WATCH(3valkey)

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version 9.0.6 · 2 versions
, in fedora 44

💅 WATCH (3valkey) — the valkey command manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so you found the WATCH page, welcome to the group chat 🫶 this one lives in the Valkey Command Manual, and honestly? it's giving gatekeeper of your transactions. let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

watch — keeps an eye on your keys so it can decide whether a transaction actually gets to run. like a bouncer but for EXEC. 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

WATCH key [key...]

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so basically, WATCH marks the keys you hand it as watched — and those watched keys are what decide whether a transaction gets to execute conditionally. it's the "hey, keep watching this, i'm about to do something and i need to know if anyone messes with it" of it all. 💅

🦋 REPLY 🦋

per valkey-protocol(7), you get back a Simple string reply: OK. that's it, that's the reply. short, sweet, iconic. ✨

🎀 COMPLEXITY 🎀

O(1) for every key. so, like, one per key, no matter what. ate. 🔥

💜 ACL CATEGORIES 💜

  • @fast
  • @transaction

🌈 HISTORY 🌈

  • Available since: 2.2.0 — yeah, she's been here a minute, lowkey a legend. 👑

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

the whole transaction bestie squad, fr fr. go read them together, iykyk. 💖

ngl if you're running a transaction without knowing these four, you're not the main character of your own data integrity. no cap. 😭

and that's the page!! 🎀 this was the 9.0.0 version, dated 2025-10-21 — mwah, periodt, go watch some keys bestie 💅✨🌸🦋💖

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