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by thaumasiotes 44 days ago
> How would the requester get notified if it doesn’t know which request succeeded?

By sending a third request and getting a response that reveals the state of the system.

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Seems like more overhead than just getting a response from the initial request.
If you get a response from the initial request, then you do know whether it succeeded.