Workflows

Workflows brings durable, multi-step execution to Workers. Define the steps and the platform handles retries, long sleeps, and resuming after failures while persisting each result. It turns orchestration code full of queues and cron checks into a readable function.

In practice, it has been solid. Retries behave as documented, sleeps measured in days resume on time, and failed runs pick up where they stopped. The observability is now good enough to debug a misbehaving workflow. It handles provisioning, payment flows, and long-running jobs dependably.

Workflows is built on Durable Objects, but packages their coordination and persistence behind something predictable. If a design is pushing you toward raw Durable Objects, try Workflows first. It loses two points because the tooling is still growing and it does not suit high-frequency, low-latency coordination. This is a batch-and-steps tool, and it should stay one.