Add TransactionMiddlewareMode for EF Core middleware#2160
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…eware. Closes GH-2086 Introduces Eager vs Lightweight mode to control whether EF Core transactional middleware opens an explicit database transaction or only relies on DbContext.SaveChangesAsync(). Eager remains the default for backwards compatibility. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
TransactionMiddlewareModeenum (Eager/Lightweight) to control whether EF Core transactional middleware opens an explicit database transaction or only relies onDbContext.SaveChangesAsync()UseEntityFrameworkCoreTransactions(TransactionMiddlewareMode)overload; existing no-arg version defaults toEagerfor backwards compatibility[Transactional(Mode = TransactionMiddlewareMode.Lightweight)]attribute property allows per-handler override of the global modeCloses #2086
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eager_mode_should_add_transaction_frame— verifies Eager addsEnrollDbContextInTransactionlightweight_mode_should_not_add_transaction_frame— verifies Lightweight skips transaction framedefault_mode_is_eager— verifies no-arg overload defaults to Eagertransactional_attribute_lightweight_overrides_eager_default— verifies attribute override from Eager→Lightweighttransactional_attribute_eager_overrides_lightweight_default— verifies attribute override from Lightweight→Eager🤖 Generated with Claude Code