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# Replay-Safe Architecture: Building Event-Driven Systems That Can Recover With Confidence

Naive event replays can crash production. Stop risking downstream system corruption. Build isolated, replay-safe recovery pipelines with strict idempotency to confidently reconcile missing data.

- **Speakers:** [Ishan Shah](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@ishan-shah)
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 North America
- **Published:** September 25, 2026
- **Duration:** 18:39
- **URL:** https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100462-replay-safe-architecture-building-event-driven-systems-that-can-recover-with-confidence
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