# How to Prevent Race Conditions in Django

DevFeed: [How to Prevent Race Conditions in Django](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-prevent-race-conditions-in-django-4340.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-prevent-race-conditions-in-django/>)

Author: Mari

Published: 2026-09-11T21:50:46Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [freeCodeCamp Programming Tutorials: Python, JavaScript, Git & More](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/freecodecamp-programming-tutorials-python-javascript-git-more.md>)

Topics: [Concurrency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/concurrency.md>), [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [SQLite](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sqlite.md>), [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>)

Tags: [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [concurrency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/concurrency.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [django](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/django.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [postgresql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgresql.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [race-condition](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/race-condition.md>), [sqlite](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sqlite.md>), [transactions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/transactions.md>)

## AI overview

A Django tutorial that demonstrates a credit-spending race condition and explains how database transactions and row locks prevent concurrent requests from using the same credit.

## Source excerpt

Let's say you have enough credit left to generate one more image in an AI app. You submit a request in one browser tab, then submit another in a second tab before the first finishes. The app accepts b