Code RoomIdempotent charge endpoint spec
HardPrep Room Coding #4156

Idempotent charge endpoint spec

Vibe & agenticNetworking & APIsSenior–Staff~22 min

You're directing an AI agent to build a POST /charges endpoint (Python/FastAPI) that creates a payment, where clients retry on network failure. Write the spec that makes the endpoint safe to retry — i.e. truly idempotent — and auditable. What key, storage semantics, concurrency handling, and acceptance criteria do you require? Then describe what a naive prompt ('make the endpoint idempotent') gets subtly but dangerously wrong.

Implement
replay_charge_requests(request_lines: list[str], ttl_seconds: int) → list[str]
Examples
in[["k1|fpA|0","k1|fpA|5","k2|fpA|6"],100]out["created:1","replayed:1","created:2"]
in[["k1|fpA|0","k1|fpB|1"],100]out["created:1","conflict"]
What a strong answer looks like

Treat the AI’s output as a draft to verify, not an answer to trust. Name the specific flaw and the input that triggers it, say how you’d catch it (tests, edge cases, reading critically), and how you’d re-prompt or decompose to get it right.

0:00 of about 22 min

Vibe & agentic: describe the solution in plain language (or narrate it) and the coach grades your approach.

Which questions mattered is sealed until you submit. Telling you now would just be handing over the edge cases.