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+# Using Database Transactions in Policy Service
+
+## Table of Contents
+
+- [Background](#background)
+- [Chosen Option](#chosen-option)
+- [Considered Options](#considered-options)
+  - [LIMIT + OFFSET](#limit--offset)
+  - [Keyset Pagination](#keyset-pagination)
+  - [Cursor Pagination](#cursor-pagination)
+
+## Background
+
+Due to the complex nature of some operations within the Policy service, we need to consider the use of database transactions to ensure data integrity and consistency.
+
+## Use Cases
+
+Primary drivers for implementing database transactions:
+- Unsafe operations that update namespace/attribute definition names or attribute values and require FQNs to be updated for consistency
+- Attribute defintion creation with multiple attribute values that must be created atomically
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> There are likely to be more as the service matures and more complex operations are required.
+
+## Implementation
+
+An abstraction over transactional operations will be introduced to hopefully simplify support for multiple database providers in the future:
+
+```go
+type DbTransaction interface {
+	Commit(ctx context.Context) error
+	Rollback(ctx context.Context)
+}
+```
+
+### PolicyDBClient Changes
+
+New methods for creating transactions and executing operations will be added:
+
+```go
+// Starts a new transaction and returns it
+func (c *PolicyDBClient) Begin() (DbTransaction, error) {
+    // use desired database client to start a new transaction
+    // - initial implementation will use pgx.Tx with Postgres
+}
+```
+
+```go
+// provides a PolicyDBClient instance using the transaction's connection
+func (c *PolicyDBClient) WithTx(tx DbTransaction) *PolicyDBClient {
+    // use desired database client to create a new PolicyDBClient instance with the transaction's connection
+    // - initial implementation will use pgx.Tx with Postgres
+}
+```
+
+### Usage Example
+
+It is recommended to create the transaction within the service layer, as calling `WithTx()` from the service layer will inherently provide the transaction to any further `PolicyDBClient` methods called within the DB layer.
+
+```go
+tx, err := dbClient.Begin()
+if err != nil {
+    // handle error
+}
+defer tx.Rollback(ctx)
+
+result, err := dbClient.WithTx(tx).SomeOperation(ctx, ...params)
+if err != nil {
+    // handle error
+}
+
+nextResult, err := dbClient.WithTx(tx).AnotherOperation(ctx, ...params)
+if err != nil {
+    // handle error
+}
+
+err = tx.Commit(ctx)
+if err != nil {
+    // handle error
+}
+```
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