D1 read replicas serve reads only through the Sessions API, not through ordinary queries

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Enabling read replication on a D1 database does not change ordinary db.prepare() calls; those keep going to the primary. A query is eligible for a replica only when it runs inside a session created with db.withSession(), which takes either a bookmark from a previous session or a mode such as first primary or first unconstrained.

Sessions provide sequential consistency within the session: call session.getBookmark() after a request, return it to the client, and pass it back on the next request so the replica is guaranteed at least as fresh as that point. Without threading the bookmark through, a write followed by a read that lands on a different replica can miss the write entirely. Writes always go to the primary regardless of the session constraint.

Source: https://developers.cloudflare.com/d1/best-practices/read-replication/

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