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+ <h1 id="mysqls-two-phase-commit-implementation-is-broken">MySQL's Two-Phase Commit Implementation Is Broken</h1>
+<p>From <a href="http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/xa-restrictions.html">the fine
+manual</a>:</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p>If an XA transaction has reached the PREPARED state and the MySQL server is
+killed (for example, with kill -9 on Unix) or shuts down abnormally, the
+transaction can be continued after the server restarts. However, if the
+client reconnects and commits the transaction, the transaction will be
+absent from the binary log even though it has been committed. This means the
+data and the binary log have gone out of synchrony. An implication is that
+<strong>XA cannot be used safely together with replication</strong>.</p>
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+<p>(Emphasis mine.)</p>
+<p>If you're solving the kinds of problems where two-phase commit and XA
+transaction management look attractive, then you very likely have the kinds of
+uptime requirements that make replication mandatory. “It works, but not with
+replication” is effectively “it doesn't work.”</p>
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+<p>It is possible that the server will roll back a pending XA transaction, even
+one that has reached the PREPARED state. This happens if a client connection
+terminates and the server continues to run, or if clients are connected and
+the server shuts down gracefully.</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>XA transaction managers assume that if every resource successfully reaches the
+PREPARED state, then every resource will be able to commit the transaction
+“eventually.” Resources that unilaterally roll back PREPARED transactions
+violate this assumption pretty badly.</p>
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