Are batch_mutate operations atomic?
As a special case, mutations against a single key are atomic but not isolated. Reads which occur during such a mutation may see part of the write before they see the whole thing. More generally, batch_mutate operations are not atomic. batch_mutate allows grouping operations on many keys into a single call in order to save on the cost of network round-trips. If batch_mutate fails in the middle of its list of mutations, no rollback occurs and the mutations that have already been applied stay applied. The client should typically retry the batch_mutate operation.
