intermediatePropagation & Isolation in Spring

What's the real difference between REQUIRES_NEW and NESTED?

REQUIRES_NEW is a genuinely separate database transaction on a separate connection that commits independently; NESTED is a SAVEPOINT within the same single transaction, with no independent commit.

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