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Idempotency Keys in a Rust API for Safe Retries Step by Step
An idempotency key lets clients retry a POST without charging twice. The server stores the first response and replays it for the same key.
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An idempotency key lets clients retry a POST without charging twice. The server stores the first response and replays it for the same key.

Make POST requests safe to retry: clients send an Idempotency-Key, the server stores the first result keyed on it and replays it. An Axum and SQLx implementation with edge cases.