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Compensating Actions

Compensating actions reverse or mitigate side effects when a multi-step agent workflow partially fails.

WHY IT MATTERS

Distributed tool workflows rarely support one global transaction.

ENTERPRISE EXAMPLE

If account provisioning succeeds but entitlement setup fails, a compensating step removes the partial account.

ARCHITECTURE DECISION

Which write actions have a safe compensation path?

REMEMBERDesign failure recovery before granting write authority.
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