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A user double-clicks the 'Submit' button, causing two identical orders to be created. How do you prevent this at the API level?

Tests whether you know how an idempotency key on the client request prevents duplicate processing server-side.

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A user double-clicks the 'Submit' button, causing two identical orders to be created. How do you prevent this at the API level?

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