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Two For One Email

Two users race to register the same email address at the same moment. Both receive success responses and the database ends up with two accounts for the same email.

Initial failing signalduplicate inserts for the same emailExpected behavior: exactly 1 success · actual behavior: 2 successes, store size 2

Progress

1Reproduce the bugRun checks

2Edit the fixOpen

3Pass checksOpen

4Submit fixOpen

Reproduction Steps

Run npm test.
Trace createUser: notice the exists-check runs, then an await, then the insert.
Two callers pass the check before either inserts, so both fall through.
Make the check and the insert atomic with respect to other registrations.

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src/users.js

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src/users.js

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TopicDatabases & Consistency

DifficultyMedium

Est. time18 min

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