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Outbox Relay Lease Expiry: How to Avoid Duplicate Messages

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

A relay lease expiration can cause duplicate message delivery when a second relay claims the same outbox row. A fencing token prevents stale relays from overwriting newer leases but cannot undo already-published messages. The system guarantees at-least-once delivery, requiring consumers to handle duplicates.

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This is a practical deep-dive into a classic distributed systems problem, but its narrow focus on a specific pattern limits broader appeal.
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