{"id":"apache-seata-server","name":"seata-server","af_score":24.5,"security_score":37.0,"reliability_score":37.5,"what_it_does":"seata-server is the core server component of Apache Seata for managing distributed transactions (e.g., AT/TCC/try-compensate-confirm patterns). It provides the server-side infrastructure such as transaction coordinator/registries needed for Seata clients (TC/Transaction Coordinator, depending on configuration) to coordinate commits and rollbacks across services.","best_when":"When you need distributed transaction coordination using Seata in a self-hosted environment and can operate the TC/config/registries and required databases/configuration stores.","avoid_when":"When you cannot run stateful infrastructure components (transaction coordinator/metadata) or want to avoid the operational overhead of managing distributed transaction infrastructure.","last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T19:34:28.343058+00:00","has_mcp":false,"has_api":false,"auth_methods":[],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["seata-server is a stateful infrastructure component; agent integration is typically via Seata client libraries rather than a generic API","Correct configuration and supporting infrastructure (metadata/config storage, database tables) are critical; misconfiguration can cause transaction failures that are hard to diagnose programmatically","Distributed transaction coordination can have complex failure modes; safe retries and idempotency depend on the chosen Seata transaction mode (AT/TCC) and application logic"],"error_quality":0.0}