Retries make your event pipeline deliver duplicates. Which effects can you make exactly once, and where does that guarantee stop?

Trace a retry through the broker, database and external provider. The guarantee changes at each boundary, and a recorded intent does not prove a payment or email completed.

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Trace a retry through the broker, database and external provider. The guarantee changes at each boundary, and a recorded intent does not prove a payment or email completed.

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