Transaction Boundary / Large Transaction Scope
Kind: tension
Record: tension:large-transaction-scope-transaction-boundary
Canonical: Schema
"transaction-boundary" (atomic-boundary layer) is traded against "Large Transaction Scope" (atomic-boundary layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Large Transaction Scope" and choosing an explicit operating point.
Listed in Tensions, after ACID / BASE/Eventual Consistency and before Unit of Work Pattern / Repository Complexity.