Why your platform control plane belongs on Temporal

This post introduces the application of Temporal's Durable Execution to platform control planes. It details how Workflows can manage the entire infrastructure lifecycle (creation, monitoring, upgrading, modification, decommissioning) by providing a durable, multi-step, human-in-the-loop execution layer. It highlights how Temporal's ability to pause and replay Event History on worker recovery eliminates inconsistent or orphaned states. The post also explains how Temporal makes scheduled automation robust with out-of-the-box retries, timeouts, and observability, and enables true self-service by supporting long-running execution and human-in-the-loop patterns via Temporal Queries and Signals.