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Idempotency keys moved to Redis

Payment retries are now deduplicated at the gateway rather than in the database. The team moved idempotency keys into Redis to close the race condition surfaced during the March incident.

Why it matters

Duplicate charges were possible when a client retried before the first write committed. Centralising the key check removes that window without adding a second round-trip to Postgres.

About this newsletterRepository: payments-serviceFiles covered:gateway/retry.gostore/idempotency.goThis content is AI-generated. Suggested improvements may not apply to your codebase — review them with that in mind.
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