Status: IN
Conflict detection infrastructure scales with distribution topology: single-node systems detect conflicts at mutation time via optimistic locking, multi-device systems detect at sync time via version vectors, and fully distributed systems maintain ongoing anti-entropy covering both writes and deletes — each matching resolution complexity to the divergence characteristics its topology demands.
Topology determines whether conflict detection is point-in-time (optimistic lock), sync-time (version vector), or continuous (anti-entropy)
Depends on (SL): conflict-detection-varies-by-consistency-model, kv-anti-entropy-covers-writes-and-deletes