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What is 'Read Your Own Writes' consistency?
Updated May 1, 2026
Short answer
It ensures that a user's read immediately following a write reflects the updated data.
Deep explanation
In MongoDB, this is achieved by reading from the Primary or using 'majority' read/write concerns with causal consistency sessions.
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