Eventual Consistency Patterns in Microservices
Eventual Consistency Patterns in Microservices

Eventual Consistency Patterns in Microservices

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Shiv Bade
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eventual consistency
microservices
Published
July 4, 2016
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In microservices, strong consistency is often too costly — eventual consistency is the norm.
Patterns that help: - Outbox pattern with change data capture (CDC) - Retry queues with exponential backoff - Tombstone records for deletes
Testing for eventual consistency takes effort — simulate time and retries.