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title: "Eventual Consistency — Database Glossary | Xata"
description: "A consistency model where all replicas converge to the same state given sufficient time without new updates. Reads may temporarily return stale data."
source: "https://xata.io/glossary/eventual-consistency"
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# Eventual Consistency

Distributed Systems

A consistency model where all replicas converge to the same state given sufficient time without new updates. Reads may temporarily return stale data.

Related terms

[BASE](/glossary/base)[CAP Theorem](/glossary/cap-theorem)

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