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How do you ensure data consistency across multiple services without distributed transactions?
Tests whether you reach for eventual consistency via sagas or the outbox pattern plus idempotent consumers, rather than trying to simulate a cross-service ACID transaction, which doesn't scale and creates tight coupling through 2PC-style locking.
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