Rails: Exception in after_create stopping save

Question

Simple question. I have a ActiveRecord model that I want to perform post processing on AFTER the record is saved. So in the model I have a queue_for_processing method that s

Answer 1

Yes, the callbacks are all wrapped up in a transaction.

Basically, the following will cause a rollback:

• return false from before_save or similar callbacks
• exception in before_save or similar callbacks
• exception in after_save or similar callbacks (after_create)

The following do NOT cause a rollback:

• return false from after_save or similar callbacks
• exception in after_commit

If you don't want an exception to cause a rollback, use after_commit

• Reference: http://webonrails.com/2012/08/28/activerecord-after_commit-hook/
• Additional reference: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/v3.1.3/active_record_validations_callbacks.html#transaction-callbacks