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An API writes to a primary database and serves reads from replicas. A client creates an item and immediately lists items without seeing it. How should the API design handle this?

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Return the created resource in the create response, and offer read-your-writes (route the client's next reads to the primary or wait for replication) where needed

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Tell clients to wait 10 seconds

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Disable replicas

An API writes to a primary database and serves reads from replicas. A client creates an item and immediately lists items without seeing it. How should the API design handle this?

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