diff --git a/controllers/exclude_processes.go b/controllers/exclude_processes.go
index a1bee20f..70b3bd18 100644
--- a/controllers/exclude_processes.go
+++ b/controllers/exclude_processes.go
@@ -113,6 +113,13 @@ func (e excludeProcesses) reconcile(ctx context.Context, r *FoundationDBClusterR
 		return &requeue{curError: err, delayedRequeue: true}
 	}
 
+	// transactionSystemExclusionAllowed will keep track if the exclusion is allowed and if the operator is allowed to
+	// exclude processes from the transaction system. If multiple processes from different processes classes that are part
+	// of the transaction system should be excluded, the operator will expect that the exclusion is allowed for all
+	// transaction system processes. The idea here is to reduce the number of recoveries during transaction system
+	// migrations as the stateless pods are often created much faster than the log pod as the stateless pods don't have
+	// to wait for the storage provisioning.
+	transactionSystemExclusionAllowed := true
 	desiredProcessesMap := desiredProcesses.Map()
 	for processClass := range fdbProcessesToExcludeByClass {
 		contextLogger := logger.WithValues("processClass", processClass)
@@ -120,7 +127,11 @@ func (e excludeProcesses) reconcile(ctx context.Context, r *FoundationDBClusterR
 		processesToExclude := fdbProcessesToExcludeByClass[processClass]
 
 		allowedExclusions, missingProcesses := getAllowedExclusionsAndMissingProcesses(contextLogger, cluster, processClass, desiredProcessesMap[processClass], ongoingExclusions, r.InSimulation)
+		// TODO (johscheuer): Should we also batch exclusions for storage servers? Those should be rare compared to replacements in the transaction system.
 		if allowedExclusions <= 0 {
+			if processClass.IsTransaction() {
+				transactionSystemExclusionAllowed = false
+			}
 			contextLogger.Info("Waiting for missing processes before continuing with the exclusion", "missingProcesses", missingProcesses, "addressesToExclude", processesToExclude, "allowedExclusions", allowedExclusions, "ongoingExclusions", ongoingExclusions)
 			continue
 		}
@@ -134,7 +145,7 @@ func (e excludeProcesses) reconcile(ctx context.Context, r *FoundationDBClusterR
 			allowedExclusions = len(processesToExclude)
 		}
 
-		// TODO: As a next step we could exclude transaction (log + stateless) processes together and exclude
+		// TODO (johscheuer): As a next step we could exclude transaction (log + stateless) processes together and exclude
 		// storage processes with a separate call. This would make sure that no storage checks will block
 		// the exclusion of transaction processes.
 
@@ -149,6 +160,15 @@ func (e excludeProcesses) reconcile(ctx context.Context, r *FoundationDBClusterR
 		}
 	}
 
+	// In case that there are processes from different transaction process classes, we expect that the operator is allowed
+	// to exclude processes from all the different process classes. If not the operator will delay the exclusion.
+	if !transactionSystemExclusionAllowed {
+		return &requeue{
+			message:        "more exclusions needed but not allowed, have to wait until new processes for the transaction system are up to reduce number of recoveries.",
+			delayedRequeue: true,
+		}
+	}
+
 	var coordinatorExcluded bool
 	for _, excludeProcess := range fdbProcessesToExclude {
 		excludeString := excludeProcess.String()
diff --git a/controllers/exclude_processes_test.go b/controllers/exclude_processes_test.go
index d4910237..bb59b37c 100644
--- a/controllers/exclude_processes_test.go
+++ b/controllers/exclude_processes_test.go
@@ -830,6 +830,97 @@ var _ = Describe("exclude_processes", func() {
 				})
 			})
 		})
+
+		When("transaction system processes should be excluded", func() {
+			When("a stateless and a log process should be excluded", func() {
+				BeforeEach(func() {
+					var pickedStateless, pickedLog bool
+
+					_, processGroupIDs, err := cluster.GetCurrentProcessGroupsAndProcessCounts()
+					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+					cluster.Status.ProcessGroups = append(cluster.Status.ProcessGroups, fdbv1beta2.NewProcessGroupStatus(cluster.GetNextRandomProcessGroupID(fdbv1beta2.ProcessClassLog, processGroupIDs[fdbv1beta2.ProcessClassLog]), fdbv1beta2.ProcessClassLog, nil))
+					cluster.Status.ProcessGroups[len(cluster.Status.ProcessGroups)-1].ProcessGroupConditions = nil
+					cluster.Status.ProcessGroups = append(cluster.Status.ProcessGroups, fdbv1beta2.NewProcessGroupStatus(cluster.GetNextRandomProcessGroupID(fdbv1beta2.ProcessClassStateless, processGroupIDs[fdbv1beta2.ProcessClassStateless]), fdbv1beta2.ProcessClassStateless, nil))
+					cluster.Status.ProcessGroups[len(cluster.Status.ProcessGroups)-1].ProcessGroupConditions = nil
+
+					markedForRemoval := make([]fdbv1beta2.ProcessGroupID, 0, 2)
+					for _, processGroup := range cluster.Status.ProcessGroups {
+						if !processGroup.ProcessClass.IsTransaction() || processGroup.ProcessClass == fdbv1beta2.ProcessClassClusterController {
+							continue
+						}
+
+						if pickedLog && pickedStateless {
+							break
+						}
+
+						if !processGroup.ProcessClass.IsLogProcess() {
+							if pickedStateless {
+								continue
+							}
+							pickedStateless = true
+						}
+
+						if processGroup.ProcessClass.IsLogProcess() {
+							if pickedLog {
+								continue
+							}
+							pickedLog = true
+						}
+
+						processGroup.MarkForRemoval()
+						markedForRemoval = append(markedForRemoval, processGroup.ProcessGroupID)
+					}
+
+					Expect(markedForRemoval).To(HaveLen(2))
+				})
+
+				When("no processes are missing", func() {
+					It("should exclude the process", func() {
+						adminClient, err := mock.NewMockAdminClientUncast(cluster, k8sClient)
+						Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+						Expect(req).To(BeNil())
+						Expect(adminClient.ExcludedAddresses).To(HaveLen(2))
+					})
+				})
+
+				When("a transaction process is missing", func() {
+					var missingProcssGroup *fdbv1beta2.ProcessGroupStatus
+
+					BeforeEach(func() {
+						_, processGroupIDs, err := cluster.GetCurrentProcessGroupsAndProcessCounts()
+						Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+						missingProcssGroup = fdbv1beta2.NewProcessGroupStatus(cluster.GetNextRandomProcessGroupID(fdbv1beta2.ProcessClassLog, processGroupIDs[fdbv1beta2.ProcessClassLog]), fdbv1beta2.ProcessClassLog, nil)
+						cluster.Status.ProcessGroups = append(cluster.Status.ProcessGroups, missingProcssGroup)
+						// We have to set InSimulation here to false, otherwise the MissingProcess timestamp will be ignored.
+						clusterReconciler.InSimulation = false
+					})
+
+					It("should not exclude the process", func() {
+						adminClient, err := mock.NewMockAdminClientUncast(cluster, k8sClient)
+						Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+						Expect(req).NotTo(BeNil())
+						Expect(adminClient.ExcludedAddresses).To(BeEmpty())
+					})
+
+					When("the transaction process is missing for more than 10 minutes", func() {
+						BeforeEach(func() {
+							missingProcssGroup.ProcessGroupConditions[0].Timestamp = time.Now().Add(-10 * time.Minute).Unix()
+						})
+
+						It("should exclude the process", func() {
+							adminClient, err := mock.NewMockAdminClientUncast(cluster, k8sClient)
+							Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+							Expect(req).To(BeNil())
+							Expect(adminClient.ExcludedAddresses).To(HaveLen(2))
+						})
+					})
+				})
+			})
+		})
 	})
 })