Question 1

An e-commerce application has a complex order fulfillment process involving payment processing, inventory updates, and shipping notifications. If any step fails, the system must execute compensating transactions to rollback previous steps. Which service is BEST suited to orchestrate this workflow?

Accepted Answer

Look for 'complex workflow', 'orchestrate', and 'compensating transactions'. This is the primary use case for Step Functions.

Question 2

What mistakes do candidates make on this AWS SAA-C03 question?

Accepted Answer

Choosing SQS, which only queues messages and cannot manage workflow state.

An e-commerce application has a complex order fulfillment process involving payment processing, inventory updates, and shipping notifications. If any step fails, the system must execute compensating transactions to rollback previous steps. Which service is BEST suited to orchestrate this workflow?

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