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-**If you use the query API to execute a command that modifies the database, those changes will not be replicated**. Always use the write API for inserts and updates.
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 #### Read Consistency
 Even though serving queries does not require consensus (because the database is not changed), [queries should generally be served by the leader](https://github.com/rqlite/rqlite/issues/5). Why is this? Because without this check queries on a node could return out-of-date results.  This could happen for one of two reasons: