Exactly-Once Semantics in Structured Streaming.

Updated May 5, 2026

Short answer

Exactly-once is achieved via replayable sources, idempotent sinks, and stateful checkpoints.

Deep explanation

Spark records the offset range processed in a checkpoint. If it crashes, it restarts from the last committed offset. If the sink is idempotent (like a file system or Delta Lake), re-writing the same data won't cause duplicates.

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