mongodb concurrency_error ai_generated true

MongoServerError: transaction lock wait timeout

ID: mongodb/transaction-lock-timeout

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78%Fix Rate
82%Confidence
3Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
7 active — — —

Root Cause

Transaction waiting for lock exceeded timeout.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 90% success Keep transactions short: minimize operations inside transaction
  2. 85% success Use optimistic concurrency control with version fields

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Increase lock timeout to minutes 78% fail

    Blocks other operations

  2. Remove all transactions 80% fail

    Loses atomicity guarantees