Why it matters

Idempotency shapes retry safety. Understanding shapes design.

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The architecture

Idempotency key per operation.

Detect duplicates.

Return cached result on repeat.

Idempotency patternIdempotency keyper operationDetect duplicatescache lookupReturn cachedor execute + storeStripe + AWS use idempotency keys; Java frameworks include Spring Integration
Idempotency.
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How it works end to end

Client provides idempotency key.

Server stores + dedupes.

TTL for keys.

Race conditions handled.