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Idempotency

Agents & Tool Use · Level 2 of 5

Idempotency

The property that repeating an operation has the same intended effect as applying it once.

Idempotency keys can prevent duplicate effects after retries.

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Retrying a saved request does not create a second order.

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Idempotency. The property that repeating an operation has the same intended effect as applying it once. Idempotency keys can prevent duplicate effects after retries. For example: Retrying a saved request does not create a second order.

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