Post #1823377
2026-04-24 02:43 UTC
@jer_gib The snapshot algorithm is running at the same time as the system it's snapshotting is running, and we expect the snapshot algorithm to terminate sooner or later, while the system as a whole may continue to run and do stuff forever, so I'm not sure what "entire state" would mean.
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@flippac@types.pl 2026-04-24 11:49
@lindsey @jer_gib let's face it, "state" for the whole system isn't a coherent notion "entire" might be in the sense of being enough to resume a system?
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@jer_gib@functional.cafe 2026-04-25 03:14
@lindsey Point taken about "entire state". As for termination, I was fumbling towards the characteristic of eventual consistency: were there to be no further updates, eventually the replicas will catch up.