# Option feed\_overlap=false doesn't show expected behaviour

**URL:** https://support.prodi.gy/t/option-feed-overlap-false-doesnt-show-expected-behaviour/3142
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Tags:** usage, streams
**Created:** [July 3, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/option-feed-overlap-false-doesnt-show-expected-behaviour/3142 "2020-07-03T13:11:34Z")
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### Author: ![rohit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@rohit1](https://support.prodi.gy/u/rohit1)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/option-feed-overlap-false-doesnt-show-expected-behaviour/3142/1 "2020-07-03T13:11:34Z")

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Hi,

For two different annotators working on annotating a single file, on a single running instance of prodigy. I see that in both the sessions, the same text is appearing.

Sessions r1 and r2 are started by two users, the first example they see is the same.

In the window for session r1, the following example is tagged  
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 ![Selection_029](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/prodigy/original/2X/d/da13ef1afad1fd1a64bf7702fd2f1764e2e27c35.png)

In the session r1, six examples are tagged and saved,  
Now in session r2, the example already tagged by r1(shown in screenshot above) reappears as following:

 ![Selection_030](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/prodigy/original/2X/d/d5ed24ac99259c9eebc650d988d2ced8714cb225.png)

Despite the results saved by session r1 , is the same text supposed to appear in another session, or am I missing some other configuration here?

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### Author: ![justindujardin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/support.prodi.gy/justindujardin/32/169_2.png) [@justindujardin](https://support.prodi.gy/u/justindujardin)
#### Post date: [July 3, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/option-feed-overlap-false-doesnt-show-expected-behaviour/3142/2 "2020-07-03T18:06:42Z")

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Hi @rohit1

The named sessions support in prodigy has a few quirks. Specifically, when using force\_stream\_order=True and feed\_overlap=False, if users annotate at the same time they can see duplicate questions. The server filters out duplicate answers before storing them in the database, so you end up with no overlap there.

The reason for this behavior is that when prodigy sends out questions, it doesn't know which ones have been asked but not answered by the client. So if multiple users ask for questions at the same time, that have to appear in the same order, there's not much we can do but show the same questions.

If you'd like to avoid all duplication for asked questions, you can set `force_stream_order=False`.

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### Author: ![cheyanneb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/support.prodi.gy/cheyanneb/32/2409_2.png) [@cheyanneb](https://support.prodi.gy/u/cheyanneb)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/option-feed-overlap-false-doesnt-show-expected-behaviour/3142/3 "2021-12-09T17:25:13Z")

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I have two users and `feed_overlap` and `force_stream_order` set to false. We were annotating at the same time and saw overlapping documents. I checked the output using `db-out` and also checked `prodigy progress`, and I confirmed the dupes. You mentioned that the server filters out duplicates before storing them? Are you saying that User 1 and User 2 cannot annotate at the same time? Thanks!

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### Author: ![SofieVL](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/support.prodi.gy/sofievl/32/915_2.png) [@SofieVL](https://support.prodi.gy/u/SofieVL)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2021, 10:12am UTC](https://support.prodi.gy/t/option-feed-overlap-false-doesnt-show-expected-behaviour/3142/4 "2021-12-30T10:12:26Z")

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Hi Cheyanneb, has this been addressed by the fix from the thread [Duplicate annotations in output - #12 by kab](https://support.prodi.gy/t/duplicate-annotations-in-output/4961/12) ?