How do you balance consistency vs availability in distributed APIs?

Updated Apr 28, 2026

Short answer

Choose trade-offs based on CAP theorem.

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CAP theorem states that distributed systems can only guarantee two of Consistency, Availability, and Partition tolerance. Architects decide based on business needs.

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