From cc4573fe2b1f486ff66c30987fb340047923b562 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian-Nara <ian.nara@thetradedesk.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2025 18:07:09 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] ignore validator requests

---
 .../uid2/optout/vertx/OptOutServiceVerticle.java  | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/uid2/optout/vertx/OptOutServiceVerticle.java b/src/main/java/com/uid2/optout/vertx/OptOutServiceVerticle.java
index d049289..0365c93 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/uid2/optout/vertx/OptOutServiceVerticle.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/uid2/optout/vertx/OptOutServiceVerticle.java
@@ -362,6 +362,14 @@ private void handleReplicate(RoutingContext routingContext) {
     
     private void handleQueue(RoutingContext routingContext) {
         HttpServerRequest req = routingContext.request();
+
+        // skip sqs queueing for validator operators (reference-operator, candidate-operator)
+        // this avoids tripple processing of the same request
+        String instanceId = req.getHeader(Audit.UID_INSTANCE_ID_HEADER);
+        if (isValidatorOperatorRequest(instanceId)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         MultiMap params = req.params();
         String identityHash = req.getParam(IDENTITY_HASH);
         String advertisingId = req.getParam(ADVERTISING_ID);
@@ -491,6 +499,13 @@ private boolean isGetOrPost(HttpServerRequest req) {
         return method == HttpMethod.GET || method == HttpMethod.POST;
     }
 
+    private boolean isValidatorOperatorRequest(String instanceId) {
+        if (instanceId == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return instanceId.contains("reference-operator") || instanceId.contains("candidate-operator");
+    }
+
     private void sendInternalServerError(HttpServerResponse resp, String why) {
         if (this.isVerbose && why != null) {
             resp.setStatusCode(500);

From 06acd08f303394f1b01bf5b74d13552c14a6a82d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Release Workflow <unifiedid-admin+release@thetradedesk.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 01:09:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] [CI Pipeline] Released Snapshot version:
 4.5.1-alpha-136-SNAPSHOT

---
 pom.xml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 29de00c..deec00c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.uid2</groupId>
     <artifactId>uid2-optout</artifactId>
-    <version>4.5.0</version>
+    <version>4.5.1-alpha-136-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>uid2-optout</name>
     <url>https://github.com/IABTechLab/uid2-optout</url>
 

From 2f02816ea9127d8f2e7fd0913fd75aa717a7171a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian-Nara <ian.nara@thetradedesk.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 16:05:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 3/5] fix typo

---
 pom.xml                                                        | 2 +-
 src/main/java/com/uid2/optout/vertx/OptOutServiceVerticle.java | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index deec00c..29de00c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.uid2</groupId>
     <artifactId>uid2-optout</artifactId>
-    <version>4.5.1-alpha-136-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.5.0</version>
     <name>uid2-optout</name>
     <url>https://github.com/IABTechLab/uid2-optout</url>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/uid2/optout/vertx/OptOutServiceVerticle.java b/src/main/java/com/uid2/optout/vertx/OptOutServiceVerticle.java
index 0365c93..5197ee4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/uid2/optout/vertx/OptOutServiceVerticle.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/uid2/optout/vertx/OptOutServiceVerticle.java
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ private void handleQueue(RoutingContext routingContext) {
         HttpServerRequest req = routingContext.request();
 
         // skip sqs queueing for validator operators (reference-operator, candidate-operator)
-        // this avoids tripple processing of the same request
+        // this avoids triple processing of the same request
         String instanceId = req.getHeader(Audit.UID_INSTANCE_ID_HEADER);
         if (isValidatorOperatorRequest(instanceId)) {
             return;

From 2b76ab43015f2bafc9e1ca8b9235e1a16ac092e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Release Workflow <unifiedid-admin+release@thetradedesk.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 23:07:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] [CI Pipeline] Released Snapshot version:
 4.5.1-alpha-137-SNAPSHOT

---
 pom.xml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 29de00c..5c36b0b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.uid2</groupId>
     <artifactId>uid2-optout</artifactId>
-    <version>4.5.0</version>
+    <version>4.5.1-alpha-137-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>uid2-optout</name>
     <url>https://github.com/IABTechLab/uid2-optout</url>
 

From c21c760a66d56567b787dd6105131507586b1739 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian-Nara <ian.nara@thetradedesk.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 13:19:48 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] update pom version

---
 pom.xml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5c36b0b..29de00c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.uid2</groupId>
     <artifactId>uid2-optout</artifactId>
-    <version>4.5.1-alpha-137-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>4.5.0</version>
     <name>uid2-optout</name>
     <url>https://github.com/IABTechLab/uid2-optout</url>