diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/archive_cache/backends/base.py b/rhodecode/lib/archive_cache/backends/base.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/archive_cache/backends/base.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/archive_cache/backends/base.py
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ class BaseCache:
     def get_lock(self, lock_key):
         return GenerationLock(lock_key, self._locking_url)
 
-    def evict(self, policy=None, size_limit=None) -> int:
+    def evict(self, policy=None, size_limit=None) -> dict:
         """
         Remove old items based on the conditions
 
@@ -257,13 +257,16 @@ class BaseCache:
         read the key files metadata stored. This gives us a full list of keys, cached_archived, their size and
         access data, time creation, and access counts.
 
-        Store that into a memory DB so we can run different sorting strategies easily.
+        Store that into a memory DB in order we can run different sorting strategies easily.
         Summing the size is a sum sql query.
 
         Then we run a sorting strategy based on eviction policy.
         We iterate over sorted keys, and remove each checking if we hit the overall limit.
         """
-
+        removal_info = {
+            "removed_items": 0,
+            "removed_size": 0
+        }
         policy = policy or self._eviction_policy
         size_limit = size_limit or self._cache_size_limit
 
@@ -273,7 +276,7 @@ class BaseCache:
                   policy, format_size(size_limit))
 
         if select_policy is None:
-            return 0
+            return removal_info
 
         db = self.get_stats_db()
 
@@ -327,10 +330,11 @@ class BaseCache:
             self.remove(archive_key)
             removed_items += 1
             removed_size += size
-
+        removal_info['removed_items'] = removed_items
+        removal_info['removed_size'] = removed_size
         log.debug('Removed %s cache archives, and reduced size by: %s',
                   removed_items, format_size(removed_size))
-        return removed_items
+        return removal_info
 
     def get_statistics(self):
         total_files = 0
diff --git a/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_archive_caches.py b/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_archive_caches.py
--- a/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_archive_caches.py
+++ b/rhodecode/tests/lib/test_archive_caches.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class TestArchiveCaches(object):
         evict_to = 0.005  # around (5mb)
         evicted_items = d_cache.evict(size_limit=d_cache.gb_to_bytes(evict_to))
         evicted = 361
-        assert evicted == evicted_items
+        assert {'removed_items': evicted, 'removed_size': 14039290} == evicted_items
 
         stats = d_cache.get_statistics()
         assert (tries - evicted, 5405710, {}) == stats
diff --git a/rhodecode/tests/rhodecode.ini b/rhodecode/tests/rhodecode.ini
--- a/rhodecode/tests/rhodecode.ini
+++ b/rhodecode/tests/rhodecode.ini
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ celery.task_store_eager_result = true
 
 ; Default cache dir for caches. Putting this into a ramdisk can boost performance.
 ; eg. /tmpfs/data_ramdisk, however this directory might require large amount of space
-cache_dir = /var/opt/rhodecode_data
+cache_dir = %(here)s/rc-test-data
 
 ; *********************************************
 ; `sql_cache_short` cache for heavy SQL queries
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ ssh.wrapper_cmd_allow_shell = false
 
 ; Enables logging, and detailed output send back to the client during SSH
 ; operations. Useful for debugging, shouldn't be used in production.
-ssh.enable_debug_logging = false
+ssh.enable_debug_logging = true
 
 ; Paths to binary executable, by default they are the names, but we can
 ; override them if we want to use a custom one