# Last-Write-Wins Overwrite

> Resolving concurrent updates by keeping the most recent write, rather than merging all updates.

Record: `lexicon:last-write-wins-overwrite`
Kind: model
Layer: [Causality Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/causality-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-last-write-wins-overwrite

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Conflict-Free Replica Convergence](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/conflict-free-replica-convergence.md) and before [Metadata Overhead](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/metadata-overhead.md).

## Category

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)

## In tension with

- [CRDTs](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/crdts.md)
- [CRDTs / Last-Write-Wins Overwrite](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/crdts-last-write-wins-overwrite.md)

## Linked from

- [Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-causality-ordering-distributed-time.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)