# Hidden Distributed Transaction

> A transaction that silently spans service boundaries, coupling systems that should commit independently.

Record: `lexicon:hidden-distributed-transaction`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Atomic Boundary](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/atomic-boundary.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-hidden-distributed-transaction

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Consistency Rules](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/consistency-rules.md) and before [Large Transaction Scope](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/large-transaction-scope.md).

## Category

- [Transactions / State / Concurrency](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/transactions-state-concurrency.md)

## Negated by

- [Transaction Boundary](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/transaction-boundary.md)

## Linked from

- [Transactions / State / Concurrency](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-transactions-state-concurrency.md)