diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/beam/rde/RdeIO.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/beam/rde/RdeIO.java
index 240ddd88d..2a6e616f6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/beam/rde/RdeIO.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/beam/rde/RdeIO.java
@@ -297,6 +297,10 @@ public class RdeIO {
                 logger.atInfo().log(
                     "Rolled forward %s on %s cursor to %s.", key.cursor(), key.tld(), newPosition);
                 RdeRevision.saveRevision(key.tld(), key.watermark(), key.mode(), revision);
+                // Enqueueing a task is a side effect that is not undone if the transaction rolls
+                // back. So this may result in multiple copies of the same task being processed.
+                // This is fine because the RdeUploadAction is guarded by a lock and tracks progress
+                // by cursor. The BrdaCopyAction writes a file to GCS, which is an atomic action.
                 if (key.mode() == RdeMode.FULL) {
                   cloudTasksUtils.enqueue(
                       RDE_UPLOAD_QUEUE,
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/rde/BrdaCopyAction.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/rde/BrdaCopyAction.java
index 8ec3495d0..cd3164d55 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/rde/BrdaCopyAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/rde/BrdaCopyAction.java
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ public final class BrdaCopyAction implements Runnable {
   }
 
   private void copyAsRyde() throws IOException {
+    // TODO(b/217772483): consider guarding this action with a lock and check if there is work.
+    // Not urgent since file writes on GCS are atomic.
     int revision =
         RdeRevision.getCurrentRevision(tld, watermark, THIN)
             .orElseThrow(
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/rde/RdeStagingReducer.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/rde/RdeStagingReducer.java
index c36cfbb83..96a8acba1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/rde/RdeStagingReducer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/rde/RdeStagingReducer.java
@@ -226,6 +226,10 @@ public final class RdeStagingReducer extends Reducer<PendingDeposit, DepositFrag
               logger.atInfo().log(
                   "Rolled forward %s on %s cursor to %s.", key.cursor(), tld, newPosition);
               RdeRevision.saveRevision(tld, watermark, mode, revision);
+              // Enqueueing a task is a side effect that is not undone if the transaction rolls
+              // back. So this may result in multiple copies of the same task being processed. This
+              // is fine because the RdeUploadAction is guarded by a lock and tracks progress by
+              // cursor. The BrdaCopyAction writes a file to GCS, which is an atomic action.
               if (mode == RdeMode.FULL) {
                 cloudTasksUtils.enqueue(
                     "rde-upload",
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/google/registry/rde/RdeStagingActionDatastoreTest.java b/core/src/test/java/google/registry/rde/RdeStagingActionDatastoreTest.java
index d29b5ea0f..011315c10 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/google/registry/rde/RdeStagingActionDatastoreTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/google/registry/rde/RdeStagingActionDatastoreTest.java
@@ -97,7 +97,15 @@ public class RdeStagingActionDatastoreTest extends MapreduceTestCase<RdeStagingA
 
   @RegisterExtension public final InjectExtension inject = new InjectExtension();
 
-  private final FakeClock clock = new FakeClock();
+  /**
+   * Without autoIncrement mode, the fake clock won't advance between Mapper and Reducer
+   * transactions when action is invoked, resulting in rolled back reducer transaction (due to
+   * TimestampInversionException if both transactions are mapped to the same CommitLog bucket) and
+   * multiple RdeUplaod/BrdaCopy tasks being enqueued (due to transaction retries, since Cloud Tasks
+   * enqueuing is not transactional with Datastore transactions).
+   */
+  private final FakeClock clock = new FakeClock().setAutoIncrementByOneMilli();
+
   private final FakeResponse response = new FakeResponse();
   private final GcsUtils gcsUtils = new GcsUtils(LocalStorageHelper.getOptions());
   private final List<? super XjcRdeContentType> alreadyExtracted = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -465,6 +473,8 @@ public class RdeStagingActionDatastoreTest extends MapreduceTestCase<RdeStagingA
     clock.setTo(DateTime.parse("2000-01-04TZ")); // Tuesday
     action.run();
     executeTasksUntilEmpty("mapreduce", clock);
+    // TODO(b/217773051): duplicate tasks are possible though unlikely. Consider if below calls are
+    // appropriate since they don't allow duplicates.
     cloudTasksHelper.assertTasksEnqueued(
         "rde-upload",
         new TaskMatcher().url(RdeUploadAction.PATH).param(RequestParameters.PARAM_TLD, "lol"));