The Question
DesignDistributed Inventory Reservation System
Design a high-concurrency inventory management system that supports atomic stock reservation with a 5-minute timeout. The system must provide interfaces to block inventory (with automatic release after 5 minutes if not confirmed), confirm orders, and query available stock. Focus on ensuring strict consistency to prevent overselling and handle race conditions between user confirmations and system timeouts.
Redis
Lua
SQS
RabbitMQ
Stateless Microservices
March 8, 2026