Status: IN
Replication topology affects only the duration of observable divergence, not the final convergence outcome: all topologies use identical deterministic LWW resolution, but ring topology creates O(N) rounds of divergence while all-to-all converges in O(1) — with no adaptive topology switching, the system cannot minimize the divergence window in response to cluster size or partition conditions.
Same eventual outcome but O(N) vs O(1) observable divergence window with static topology selection
Depends on (SL): topology-does-not-change-conflict-outcome, ring-topology-convergence-is-linear-in-node-count, all-to-all-converges-in-one-round