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Distributed Locks Basics

Coordinate shared work

Distributed locks use stores like Redis/ZooKeeper with expirations and fencing tokens to prevent concurrent conflicts and stale holders.

Use Leases

Locks should expire; renew if work is long.

Prevent Stale Use

Use fencing tokens to reject stale lock holders.

Handle Failures

Retry with backoff; log contention; avoid long critical sections.

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