diff --git a/app/api/entities/specs/routes.spec.ts b/app/api/entities/specs/routes.spec.ts
index 97bdb31a40..955b7cd319 100644
--- a/app/api/entities/specs/routes.spec.ts
+++ b/app/api/entities/specs/routes.spec.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { legacyLogger } from 'api/log';
 import templates from 'api/templates';
 import thesauri from 'api/thesauri';
 import { appContext } from 'api/utils/AppContext';
+import { testingTenants } from 'api/utils/testingTenants';
 import { UserInContextMockFactory } from 'api/utils/testingUserInContext';
 import { ObjectId } from 'mongodb';
 import path from 'path';
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ describe('entities routes', () => {
     });
 
     it('should run saveEntity process as a transaction', async () => {
+      testingTenants.changeCurrentTenant({ featureFlags: { v1_transactions: true } });
       jest.restoreAllMocks();
       jest.spyOn(entities, 'getUnrestrictedWithDocuments').mockImplementationOnce(() => {
         throw new Error('error at the end of the saveEntity');
diff --git a/app/api/tenants/tenantContext.ts b/app/api/tenants/tenantContext.ts
index 1b0ad037cb..619b8146e7 100644
--- a/app/api/tenants/tenantContext.ts
+++ b/app/api/tenants/tenantContext.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ type Tenant = {
   featureFlags?: {
     s3Storage?: boolean;
     sync?: boolean;
+    v1_transactions?: boolean;
   };
   globalMatomo?: { id: string; url: string };
   ciMatomoActive?: boolean;
diff --git a/app/api/utils/specs/withTransaction.spec.ts b/app/api/utils/specs/withTransaction.spec.ts
index 882cc14e84..5b1022888d 100644
--- a/app/api/utils/specs/withTransaction.spec.ts
+++ b/app/api/utils/specs/withTransaction.spec.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { elasticTesting } from '../elastic_testing';
 import { getFixturesFactory } from '../fixturesFactory';
 import { testingEnvironment } from '../testingEnvironment';
 import { withTransaction } from '../withTransaction';
+import { testingTenants } from '../testingTenants';
 
 const factory = getFixturesFactory();
 
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ describe('withTransaction utility', () => {
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
     await testingEnvironment.setUp({ transactiontests: [] });
+    testingTenants.changeCurrentTenant({ featureFlags: { v1_transactions: true } });
     testingEnvironment.unsetFakeContext();
   });
 
@@ -167,6 +169,26 @@ describe('withTransaction utility', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should do nothing when the feature flag is off when there is an error', async () => {
+    testingTenants.changeCurrentTenant({ featureFlags: { v1_transactions: false } });
+
+    await appContext.run(async () => {
+      let error: Error | undefined;
+      try {
+        await withTransaction(async () => {
+          await model.save({ title: 'test-flag-off', value: 1 });
+          throw new Error('Testing error');
+        });
+      } catch (e) {
+        error = e;
+      }
+      expect(error?.message).toBe('Testing error');
+
+      const docs = await model.get({ title: 'test-flag-off' });
+      expect(docs).toHaveLength(1);
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('manual abort', () => {
     it('should allow manual abort without throwing error', async () => {
       await appContext.run(async () => {
@@ -230,6 +252,19 @@ describe('withTransaction utility', () => {
         expect(sessionToTest?.hasEnded).toBe(true);
       });
     });
+    it('should do nothing when the feature flag is off', async () => {
+      testingTenants.changeCurrentTenant({ featureFlags: { v1_transactions: false } });
+
+      await appContext.run(async () => {
+        await withTransaction(async ({ abort }) => {
+          await model.save({ title: 'test-flag-off-abort' });
+          await abort();
+        });
+
+        const docs = await model.get({ title: 'test-flag-off-abort' });
+        expect(docs).toHaveLength(1);
+      });
+    });
   });
   describe('Entities elasticsearch index', () => {
     beforeEach(async () => {
diff --git a/app/api/utils/withTransaction.ts b/app/api/utils/withTransaction.ts
index 2f5d1e1b27..381b36094a 100644
--- a/app/api/utils/withTransaction.ts
+++ b/app/api/utils/withTransaction.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { storage } from 'api/files/storage';
 import { dbSessionContext } from 'api/odm/sessionsContext';
 import { search } from 'api/search';
 import { appContext } from './AppContext';
+import { tenants } from 'api/tenants';
 
 interface TransactionOperation {
   abort: () => Promise<void>;
@@ -39,6 +40,9 @@ const performDelayedReindexes = async () => {
 const withTransaction = async <T>(
   operation: (context: TransactionOperation) => Promise<T>
 ): Promise<T> => {
+  if (!tenants.current().featureFlags?.v1_transactions) {
+    return operation({ abort: async () => {} });
+  }
   const session = await dbSessionContext.startSession();
   session.startTransaction();
   let wasManuallyAborted = false;