Jan Okniński raised the question whether the primes dividing the size n of a finite indecomposable set-theoretic solution to the Yang-Baxter equation are related to the primes dividing the order of the associated permutation group. With Cedó he proved that both prime sets are equal if n is square-free. We characterize equality and prove that surjective morphisms of solutions admit a canonical factorization into a covering and a morphism given by a brace ideal. The existence of solutions with non-equality of the prime sets is reduced to irretractable solutions. It is proved that non-equality is possible, and a minimal example is constructed..
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Wolfgang Rump (2023) studied this question.