diff --git a/backend/v3/storage/database/repository/instance.go b/backend/v3/storage/database/repository/instance.go
index 448a55797a..0f5a29a071 100644
--- a/backend/v3/storage/database/repository/instance.go
+++ b/backend/v3/storage/database/repository/instance.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func (i instance) Delete(ctx context.Context, condition database.Condition) erro
 	if condition == nil {
 		return errors.New("Delete must contain a condition") // (otherwise ALL instances will be deleted)
 	}
-	builder := database.StatementBuilder{}
+	var builder database.StatementBuilder
 
 	builder.WriteString(`UPDATE zitadel.instances SET deleted_at = $1`)
 	builder.AppendArgs(time.Now())
diff --git a/backend/v3/storage/database/repository/user_test.go.orig b/backend/v3/storage/database/repository/user_test.go.orig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f7ecd5592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/v3/storage/database/repository/user_test.go.orig
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+package repository_test
+
+// import (
+// 	"context"
+// 	"testing"
+
+// 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+<<<<<<< HEAD
+// 	"go.uber.org/mock/gomock"
+
+// 	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/backend/v3/storage/database"
+// 	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/backend/v3/storage/database/dbmock"
+// 	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/backend/v3/storage/database/repository"
+// )
+
+// func TestQueryUser(t *testing.T) {
+// 	t.Skip("tests are meant as examples and are not real tests")
+// 	t.Run("User filters", func(t *testing.T) {
+// 		client := dbmock.NewMockClient(gomock.NewController(t))
+
+// 		user := repository.UserRepository(client)
+// 		u, err := user.Get(context.Background(),
+// 			database.WithCondition(
+// 				database.And(
+// 					database.Or(
+// 						user.IDCondition("test"),
+// 						user.IDCondition("2"),
+// 					),
+// 					user.UsernameCondition(database.TextOperationStartsWithIgnoreCase, "test"),
+// 				),
+// 			),
+// 			database.WithOrderBy(user.CreatedAtColumn()),
+// 		)
+
+// 		assert.NoError(t, err)
+// 		assert.NotNil(t, u)
+// 	})
+
+// 	t.Run("machine and human filters", func(t *testing.T) {
+// 		client := dbmock.NewMockClient(gomock.NewController(t))
+
+// 		user := repository.UserRepository(client)
+// 		machine := user.Machine()
+// 		human := user.Human()
+// 		email, err := human.GetEmail(context.Background(), database.And(
+// 			user.UsernameCondition(database.TextOperationStartsWithIgnoreCase, "test"),
+// 			database.Or(
+// 				machine.DescriptionCondition(database.TextOperationStartsWithIgnoreCase, "test"),
+// 				human.EmailVerifiedCondition(true),
+// 				database.IsNotNull(machine.DescriptionColumn()),
+// 			),
+// 		))
+
+// 		assert.NoError(t, err)
+// 		assert.NotNil(t, email)
+// 	})
+// }
+
+// type dbInstruction string
+
+// func TestArg(t *testing.T) {
+// 	var bla any = "asdf"
+// 	instr, ok := bla.(dbInstruction)
+// 	assert.False(t, ok)
+// 	assert.Empty(t, instr)
+// 	bla = dbInstruction("asdf")
+// 	instr, ok = bla.(dbInstruction)
+// 	assert.True(t, ok)
+// 	assert.Equal(t, instr, dbInstruction("asdf"))
+// }
+
+=======
+// 	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/backend/v3/storage/database"
+// 	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/backend/v3/storage/database/dbmock"
+// 	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/backend/v3/storage/database/repository"
+// 	"go.uber.org/mock/gomock"
+// )
+
+// func TestQueryUser(t *testing.T) {
+// 	t.Skip("tests are meant as examples and are not real tests")
+// 	t.Run("User filters", func(t *testing.T) {
+// 		client := dbmock.NewMockClient(gomock.NewController(t))
+
+// 		user := repository.UserRepository(client)
+// 		u, err := user.Get(context.Background(),
+// 			database.WithCondition(
+// 				database.And(
+// 					database.Or(
+// 						user.IDCondition("test"),
+// 						user.IDCondition("2"),
+// 					),
+// 					user.UsernameCondition(database.TextOperationStartsWithIgnoreCase, "test"),
+// 				),
+// 			),
+// 			database.WithOrderBy(user.CreatedAtColumn()),
+// 		)
+
+// 		assert.NoError(t, err)
+// 		assert.NotNil(t, u)
+// 	})
+
+// 	t.Run("machine and human filters", func(t *testing.T) {
+// 		client := dbmock.NewMockClient(gomock.NewController(t))
+
+// 		user := repository.UserRepository(client)
+// 		machine := user.Machine()
+// 		human := user.Human()
+// 		email, err := human.GetEmail(context.Background(), database.And(
+// 			user.UsernameCondition(database.TextOperationStartsWithIgnoreCase, "test"),
+// 			database.Or(
+// 				machine.DescriptionCondition(database.TextOperationStartsWithIgnoreCase, "test"),
+// 				human.EmailVerifiedCondition(true),
+// 				database.IsNotNull(machine.DescriptionColumn()),
+// 			),
+// 		))
+
+// 		assert.NoError(t, err)
+// 		assert.NotNil(t, email)
+// 	})
+// }
+
+// type dbInstruction string
+
+// func TestArg(t *testing.T) {
+// 	var bla any = "asdf"
+// 	instr, ok := bla.(dbInstruction)
+// 	assert.False(t, ok)
+// 	assert.Empty(t, instr)
+// 	bla = dbInstruction("asdf")
+// 	instr, ok = bla.(dbInstruction)
+// 	assert.True(t, ok)
+// 	assert.Equal(t, instr, dbInstruction("asdf"))
+// }
+
+>>>>>>> clean-transactional-propsal
+// func TestWriteUser(t *testing.T) {
+// 	t.Skip("tests are meant as examples and are not real tests")
+// 	t.Run("update user", func(t *testing.T) {
+// 		user := repository.UserRepository(nil)
+// 		user.Human().Update(context.Background(), user.IDCondition("test"), user.SetUsername("test"))
+// 	})
+// }