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jackblemming on Jan 23, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Faux Idempotency

No REST endpoint is idempotent because I can go unplug all the servers.

pcthrowaway on Jan 23, 2022 [–]

Or the DNS could change and the endpoint could be called on another server

Or your authorization could change and you no longer have access to the resource.

Honestly I'm not sure what the author thinks idempotency is.

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