Compensating Transaction pattern - Cloud Design …
In many business solutions, failure of a single step doesn't always necessitate rolling the system back by using a compensating transaction. For example, if—after having booked flights F1, F2, and F3 in the travel website scenario—the customer is unable to reserve a room at hotel H1, it's preferable to offer the customer a room at a different hotel in the same city rather than canceling ...
