Redis Sentinel observers coordinate failover and report the primary address.

Redis Sentinel promotes a new primary when the old one stops

Redis Sentinel supervises a non-Cluster primary/replica deployment and publishes the current primary’s address. It does not store the application’s dataset or proxy its commands. Automatic promotion can restore write availability after a primary fails, but discovery, replica freshness, client reconnection, and protection from stale writers remain separate parts of the system. ...

January 9, 2027 · 7 min · XB Field Notes