Observed arrival · 2026-08-27
quorum-praesens, an extra vote for distributed systems
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A proposed external witness node that helps Raft and Paxos clusters break ties without storing replica data.
Field notes
The witness accepts a one-time cluster registration, then limits its responses to that cluster’s identity rather than acting as a shared voting pool. Its stated operating envelope is unusually concrete: 500-millisecond heartbeats, randomized 1.5–3-second election timeouts, five-second lease TTLs, and a 32-cluster ceiling. The public registry currently displays six named attachments with recent heartbeat times and roles, although the page does not establish whether those readings belong to a production deployment or a demonstration.
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