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Process builder: multiple actions in a single schedule container considered a single transaction?

No, your scheduled actions will not each get a transaction to themselves. They are likely to be grouped together with each other, with other scheduled actions from different runs of the same process, ...
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Do Process Builder Scheduled Actions re-evaluate the criteria before firing?

Scheduled actions whose criteria are no longer valid prior to their scheduled execution time are removed from the queue, provided the Process is executed on both creation and editing of the record. ...
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2 scheduled actions from 2 versions of the same process builder

What you note is expected to happen so there's no known issue. The actions will be completed as specified in the version of the PB that was active when the flow interview record was created. In other ...
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Will remaining scheduled action fail if an earlier scheduled action fails?

Yes, each scheduled action time is a separate transaction, and can pass/fail independently of any other.
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Scheduled Action not firing in Process Builder on Create

After working with Salesforce Support, the conclusion is that what I noted is buggy or unpredictable and there's a critical update to stabilize this behavior that will make it so you can not use a ...
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Process builder are scheduled actions independent?

Dependency of scheduled action is based on the criteria on which you are scheduling the action. According to the configuration of your use case, all are independent. For more information, refer How ...
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Best to avoid Scheduled Actions in Process Builder?

You should not avoid Process Builder. Workflow rules are "deprecated" (in the sense that Salesforce recommends that you should not use them). For example, the Workflow help topic says: TIP Whenever ...
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How to trigger time dependent actions on Flows within an "if else if" logic?

You have your logic backwards. Start with a Decision node, add your Conditions, then for each branch, you can specify Pauses. Note that you need an Autolaunched Flow for Pause elements, but you should ...
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Process builder: multiple actions in a single schedule container considered a single transaction?

A transaction starts when an action starts, be it a top-level Apex method is called, an API endpoint is called, an asynchronous code block starts, etc, and does not end until the top-level request is ...
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How to trigger time dependent actions on Flows within an "if else if" logic?

Use entry criteria with separate Record Triggered Flows and Scheduled Paths! Record Triggered Flow 1 Entry Criteria: Condition A Scheduled Path 24 hours after X Date Action Z Record Triggered ...
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Custom Notification now showing in production

This is a feature that is new in Summer 19. When your production org is upgraded, you'll be able to use this feature in production.
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Best to avoid Scheduled Actions in Process Builder?

We use an InvocableMethod in our Scheduled Action Process Builder. This allows us to check that the criteria is still true.
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Should a scheduled action execute with criteria DateTime in the past greater than NOW()+2

From my experiments, it appears that Process Builder only checks the criteria during a create/edit, but not before executing actions. In other words, if the last edit was successful in placing or ...
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