In RavenDB 3.5, the client implementation of distributed transactions contains a bug that could cause an endpoint to lose data under rare conditions. If RavenDB is configured to enlist in distributed transactions with RavenDB 3.5, read DTC not supported for RavenDB Persistence.
Using RavenDB version 5 and higher in a cluster configuration with multiple nodes is only supported from version 7 or higher of the NServiceBus.RavenDB persistence package. For more information, read cluster configuration with multiple nodes.
Default behavior
When simultaneously handling messages, conflicts may occur. See below for examples of the exceptions which are thrown. Saga concurrency explains how these conflicts are handled, and contains guidance for high-load scenarios.
Creating saga data
Example exception:
Raven.Client.Exceptions.ConcurrencyException: Document OrderSagaData/OrderId/316414b3-07f1-40ec-00db-022a4140d517 has change vector A:2-u2LvKAFZTE+972x2hp1gTg, but Put was called with expecting new document. Optimistic concurrency violation, transaction will be aborted.
Updating or deleting saga data
By default, RavenDB persistence uses optimistic concurrency control when updating or deleting saga data.
When a message handler does not change saga data, the RavenDB client will not attempt to write the associated document to storage. If a consistency check is required, a property value must be changed. For example, a counter property may be incremented.
Example exception:
Raven.Client.Exceptions.ConcurrencyException: Document OrderSagaDatas/f23921c9-7b53-455d-89be-aad200d98741 has change vector A:93-u2LvKAFZTE+972x2hp1gTg, but Put was called with change vector A:90-u2LvKAFZTE+972x2hp1gTg. Optimistic concurrency violation, transaction will be aborted.
This means that the relevant Handle method on the saga will be invoked, even though the message might be later rolled back. Hence it is important to ensure not to perform any work in saga handlers that can't roll back together with the message. This also means that should there be high levels of concurrency there will be N-1 rollbacks where N is the number of concurrent messages. This can cause throughput issues and might require design changes.