Saga pattern in Distributed Transaction

Ryan Arjun
3 min readAug 24, 2024

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The Saga pattern is a design pattern used in microservices architectures to manage distributed transactions in a reliable and consistent way. Unlike traditional transactions that use a two-phase commit to ensure consistency across multiple services, the Saga pattern breaks down a transaction into a series of smaller, isolated steps. Each step is a transaction in itself and can be executed independently.

🗝️Key Concepts of the Saga Pattern:

  1. Distributed Transaction: In a distributed system, a transaction may involve multiple services. The Saga pattern ensures that even though the system is distributed, the operations achieve eventual consistency without needing a global transaction manager.
  2. Sequence of Transactions: A Saga is a sequence of transactions (called steps or operations) that are executed one by one. Each service involved in the Saga completes its task and then triggers the next step in the sequence.
  3. Compensating Transactions: If any step in the Saga fails, the pattern relies on…

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Ryan Arjun

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