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title: "Promotion — Database Glossary | Xata"
description: "The act of converting a standby/replica into a primary that accepts writes. Triggered during failover. The promoted instance stops replaying WAL and beg..."
source: "https://xata.io/glossary/promotion"
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# Promotion

Replication & HA

The act of converting a standby/replica into a primary that accepts writes. Triggered during failover. The promoted instance stops replaying WAL and begins accepting write transactions.

Related terms

[Failover](/glossary/failover)

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