intermediateTransactions — @Transactional, Propagation & Isolation

Does a checked exception automatically roll back a @Transactional method by default?

No — Spring's default rollback rule only triggers automatically for unchecked exceptions (RuntimeException and subclasses). A checked exception requires explicitly configuring rollbackFor = SomeException.class, or the transaction will commit despite the exception being thrown.

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