoard):
 
     prot = board.fs.protocol
 
-    if isinstance(board.fs, RsConnectFs):
+    if prot == "rsc":
         url = board.fs.api.server_url
         return f"board_rsconnect(server_url={repr(url)}{allow_pickle})"
     elif prot == "file":
@@ -111,10 +110,17 @@ def board(
         fsspec.filesystem.
     board_factory:
         An optional board class to use as the constructor.
+
+    Note
+    ----
+    Many fsspec implementations of filesystems cache the searching of files, which may
+    cause you to not see pins saved by other people. Disable this on these file systems
+    with `storage_options = {"cache_timeout": 0}`.
+
     """
 
     if storage_options is None:
-        storage_options = {}
+        storage_options = {"listings_expiry_time": 0}
 
     # TODO: at this point should just manually construct the rsc board directly
     # from board_rsconnect...
@@ -276,7 +282,7 @@ def board_github(
         versioned,
         cache,
         allow_pickle_read=allow_pickle_read,
-        storage_options={"org": org, "repo": repo},
+        storage_options={"org": org, "repo": repo, "listings_expiry_time": 0},
     )
 
 

pins/tests/helpers.py

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def get_param_from_env(entry):
         return value
 
     def create_tmp_board(self, src_board=None) -> BaseBoard:
-        fs = filesystem(self.fs_name)
+        fs = filesystem(self.fs_name, listings_expiry_time=0)
         temp_name = str(uuid.uuid4())
 
         if isinstance(self.path, TemporaryDirectory):