Why your platform control plane belongs on Temporal

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This post introduces the application of Temporal's Durable Execution to platform control planes. It explains how Workflows can manage the entire lifecycle of infrastructure (creation, monitoring, upgrading, modification, decommissioning), eliminating orphaned states and manual cleanup. It highlights the use of Temporal for scheduled and reliable automation, replacing fragile cron jobs with resilient Workflows that offer out-of-the-box retries, timeouts, and deep observability. The post also details how Temporal enables true self-service by supporting long-running execution and human-in-the-loop patterns via Queries and Signals, allowing for safe exposure of complex infrastructure operations to internal customers.