Direct answer
Replay Safe Execution, in this architecture, is limited to the following inspected scope. Idempotent methods have the same intended effect for multiple identical requests and may be retried under specified conditions. A bounded implementation reserves an idempotency identity, binds a body digest, and distinguishes in-progress, settled, mismatched, and failed outcomes. The answer carries the source boundaries forward and does not infer authority from a neighboring topic.
Architecture
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Applied scope: Idempotent methods have the same intended effect for multiple identical requests and may be retried under specified conditions. A bounded implementation reserves an idempotency identity, binds a body digest, and distinguishes in-progress, settled, mismatched, and failed outcomes.
Definition and operating context
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Evidence and exact locators
HTTP Semantics — §9.2.2 Idempotent Methods. Establishes: Idempotent methods have the same intended effect for multiple identical requests and may be retried under specified conditions.
Maha x402 replay guard — reserveReplayKey; bodyDigest and settled replay outcomes. Establishes: A bounded implementation reserves an idempotency identity, binds a body digest, and distinguishes in-progress, settled, mismatched, and failed outcomes.
What the evidence does not establish
Method semantics alone do not make a non-idempotent business action replay-safe or prove a request was not processed.
Local code inspection does not prove provider delivery, payment settlement, durable storage, or production enforcement.
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Questions this page can answer
What does Replay Safe Execution mean in this bounded context?
Replay Safe Execution, in this architecture, is limited to the following inspected scope. Idempotent methods have the same intended effect for multiple identical requests and may be retried under specified conditions. A bounded implementation reserves an idempotency identity, binds a body digest, and distinguishes in-progress, settled, mismatched, and failed outcomes. The answer carries the source boundaries forward and does not infer authority from a neighboring topic.
Which inspected sources support this architecture answer?
HTTP Semantics (RFC 9110, June 2022), at §9.2.2 Idempotent Methods, supports idempotent methods have the same intended effect for multiple identical requests and may be retried under specified conditions. Maha x402 replay guard (repository source inspected 2026-09-06), at reserveReplayKey; bodyDigest and settled replay outcomes, supports a bounded implementation reserves an idempotency identity, binds a body digest, and distinguishes in-progress, settled, mismatched, and failed outcomes.
What does the evidence not establish?
Method semantics alone do not make a non-idempotent business action replay-safe or prove a request was not processed. Local code inspection does not prove provider delivery, payment settlement, durable storage, or production enforcement. Property boundary: This route may apply authority; it cannot redefine or inherit the authority of its canonical owner.
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