jargon

Backend & systems·Consistency and replication

the commit does not return until at least one replica has confirmed it also has the write.

Synchronous replication

The leader waits for acknowledgement from one or more followers before acknowledging the client. It means a leader failure loses nothing, because a synchronised copy exists. It also means your write latency now includes the slowest required replica's round trip, and that losing enough replicas stalls writes entirely.

Commonly confused with