PostOperation (stage = 40) steps should run within the transaction. Can you check the Stage property, to see if it's 40 or 50, or something else.
For some entities the transaciton behaviour is non-standard. Activity entities are one example, as are potentially the account, contact and lead (if manipulating addresses), and the opportunity, quote, salesorder entities. Which entity is the plugin registered
on ?
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