Additional Notes
Why do microservices often accept eventual consistency instead of one global transaction?
Track: Java
Topic: Distributed Resilience
Focus: Eventual Consistency (Sagas)
Java: Eventual Consistency (Sagas)
Answer
Services may briefly disagree, but asynchronous processing should move them toward the correct final state.
In distributed workflows, not every service can commit one perfectly synchronized transaction. Messaging, retries, and compensating actions are often used so the system converges on a valid result over time.
In distributed workflows, not every service can commit one perfectly synchronized transaction. Messaging, retries, and compensating actions are often used so the system converges on a valid result over time.
Topics: Distributed Resilience Eventual Consistency (Sagas) Java