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Jul 18, 2021 · Databases

Mastering Distributed Transactions: From Two-Phase Commit to Saga and Beyond

This article explains the fundamentals of distributed transactions, compares classic solutions such as XA, Saga, TCC, local message tables, and transactional messages, discusses their trade‑offs, and introduces advanced techniques like sub‑transaction barriers to handle network anomalies in microservice architectures.