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Add db-level deduplication for Phabricator webhooks

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@ayoubdiourin7 is already working on this.

Since Sep 21, 2026.

Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
55/100
Issue type
Refactor
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
python

Research direction

Start by reading related issues #6716 and #6353, then locate the current Phabricator webhook deduplication entry point and its tests. The work is complete when duplicate webhook handling is persisted and enforced at the database level instead of relying on process-local state.

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Similar to #6716
Follow-up #6353

Replace Phabricator’s process-local webhook deduplication with DB-level deduplication.

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Python
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Forks
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
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