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Phantom Read Explained: When New Rows Appear Mid-Transaction

Phantom Read Explained: When New Rows Appear Mid-Transaction

TLDR: A phantom read occurs when a transaction runs the same range query twice and gets a different set of rows — because a concurrent transaction inserted or deleted matching rows and committed in be

Apr 11, 2026•32 min read

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