# Global ACID Transaction

> Attempting a single ACID transaction spanning multiple distributed services, creating tight coupling and availability loss.

Record: `lexicon:global-acid-transaction`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-global-acid-transaction

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Duplicate Side Effects](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/duplicate-side-effects.md) and before [Hidden Temporal Coupling](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/hidden-temporal-coupling.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

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

## Linked from

- [Event / Messaging / Asynchronous Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-event-messaging-asynchronous-architecture.md)