Techniques for using commit coalescing when performing micro-journal-based transaction logging are provided. In one embodiment a computer system can maintain, in a volatile memory, a globally ascending identifier, a first list of free micro-journals, and a second list of in-flight micro-journals. The computer system can further receive a transaction comprising a plurality of modifications to data or metadata stored in the byte-addressable persistent memory, select a micro-journal from the first list, obtain a lock on the globally ascending identifier, write a current value of the globally ascending identifier as a journal commit identifier into a header of the micro-journal, and write journal entries into the micro-journal corresponding to the plurality of modifications included in the transaction. The computer system can then commit the micro-journal to the byte-addressable persistent memory, increment the current value of the globally ascending identifier, and release the lock.