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"The retry storm is happening because the IdempotencyGuard isn't handling partial writes properly. We need to add a distributed lock or switch to exactly-once semantics on the consumer side. The circuit breaker is tripping because the downstream service is hitting connection pool exhaustion..."
What happened: The system is stuck in a loop, retrying the same task over and over because it can't tell if the task already finished.
Why it matters: This is causing downstream services to become overloaded and stop responding.
Decision needed: Choose between adding a locking mechanism (simpler) or redesigning the message handling (more robust long-term).
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