Workflow Reliability term
Compensating action
Repairs or reverses side effects when a later step fails.
What it means
Plain meaning
rollback step: Repairs or reverses side effects when a later step fails.
Aliases
rollback step, undo action, saga compensation
Use it when your messy ask mentions
- partial failure
- half completed
- rollback
- undo
- multi step save
- one step fails
Prompt phrase
Identify compensating actions for each side effect if the workflow fails midway.
Before and after
Weak ask
Fix this partial failure flow.
Exact Terms ask
Identify compensating actions for each side effect if the workflow fails midway.