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Glossary: Queues, Jobs and Events

Idempotency key

Also written: Idempotency-Key, Idempotency-Key header

A random id the client creates once per checkout and sends in an Idempotency-Key header on every retry. The server stores it UNIQUE with the order so a repeat gets the first order back.

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Related terms

IdempotentUUIDUnique constraint