A. Jesse Jiryu Davis • 12/27/2025

Review: Rethink the Linearizability Constraints of Raft for Distributed Systems

This article analyzes an academic paper titled 'Rethink the Linearizability Constraints of Raft for Distributed Systems.' It examines the proposed 'Commit Return' optimization, which allows a leader to reply to a client after a write is committed but before it's applied, potentially reducing latency. The author, a Raft specialist, expresses skepticism about the claimed performance gains and discusses the technical constraints and potential errors in the paper.

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#optimization #distributed systems #Raft