In challenge with unique IDs generator, I just implemented a node which return node ID and local node incrementing counter. This solution may work only if node process is alive during test. But it’s obviously should not work in case of node crash or restart. When I start it with command: /opt/maels…

How to handle node crash/restart for unique IDs?

benbjohnson March 2, 2023, 4:38pm 2

Maelstrom doesn’t test node crashes so you’re safe to use in-memory data structures. It only injects network partitions as a failure mode.

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