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Durable Execution
Running a multi-step workflow so that it survives process crashes, restarts, and long waits (for a human, for an external system) without losing progress. Implemented with checkpointing and a workflow engine.
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All matching postsDurable Execution for Agents: Checkpointing, Resume, and Human-in-the-Loop
A five-step agent that crashes at step four should resume at step four, not start over. Here is what durable execution means for agents, two ways to get it (graph checkpointing and workflow engines), and why a human approval should be a saved state rather than a blocking prompt.
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