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Apr 12, 2026 · Backend Development

Make Agents Survive Crashes and Restarts: Building a Persistent Task Engine with Durable Execution

The article explains how durable execution, exemplified by Temporal’s Workflow and Activity model, transforms long‑running Agent tasks—such as refund approvals that involve human sign‑off, external APIs, and overnight processing—into recoverable, auditable pipelines that survive crashes, restarts, and timeouts.