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+### Read behavior
+
+`get_analytics` queries read against the latest committed data without holding a consistent read
+snapshot open for the duration of the query. This minimizes the impact of long-running analytics
+scans on the rest of the system — a query never pins a snapshot that would otherwise block storage
+compaction for its duration. The trade-off is that results are not guaranteed to reflect a single point in
+time: rows written while the query is iterating may be included.
+
 ## Related
 
 - [Analytics Overview](./overview)