How long until an Ethereum transaction achieves finality?

Under Proof of Stake, transactions are included within ~12 seconds. Deterministic finality (Casper FFG) is reached after two full epochs, which takes roughly 12.8 minutes.

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Ethereum Transaction FAQ

A reverted status indicates the smart contract execution failed (due to slippage exceeding limits, insufficient allowance, require statement failure, or out of gas). The state changes are undone, but the gas fees paid to execute up to the failure point are permanently consumed by validators.