Status: IN
The distributed storage layer systematically weakens quorum semantics: sloppy quorums count hint storage as successful writes, and sub-quorum configurations (R+W<=N) produce only warnings rather than errors, making it possible to operate without intersection guarantees.
Two independent weakening mechanisms stack — hints inflate write-quorum counts while the safety check is advisory-only
Depends on (SL): hinted-handoff-sloppy-quorum-counts-hints, quorum-violation-warns-not-raises