According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor and a memory on which is stored machine readable instructions that are to cause the processor to receive, from a first node, a client request and a response corresponding to the processed client request, in which the first node is configured to generate the response by processing the client request on a service and processed client request is configured to change a state of the service. The instructions are also to cause the processor to receive, from the first node, a response corresponding to the received request, generate an entry including the received request and response, commit the generated entry into a journal, and send an acknowledgement of the received request and response to the first node after the generated entry is committed into the journal.