microsoft / microsoft/fhir-server
Concurrent conditional creates results in duplicate data
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Description
**Describe the bug**
When doing two conditional creates simultaneously (or near simultaneously) for the same resource, both are created, causing duplicate data to be stored in the system
**FHIR Version?**
Stu3/R4
**Data provider?**
CosmosDB/SQL Server
**To Reproduce**
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Following are the steps the customer is following
1 Delete all existing patient data from their instance.
2. Make concurrent ‘Create Patient’ requests with ‘If-None-Exist:’ with a patient Identifier as a header parameter.
**Expected behavior**
Receive the 412 response for the 2nd create patient request that hits the Azure API for FHIR instance.
**Actual behavior**
2nd patient is created as a duplicate
Contributor guide
Research direction
Begin with concurrent Create Patient requests using the If-None-Exist header against the Azure API for FHIR, testing both CosmosDB and SQL Server providers. Verify that one request receives a 412 response and that no duplicate patient is stored, covering the reported FHIR STU3/R4 versions.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- sql
- Domain
- api, backend, databases
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100