diff --git a/src/arcadedb/core.py b/src/arcadedb/core.py
index e4c13f3..08fb8e1 100644
--- a/src/arcadedb/core.py
+++ b/src/arcadedb/core.py
@@ -2465,8 +2465,10 @@ def open(self, read_only: bool = False) -> Database:
             read_only: Open in ``ComponentFile.MODE.READ_ONLY``. Reads, queries
                 and scans work; every write and schema change raises
                 ``ArcadeDBError``. ``begin()`` does not raise: the first write
-                does, and so does the commit. Use it to inspect a database that
-                must not change, such as a backup restored for audit.
+                does. From ArcadeDB 26.11.1 a read-only transaction commits or
+                rolls back without error; engines before that raise the
+                read-only error on ``commit()``. Use it to inspect a database
+                that must not change, such as a backup restored for audit.
         """
         try:
             if read_only:
@@ -2516,8 +2518,10 @@ def open_database(
         path: Database path
         jvm_kwargs: Optional JVM args passed to start_jvm()
             Example: {"heap_size": "8g"}
-        read_only: Open the database read-only. Writes, schema changes and
-            transactions raise ``ArcadeDBError``.
+        read_only: Open the database read-only. Writes and schema changes raise
+            ``ArcadeDBError``. ``begin()`` does not raise, and from ArcadeDB
+            26.11.1 a read-only transaction commits or rolls back without
+            error (writes inside it still raise).
 
     Example:
         >>> db = arcadedb.open_database("./mydb", read_only=True)
diff --git a/tests/test_open_read_only.py b/tests/test_open_read_only.py
index 2dec928..b649519 100644
--- a/tests/test_open_read_only.py
+++ b/tests/test_open_read_only.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 statement (see `test_sql_constraints_and_maintenance.py`).
 """
 
+import re
+
 import pytest
 
 import arcadedb
@@ -43,21 +45,52 @@ def test_read_only_open_reads_and_refuses_writes(populated_path):
         assert not db.schema.exists_type("Other")
 
 
-def test_read_only_begin_is_not_refused_the_write_and_the_commit_are(populated_path):
-    """begin() returns on a read-only database; the first write raises, and so does the commit
-    (the engine starts the transaction then). A write through Document.save() is an
-    ArcadeDBError like the rest of the API. Reads need no transaction."""
+def _end_read_only_transaction(db, end):
+    """Call `end` (db.commit or db.rollback) on a read-only transaction.
+
+    From 26.11.1 (ArcadeDB PR #11124, issue #11057) it returns and no transaction is
+    active afterwards. Engines before that refuse with the read-only error ("Cannot begin
+    a transaction on a read only database") and leave the transaction active, and a
+    rollback after the refused commit is refused the same way, so there is nothing to
+    clean up and no state to assert beyond the unchanged data. The 26.11.1-SNAPSHOT line
+    spans both behaviours, so a version check cannot tell them apart: accept either.
+    """
+    try:
+        end()
+    except ArcadeDBError as e:
+        assert re.search(r"(?i)read.?only", str(e)), str(e)
+        return False
+    assert not db.is_transaction_active()
+    return True
+
+
+def test_read_only_begin_reads_and_the_write_is_refused_the_commit_is_either(
+    populated_path,
+):
+    """begin() returns on a read-only database; a write through Document.save() raises an
+    ArcadeDBError like the rest of the API, and reads need no transaction. commit() of
+    that read-only transaction returns on engines from 26.11.1 and raises the read-only
+    error before (see `_end_read_only_transaction`)."""
     with arcadedb.open_database(populated_path, read_only=True) as db:
         db.begin()  # not refused
         assert db.count_type("Note") == 2
         with pytest.raises(ArcadeDBError, match="(?i)read.?only"):
             db.new_document("Note").set("n", 3).save()
-        with pytest.raises(ArcadeDBError, match="(?i)read.?only"):
-            db.commit()
+        _end_read_only_transaction(db, db.commit)
         assert db.count_type("Note") == 2
         assert db.query("sql", "SELECT n FROM Note").to_list()
 
 
+def test_read_only_rollback_of_a_read_transaction(populated_path):
+    """rollback() of a read-only transaction returns on engines from 26.11.1 and raises
+    the read-only error before; the data is unchanged either way."""
+    with arcadedb.open_database(populated_path, read_only=True) as db:
+        db.begin()
+        assert db.count_type("Note") == 2
+        _end_read_only_transaction(db, db.rollback)
+        assert db.count_type("Note") == 2
+
+
 def test_factory_open_read_only_and_default_is_writable(populated_path):
     factory = arcadedb.DatabaseFactory(populated_path)