Snowflake ID

Twitter-style 64-bit ids from timestamp, worker id and sequence.

Provider: default
Kind: ID generator
Category: Data
Official docs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflake_ID

Properties · 5 set by this component

property	type	values	required	kind default	this component
batchSize	integer	—	no	—	inherited
central	boolean	—	no	false	▸ false
clockRollbackGuard · advanced	boolean	—	no	false	▸ true
managed	boolean	—	no	false	inherited
replicated	boolean	—	no	false	▸ false
sequenceBits · component property	integer	—	no	12	inherited
strategy	enum	uuid \| ulid \| snowflake \| counter \| counter-batched \| hash	yes	—	▸ snowflake
timeSortable	boolean	—	no	false	▸ true
workerIdBits · component property	integer	—	no	10	inherited

Rules that apply · 0

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Use it in a design

nodes:
  - { id: "snowflake-id", component: "snowflake-id" }

Other ID generator products · 4

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Source

1# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
2# Twitter Snowflake-style id: timestamp, worker id and sequence packed into 64 bits, generated
3# locally on each worker; refuses to issue ids when the clock moves backwards.
4schemaVersion: "1"
5type: "component"
6id: "snowflake-id"
7kind: "id-generator"
8provider: "default"
9docs: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflake_ID"
10defaults:
11  strategy: "snowflake"
12  central: false
13  replicated: false
14  timeSortable: true
15  clockRollbackGuard: true
16properties:
17  workerIdBits:
18    type: "integer"
19    default: 10
20  sequenceBits:
21    type: "integer"
22    default: 12

The same page as markdown, for an agent: /catalogue/components/snowflake-id.md