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It is common for storage systems designed to run on edge datacenters to avoid the high latencies associated with geo-distribution by relying on eventually consistent models to replicate data. Eventual consistency works well for many edge applications because as long as the client interacts with the same replica, the storage system can provide session consistency, a stronger consistency model that has two additional important properties: (i) read-your-writes, where subsequent reads by a client that has updated an object will return the updated value or a newer one; and, (ii) monotonic reads, where if a client has seen a particular value for an object, subsequent reads will return the same value or a newer one. While session consistency does not guarantee that different clients will perceive updates in the same order, it nevertheless presents each individual client with an intuitive view of the world that is consistent with …