Suggest an editImprove this articleRefine the answer for “What does "Durability" mean in ACID?”. Your changes go to moderation before they’re published.Approval requiredContentWhat you’re changing🇺🇸EN🇺🇦UAPreviewTitle (EN)Short answer (EN)**Durability** means that once a transaction completes successfully, **its results are saved permanently**, even if a system crash, power outage, or server restart happens right afterward; the system commits changes to **persistent storage** (e.g. a transaction log or disk) so they can be recovered. **Key point:** for example, if a crash happens right after a money transfer, the data still shows the transfer as **already completed** after the restart - the transaction is never lost.Shown above the full answer for quick recall.Answer (EN)Image**Durability** means that once a transaction completes successfully, **its results are saved permanently**, even if a system crash, power outage, or server restart happens right afterward. The system commits changes to **persistent storage** (e.g. a transaction log or disk) so they can be recovered. Example: if a crash happens right after a money transfer, the data still shows the transfer as **already completed** after the restart - the transaction is never lost.For the reviewerNote to the moderator (optional)Visible only to the moderator. Helps review go faster.