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Consensus algorithms at scale: Part 5 - Handling races

If you’re still catching up, you can find links to each article in the series at the bottom of this article. In this post, we will look at how to make revocation and establishment of leadership work if there are race conditions. We will also cover forward progress requirements. Recap of parts 1-4 Durability is the main reason we want to use a consensus system. Since durability is use-case dependent, we made it an abstract requirement that the consensus algorithms assume nothing about the durabil

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