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Managing very long-running Workflows with Temporal

Jan 25, 2024
Managing very long-running Workflows with Temporal
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This post introduces the concept of 'Entity Workflows' for managing very long-running or indefinite processes. It details the 'Continue-As-New' mechanism as a solution to Temporal's Event History limits (50K Events/50MB) for these workflows, explaining its mechanics and considerations such as input design and signal draining. It also briefly mentions the interaction patterns for long-running workflows via Signals and Queries, and the necessity of Workflow Versioning for updates.

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