Example deliverable

One red flag. One next test.

Fully synthetic example. This is not a client result and was not run against a live or production system.

Stated scenario

A synthetic webhook workflow receives a support request containing event_id: evt_demo_1042, creates a ticket record, and returns an acknowledgement. The sender may retry the same event if the acknowledgement is delayed.

Highest-risk red flag

A retry can create a duplicate ticket.

Evidence in the supplied synthetic artifact: the path writes a new record immediately after the webhook, and the supplied path shows no lookup, uniqueness check, or idempotency decision using event_id before that write.

Inference: if the sender retries evt_demo_1042, the workflow may execute the write again. This is a risk hypothesis, not proof that a duplicate has occurred.

Why it matters: two tickets for one request can split ownership and trigger conflicting replies.

One next test

Replay the exact same synthetic event twice.

Send the same fully synthetic payload twice with event_id: evt_demo_1042.

Observable pass condition: after both executions, exactly one ticket record exists for evt_demo_1042; the second execution is visibly classified as a duplicate and creates no additional record.

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