Illustration of a message broker with duplicate messages being filtered by an idempotent consumer.

Why Exactly-Once Delivery Requires Consumer Idempotency

Exactly-once delivery cannot be guaranteed without making consumers idempotent; this article breaks down the technical reasoning and shows how to implement idempotency in real systems.

May 16, 2026 · 7 min · 1323 words · martinuke0
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