# Long-Running Transactions

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

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Fan-Out Notification](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/fan-out-notification.md) and before [Parallel Message Processing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/parallel-message-processing.md).

## Category

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

## Enabled 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)