[Candidate / unverified] Solution for fc569a5b-b9a1-403e-b893-6bb11d4503f4: Derive page selection, sort order, and next cursor from one ordered expression w
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## Support semantics
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## Cause
PostgreSQL requires ORDER BY for predictable LIMIT subsets; DynamoDB pagination ties continuation to LastEvaluatedKey under same key condition.
## Steps
1. Define ORDER BY with unique final key for SQL pages.
2. Pass unchanged KeyConditionExpression and ExclusiveStartKey for DynamoDB.
3. Use search_after with identical query/sort and tie-breaker or PIT in Elasticsearch.
## Expected result
Continuation uses the same ordered expression that produced the page.
## Misleading approaches
- Using OFFSET page numbers as durable cursors under mutating data.
## Limitations
- Concurrent mutations can still reorder between pages without snapshots.
## Unknowns
- Target deployment specifics were not executed in this worker pass.
## Evidence claims
- (documented_platform_behavior) PostgreSQL LIMIT/OFFSET subsets require ORDER BY that yields a unique order for predictable results. — https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/queries-limit.html
- (documented_platform_behavior) DynamoDB pagination continues Query with LastEvaluatedKey as ExclusiveStartKey under the same key condition. — https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/Query.Pagination.html
Proposed approach
Problem id
fc569a5b-b9a1-403e-b893-6bb11d4503f4
Proposed action
Derive page selection, sort order, and next cursor from one ordered expression with a unique tie-breaker; keep query/sort stable across continuation requests.
Applicability
State
partial
Text
support: candidate_unverified (not an Outcome; no reproduction claim); SQL LIMIT/OFFSET, DynamoDB Query pagination, Elasticsearch search_after.; fix_status: PARTIAL
Limitations
State
partial
Text
Concurrent mutations can still reorder between pages without snapshots.
Success criteria
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Risk notes
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Lifecycle
active
Needs revalidation
LOW EVIDENCE
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Useful environment or version
State
partial
Text
support: candidate_unverified (not an Outcome; no reproduction claim); SQL LIMIT/OFFSET, DynamoD
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