# LDC-E4106 — A duplicated priority edge

## What it means

Each priority edge between two rules is stated once: a second edge with
the same direction adds no information, since the order it declares is
already on record. The repetition is usually a copy left behind by an
edit. The compiler keeps the package green but warns at the repeated
edge.

This is a warning, not a refusal: the package still checks. Deleting the
duplicate clears it. Two edges in opposite directions are not duplicates —
they form a cycle and fail under a different code.

## Example

```law
language "law.core" version "0.2";
package demo.diagnostics version "0.1.0";
namespace "urn:law:demo:diagnostics";

relation p(x: Text) kind institutional;
relation q(x: Text) kind institutional;
relation r(x: Text) kind institutional;
rule D1 defeasible { for x: Text; when q(x); then p(x); }
rule D2 defeasible { for x: Text; when q(x); then not p(x); }
priority P1 { prefer D2 over D1; }
priority P2 { prefer D2 over D1; }
```

## Fix

```law
language "law.core" version "0.2";
package demo.diagnostics version "0.1.0";
namespace "urn:law:demo:diagnostics";

relation p(x: Text) kind institutional;
relation q(x: Text) kind institutional;
relation r(x: Text) kind institutional;
rule D1 defeasible { for x: Text; when q(x); then p(x); }
rule D2 defeasible { for x: Text; when q(x); then not p(x); }
priority P1 { prefer D2 over D1; }
```

## Engine message

The engine reports this in its own wording:

```text
example.law:11:10: warning LDC-E4106: duplicate priority edge "D2" over "D1" (§192)
```

## Related

- [Priority](/constructs/priority/) — how conflicts between rules are settled.