https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Consistency feed https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/08/cloudflare-meerkat-consensus/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Consistency <img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/08/cloudflare-meerkat-consensus/en/headerimage/generatedHeaderImage-1784096459205.jpg"/><p>Cloudflare recently introduced Meerkat, an internal globally consistent control-plane service based on the QuePaxa consensus algorithm. Unlike Raft, it allows leaderless writes while preserving strong consistency, improving availability across Cloudflare's global network.</p> <i>By Renato Losio</i> Availability Consistency Cloudflare Distributed Systems DevOps Development Architecture & Design news Sun, 02 Aug 2026 06:17:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/08/cloudflare-meerkat-consensus/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Consistency Renato Losio 2026-08-02T06:17:00Z /news/2026/08/cloudflare-meerkat-consensus/en