System and method for handling implicit transactions in a hybrid cloud cache

A system, comprising:

• a set of computer-executable instructions;
• and
• a processor that executes the set of instructions, wherein when executed, the instructions cause the processor to:
• obtain a copy of a meta-file from a cloud platform, the meta-file including metadata associated with a set of files and folders in a namespace of the cloud platform;
• compare the copy of the meta-file obtained from the cloud platform to a copy of the meta-file obtained from a hybrid cloud cache;
• transfer an object associated with an implicit metadata transaction to an orphanage of the hybrid cloud cache in response to the comparing indicating that the two meta-files do not match;
• and
• interrupt a bottom-up traversal of an namespace tree associated with the orphanage in response to an outstanding explicit transaction for the object detected in the hybrid cloud cache or in response to the object detected in the namespace of the cloud platform.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• obtaining a copy of a meta-file from a cloud platform, the meta-file including metadata associated with a set of files and folders in a namespace of the cloud platform;
• comparing the copy of the meta-file obtained from the cloud platform to a copy of the meta-file obtained from a hybrid cloud cache;
• conducting a bottom-up traversal of a namespace tree of the orphanage of the hybrid cloud cache;
• transferring an object associated with an implicit metadata transaction to an orphanage of the hybrid cloud cache in response to the comparing indicating that the two meta-files do not match;
• and
• interrupting the bottom-up traversal of the orphanage namespace tree if an outstanding explicit transaction for the object is present in the hybrid cloud cache or if the object still exists in the namespace of the cloud platform.