Diagnostic error: Database.batch() can only be called from inside of an Action, but documentation says this should be possible

I’m getting the following error when trying to call batch on a database directly:

Diagnostic error: Database.batch() can only be called from inside of an Action. See docs for more details.

However, in the docs it says that batch can be called outside of an Action:

Call await this.batch in the Action (outside of actions, you can also call .batch() on the Database object)

[radex]

No. All database write operations (batch, create, update, delete) must be wrapped in an action. And you can make an action in two ways: explicitly using database.action() block or by marking a function using @action decorator

[igorcaldeira]

same question here. kinda confusing by the way it’s wrote! it would be cool unmark the “wontfix” and have a look 😃 edit: thanks stale bot, hehe