# Saga

> A pattern that manages a distributed transaction as a sequence of local transactions, each with a compensating action for rollback.

Record: `lexicon:saga`
Kind: pattern
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-saga

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Safe Substitution](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/safe-substitution.md) and before [Model Drift](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/model-drift.md).

## Category

- [Core Vocabulary](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-vocabulary.md)

## Reinforced by

- [Orchestration](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/orchestration.md)

## Enabled by

- [Event-Driven Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/event-driven-architecture.md)

## Linked from

- [Anti-patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-anti-patterns.md)
- [Control / Coordination / Centralization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-control-coordination-centralization.md)
- [Event / Messaging / Asynchronous Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-event-messaging-asynchronous-architecture.md)