Should tools sending API requests that don’t intend to change anything (action=query
, action=compare
, action=wbgetentities
, etc. – perhaps “any request that doesn’t need a token
) still specify maxlag=5
? Or is maxlag
mainly intended for requests that might otherwise exacerbate the replication load?
This question was raised over a decade ago on Manual talk:Maxlag parameter#Usage question, but never answered there. I’ll make sure to copy the answer there if anyone answers here