Rolling Back a Transaction
- Last Updated: April 15, 2026
- 2 minute read
- MarkLogic Server
- Version 11.0
- Documentation
Stalled or long-running transactions can be rolled back. This discards any updates made by the transaction. The Status tab includes a list of transactions which have started but are not yet completed.
Note: To rollback the MarkLogic Server portion of a prepared XA transaction, see Rolling Back a Prepared XA Transaction Branch.
To rollback a transaction using the Admin Interface, follow these steps:
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Open the Admin Interface in your browser by navigating to
http://yourhost:8001. -
Click Hosts in the left tree menu. The tree expands to show available hosts.
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Click the name of the target host in the left tree menu. The configuration view for the host appears.
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Click the Status tab at the top of the page. The status view for the host appears.
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Locate the target transaction in transaction list. If you do not see a transaction list on the status page, then there are no open transactions on this host.
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Click rollback next to a transaction to initiate a transaction rollback. For example:

A confirmation dialog appears.
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Click OK to confirm the rollback. The Host Status page appears.
There may be a slight delay between when a rollback is initiated and when the transaction terminates. During this period, the transaction still appears on the host status page, with a transaction status of “awaiting rollback”.