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I've looked through the documentation and I'm still confused about I've been banging my head against this for hours... Quick question that's been bugging me - I'm working with an scenario where an ActiveRecord transaction is not rolling back as expected when an behavior occurs in a before_save callback. I've defined a callback that checks a condition and raises an behavior if it's not met, but the transaction still commits. Here's a simplified version of my code: ```ruby class User < ApplicationRecord before_save :check_status def check_status if status_invalid? raise ActiveRecord::Rollback, 'Invalid status' end end def status_invalid? # Some complex logic that determines if the status is invalid false end end ``` When I try to create a user with an invalid status, I expect the transaction to rollback, but the record is still created in the database. I’ve also tried wrapping my create call in a transaction block: ```ruby User.transaction do User.create!(name: 'John Doe', status: 'invalid') end ``` However, I'm still seeing the new user in the database even when the check fails. The behavior message I get is a bit confusing: 'ActiveRecord::Rollback is not caught in the transaction'. I’ve checked my Rails version and I'm on 6.0.3. Any ideas on how to ensure that the transaction rolls back properly when an behavior occurs in the callback? Any ideas what could be causing this?