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+"""Utilities related to custom caches."""
+
+import functools
+import typing
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
+
+class AsyncCache:
+    """
+    LRU cache implementation for coroutines.
+
+    Once the cache exceeds the maximum size, keys are deleted in FIFO order.
+
+    An offset may be optionally provided to be applied to the coroutine's arguments when creating the cache key.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, max_size: int = 128):
+        """
+        Initialise a new :obj:`AsyncCache` instance.
+
+        Args:
+            max_size: How many items to store in the cache.
+        """
+        self._cache = OrderedDict()
+        self._max_size = max_size
+
+    def __call__(self, arg_offset: int = 0) -> typing.Callable:
+        """
+        Decorator for async cache.
+
+        Args:
+            arg_offset: The offset for the position of the key argument.
+
+        Returns:
+            A decorator to wrap the target function.
+        """
+
+        def decorator(function: typing.Callable) -> typing.Callable:
+            """
+            Define the async cache decorator.
+
+            Args:
+                function: The function to wrap.
+
+            Returns:
+                The wrapped function.
+            """
+
+            @functools.wraps(function)
+            async def wrapper(*args) -> typing.Any:
+                """Decorator wrapper for the caching logic."""
+                key = args[arg_offset:]
+
+                if key not in self._cache:
+                    if len(self._cache) > self._max_size:
+                        self._cache.popitem(last=False)
+
+                    self._cache[key] = await function(*args)
+                return self._cache[key]
+            return wrapper
+        return decorator
+
+    def clear(self) -> None:
+        """Clear cache instance."""
+        self._cache.clear()