The time gap between when the master and a replica reflect data.
The time lag between a write to the master and when it's reflected on a replica, a factor affecting read consistency. If a user reads from a replica right after writing, the reflection may not have caught up yet, producing a stale read -- a violation of read-your-writes consistency -- so some systems route the immediately following read to the master specifically to avoid it.
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