diff --git a/lib/acts/begin.ex b/lib/acts/begin.ex
index 2c6085a..13532b4 100644
--- a/lib/acts/begin.ex
+++ b/lib/acts/begin.ex
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ defmodule Bonfire.Ecto.Acts.Begin do
   # import Untangle
 
   @doc """
-  Runs the given act within a transaction if no errors are detected in the epic.
+  Runs the given act(s) within a transaction if no errors are detected in the epic.
 
   This function takes the modules before the `Commit` module in the `epic.next` list, runs them,
   and then processes the remaining modules. If there are any errors in the epic, it avoids
@@ -59,7 +59,12 @@ defmodule Bonfire.Ecto.Acts.Begin do
         %{epic | next: rest}
 
       true ->
-        maybe_debug(epic, act, "entering transaction")
+        if not repo().in_transaction?(),
+          do: maybe_debug(epic, act, "Begin: entering transaction"),
+          else:
+            IO.warn(
+              "We're already in a transaction, better avoid this and let Epics handle the transaction..."
+            )
 
         repo().transact_with(fn ->
           epic = Epic.run(nested)
diff --git a/lib/acts/delete.ex b/lib/acts/delete.ex
index cf66712..8412c96 100644
--- a/lib/acts/delete.ex
+++ b/lib/acts/delete.ex
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ defmodule Bonfire.Ecto.Acts.Delete do
             case repo.maybe_preload(object, assoc)
                  |> Map.get(assoc) do
               loaded when is_map(loaded) or (is_list(loaded) and loaded != []) ->
-                maybe_debug(epic, act, loaded, "adding association")
+                maybe_debug(epic, act, loaded, "adding association to delete")
 
                 loaded
                 |> mark_for_deletion()
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ defmodule Bonfire.Ecto.Acts.Delete do
     end
   end
 
+  defp mark_for_deletion(objs) when is_list(objs) do
+    Enum.map(objs, &mark_for_deletion/1)
+  end
+
   defp mark_for_deletion(obj) do
     obj
     |> Changeset.cast(%{}, [])
diff --git a/lib/acts/work.ex b/lib/acts/work.ex
index b3e1c30..f51e832 100644
--- a/lib/acts/work.ex
+++ b/lib/acts/work.ex
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ defmodule Bonfire.Ecto.Acts.Work do
   """
   require Logger
   import Bonfire.Common.Utils
+  alias Bonfire.Common.Enums
   # alias Bonfire.Epics.Act
   alias Bonfire.Epics.Epic
 
@@ -63,7 +64,6 @@ defmodule Bonfire.Ecto.Acts.Work do
 
   """
   def run(epic, act) do
-    debug(act)
     # retrieve the list of keys to check
     keys = Map.get(epic.assigns, __MODULE__, [])
     # flatten them all into a keyword list
@@ -86,9 +86,13 @@ defmodule Bonfire.Ecto.Acts.Work do
         epic
 
       true ->
-        maybe_debug(epic, act, "Entering transaction")
         repo = Bonfire.Common.Config.repo()
 
+        #  Note that usually a transaction was already opened in Begin, so as per https://hexdocs.pm/ecto/Ecto.Repo.html#c:transaction/2-nested-transactions this won't start a new one
+        if not repo.in_transaction?(),
+          do: maybe_debug(epic, act, "Work: Entering transaction"),
+          else: debug(act)
+
         case repo.transact_with(fn -> run(epic, act, changesets, repo) end) do
           {:ok, epic} -> epic
           {:error, epic} -> epic
@@ -116,9 +120,17 @@ defmodule Bonfire.Ecto.Acts.Work do
         Map.put(changeset, :action, nil)
         |> repo.upsert()
 
+      :delete when is_list(changeset) ->
+        maybe_debug(epic, act, key, "Deleting multiple changesets on #{repo} at")
+
+        Enum.map(changeset, &repo.delete/1)
+        |> Enums.all_oks_or_error()
+
       :delete ->
         maybe_debug(epic, act, key, "Deleting changeset on #{repo} at")
-        repo.delete(changeset)
+
+        # Doesn't error if delete is stale. Defaults to false. This may happen if the struct has been deleted from the database before this deletion BUT ALSO if there is a rule or a trigger on the database that rejects the delete operation (FIXME: the latter seems undesirable in this case)
+        repo.delete(changeset, allow_stale: true)
 
       other when is_struct(changeset) or is_list(changeset) ->
         # FIXME: should only trigger this in delete epics!