arangosh> a1 = db.example.insert({ a : 1 }); { "_id" : "example/1129257682", "_rev" : "1129257682", "_key" : "1129257682" } arangosh> a2 = db.example.replace(a1, { a : 2 }); { "_id" : "example/1129257682", "_rev" : "1129454290", "_key" : "1129257682" } arangosh> a3 = db.example.replace(a1, { a : 3 }); [ArangoError 1200: precondition failed]