# Long-Running Transactions

> The ability to carry a business transaction across many steps and a long duration via compensation.

Record: `lex:long-running-transactions`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-long-running-transactions

## category

- [Event Messaging Async](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/event-messaging-async.md)

## referenced-by

- [Saga Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/saga-pattern.md)