advancedLocking, MVCC & Deadlocks
What's the actual root cause of most production deadlocks, and what's the real fix (not just a mitigation)?
Inconsistent lock acquisition order across different code paths; the real fix is enforcing a consistent lock order everywhere (e.g. always by ascending primary key), not just adding retry logic.
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