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idempotency capability

idempotency adds idempotency key middleware to your Go service, making retried requests safe by detecting and short-circuiting duplicates.

What You Get

Section titled “What You Get”
  • Idempotency middleware
  • Key storage
  • Duplicate detection

When to Use

Section titled “When to Use”

Use idempotency on any endpoint where duplicate execution causes problems — payments, order creation, webhook processing. When paired with retry, idempotency keys ensure retries don’t produce duplicate side effects.

Requirements & Suggestions

Section titled “Requirements & Suggestions”

Requires: http-api

Suggests: redis

Add to Your Service

Section titled “Add to Your Service”
Terminal window
verikt new my-service --language go --cap http-api,idempotency
# or add to an existing service:
verikt add idempotency
Section titled “Related Capabilities”

retry

Retry with backoff — always pair with idempotency for mutations.

redis

Redis as fast storage for idempotency keys.

http-api

The Chi router foundation required by this capability.