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Durable Execution
A runtime guarantee that a workflow runs to completion even if the process running it crashes, restarts, or waits for days.
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A runtime guarantee that a workflow runs to completion even if the process running it crashes, restarts, or waits for days. Systems like Temporal record each step in an event history. When a worker fails, a new worker replays that history to rebuild the workflow's state and picks up where it stopped. For agents, this means a long run can survive a crash in the middle of a tool call, or pause for human approval, without losing progress or starting over.
Primary source: docs.temporal.io
Example
Systems like Temporal record each step in an event history.
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What is Durable Execution?
A runtime guarantee that a workflow runs to completion even if the process running it crashes, restarts, or waits for days.
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Durable Execution sits in the AI Development part of the AI stack. Understanding it helps you make better decisions when building, debugging, and shipping AI features.
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