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@Aryex Aryex commented May 22, 2026

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This PR adds a concept docs on high-availability

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Related #200

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Added a new page high-availability.mdx.

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Aryex and others added 3 commits April 30, 2026 09:02
Signed-off-by: Alex Le <alex.le@improving.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Le <alex.le@improving.com>
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description: Learn how Valkey GLIDE supports high-availability features.
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import { Tabs, TabItem } from '@astrojs/starlight/components';
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nit: This import not used in this file.


- Automatic topology updates.
- Connection timeout and exponential backoff for reconnecting.
- Command routing.
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"Command routing" seems vague, maybe "Automatic MOVED/ASK redirect handling (re-routes commands during slot migrations and failovers)".

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A few other items to possibly include that are related to HA:

  • MOVED/ASK redirect handling
  • AZ-affinity strategies
  • Lazy connection mode

## Available HA Features

- Automatic topology updates.
- Connection timeout and exponential backoff for reconnecting.
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Note that point here mentions connection timeout, but section below is on request timeout, they are different things (and both should be mentioned in this doc).

- Automatic topology updates.
- Connection timeout and exponential backoff for reconnecting.
- Command routing.
- Read strategies (Requires changing to read from replicas).
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Should mention AZ-affinity strategies here, read from replicas is just one of them.

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