advancedTwo-Phase Commit (2PC)

Why is 2PC generally avoided in modern microservices architectures?

It requires all participants to be synchronously available throughout both phases and introduces a coordinator as a new single point of failure — both work against microservices' goals of independent availability and scaling.

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