What does idempotency mean?

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What does idempotency mean?

Option A — Correct answer

Repeating the operation leaves the same final result as doing it once

Idempotency protects systems from duplicate effects during retries.

Option B

The operation must fail every time

Option C

The operation cannot be retried

Option D

The operation always creates a new row

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