A method, system, and computer program product provides automatic and consistent resolution of in doubt branches of a transaction, and which will provide reduced cost of operating the system and improved overall performance of the system. A method of managing transaction branches comprises the steps of beginning execution of a transaction, storing information relating to branches of the transaction in a data structure, iterating over the data structure to identify branches of the transaction that are eligible for an action, executing a first action for at least some branches of the transaction identified as eligible for an action, and changing a state of the transaction and applying a second action to branches of the transaction, if the first action returns an error.