UNCOMMITTED_WORK PENDING.

Setup and non-Setup DML in the same transaction. Salesforce blocks it for data integrity — many teams discover this in prod.

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The rule.

System.DmlException: UNCOMMITTED_WORK_PENDING

You cannot mix Setup objects (User, Profile, PermissionSet) with non-Setup objects (Account, Contact) in the same transaction.

Setup

User, Profile, PermissionSet

Non-Setup

Account, Contact, Opportunity

2 hrs

Average recovery time

Bad vs good.

UserProvisioningService.clsAnti-pattern

// ❌ BAD: Mixed DML operations in same transaction
// Setup objects (User, Profile) mixed with non-Setup (Account)

public void createUserAndAccount() {
    // Setup object DML
    User newUser = new User(
        FirstName = 'John',
        LastName = 'Doe',
        Email = 'john@example.com',
        Username = 'john@example.com',
        ProfileId = '00e...'
    );
    insert newUser; // Setup object
    
    // Non-Setup object DML in same transaction
    Account newAccount = new Account(
        Name = 'Acme Corp'
    );
    insert newAccount; // ❌ CRASH!
    // System.DmlException: UNCOMMITTED_WORK_PENDING
}

UserProvisioningService.clsFixed

// ✅ GOOD: Separate transactions using async

public void createUserAndAccount() {
    // Setup object DML in current transaction
    User newUser = new User(
        FirstName = 'John',
        LastName = 'Doe',
        Email = 'john@example.com',
        Username = 'john@example.com',
        ProfileId = '00e...'
    );
    insert newUser;
    
    // Non-Setup object DML in async transaction
    Account newAccount = new Account(
        Name = 'Acme Corp'
    );
    
    // Use Future method or Queueable
    createAccountAsync(newAccount);
}

@future
public static void createAccountAsync(Account acc) {
    insert acc; // Separate transaction - no conflict
}

The fix.

Split Setup DML into a separate async transaction (@future or Queueable). Jataka detects Setup/non-Setup conflicts during Sandbox execution.

Catch this before production.

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