What is the intended behavior when performing a `commit` and

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What is the intended behavior when performing a `commit` and it gets a `VersionAlreadyExists` Is it to immediately try `version + 1` or should it update the entire table state and then try again at `latestVersion + 1`

Cole MacKenzie · Answer

The code suggests just doing `version + 1` but with a high number of writers the version value quickly drifts away leaving the commit loop to attempt catching up but exhausting all 15 attempts

Cole MacKenzie · Answer

Spark version looks to just have a large retry limit <https github com delta io delta blob 9726f7f2e3922ecdbe4c3c9a0a1c11174193d14d connectors standalone src main scala io delta standalone internal OptimisticTransactionImpl scala L44>