Patent ID: 8625637

Claim:
A method for execution by a computer to perform a conclusive write request operation, the method comprises: generating a payload of a dispersed storage network (DSN) frame regarding the conclusive write request operation by: generating one or more slice name fields of the payload to include one or more slice names corresponding to one or more write commit responses of a write request operation, wherein the conclusive write request operation is a conclusive phase of the write request operation; and generating one or more slice revision numbering fields of the payload, wherein each slice revision numbering field includes a slice revision number corresponding to an associated slice name of the one or more slice names; and generating a protocol header of the DSN frame by: generating a payload length field of the protocol header to include a payload length that represents length of the one or more slice name fields and length the one or more slice revision numbering fields; and generating remaining fields of the protocol header.