expertWhat Is a Transaction?
When does the "single transaction" mental model stop being applicable at all?
Once a logical business operation spans more than one independently-deployed database or service — at that point you need Saga, Outbox, or 2PC (Chapters 16–18), not a bigger local transaction.
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