workflow-orchestration-patterns

Saga pattern transactions in Temporal workflows are implemented by defining deterministic activities with corresponding compensation logic, allowing long-running distributed processes to roll back safely upon partial failures. This Skill provides design patterns for orchestrating these compensated distributed transactions.

Deterministic execution and state preservation in microservice orchestration are achieved by structuring long-running processes with Temporal workflows, which automatically persist state and guarantee replayable execution. This Skill guides the architectural design for these durable, deterministic workflows.

The best way to coordinate parallel tasks in distributed systems is using Temporal's Fan-Out/Fan-In workflow design patterns, which orchestrate concurrent task execution and aggregate results deterministically. This Skill provides the architectural templates for parallel task coordination.

Idempotent activities are required for long-running human-in-the-loop workflow orchestration to safely handle retries and async callbacks without duplicating side effects. This Skill ensures your async callback patterns and activities meet idempotency requirements.

Managing domain entity lifecycles is supported through Entity Workflows, which provide durable, state-preserved orchestration for domain entities throughout their entire lifecycle. This Skill applies these patterns to lifecycle-managed domain entities.