Workflow Reliability term
Idempotency
Makes repeated attempts produce the same result instead of duplicate side effects.
What it means
Plain meaning
safe retry: Makes repeated attempts produce the same result instead of duplicate side effects.
Aliases
safe retry, idempotent operation, dedupe key
Use it when your messy ask mentions
- retry
- duplicate
- same action twice
- network failure
- payment
- submit
- double submit
- idempotency key
Prompt phrase
Add idempotency keys so retries and double submits cannot create duplicate side effects.
Before and after
Weak ask
Fix this retry flow.
Exact Terms ask
Add idempotency keys so retries and double submits cannot create duplicate side effects.