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"id": "operate/rs/references/compatibility/commands/generic",
"title": "Key commands compatibility",
"url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/rs/references/compatibility/commands/generic/",
"summary": "Generic key commands compatible with Redis Software.",
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"text": "The following table shows which Redis Open Source [key (generic) commands](/content/commands?group=generic) are compatible with standard and Active-Active databases in Redis Software and Redis Cloud.\n\n| Command | Redis
Software | Redis
Cloud | Notes |\n|:--------|:----------------------|:-----------------|:------|\n| [COPY](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/copy) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active\\* | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active\\* | For Active-Active or clustered databases, the source and destination keys must be in the same hash slot.
\\*Not supported for stream consumer group info. |\n| [DEL](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/del) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | |\n| [DUMP](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/dump) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | |\n| [EXISTS](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/exists) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | |\n| [EXPIRE](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/expire) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | |\n| [EXPIREAT](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/expireat) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | |\n| [EXPIRETIME](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/expiretime) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | |\n| [KEYS](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/keys) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | |\n| [MIGRATE](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/migrate) | ❌ Standard
❌ Active-Active | ❌ Standard
❌ Active-Active | |\n| [MOVE](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/move) | ❌ Standard
❌ Active-Active | ❌ Standard
❌ Active-Active | Redis Software does not support shared databases due to potential negative performance impacts and blocks any related commands. |\n| [OBJECT ENCODING](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/object-encoding) | ✅ Standard
❌ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
❌ Active-Active | For Active-Active databases, use `CRDT.DEBUG ENCODING` instead. |\n| [OBJECT FREQ](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/object-freq) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | |\n| [OBJECT IDLETIME](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/object-idletime) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | |\n| [OBJECT REFCOUNT](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/object-refcount) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | |\n| [PERSIST](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/persist) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | |\n| [PEXPIRE](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/pexpire) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | |\n| [PEXPIREAT](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/pexpireat) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | |\n| [PEXPIRETIME](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/pexpiretime) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | |\n| [PTTL](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/pttl) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | |\n| [RANDOMKEY](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/randomkey) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | |\n| [RENAME](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/rename) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active\\* | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active\\* | For Active-Active or clustered databases, the original key and new key must be in the same hash slot.
\\*Not supported for stream consumer group info. |\n| [RENAMENX](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/renamenx) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | For Active-Active or clustered databases, the original key and new key must be in the same hash slot. |\n| [RESTORE](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/restore) | ✅ Standard
❌ Active-Active\\* | ✅ Standard
❌ Active-Active\\* | \\*Only supported for module keys. |\n| [SCAN](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/scan) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | |\n| [SORT](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/sort) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | |\n| [SORT_RO](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/sort_ro) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | |\n| [TOUCH](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/touch) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | |\n| [TTL](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/ttl) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | |\n| [TYPE](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/type) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | |\n| [UNLINK](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/unlink) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | |\n| [WAIT](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/wait) | ✅ Standard
❌ Active-Active\\* | ❌ Standard**
❌ Active-Active | \\*For Active-Active databases, `WAIT` commands are supported for primary and replica shard replication. You can contact support to enable `WAIT` for local replicas only. `WAIT` is not supported for cross-instance replication.
\\*\\*`WAIT` commands are supported on Redis Cloud Flexible subscriptions. |\n| [WAITAOF](https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/waitaof) | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | ✅ Standard
✅ Active-Active | |"
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