Beyond Background Jobs: Building Durable Workflows with Temporal and .NET 10

Description and use

The article shows how to replace a sequential function call chain in ASP.NET Core with a durable Temporal workflow, providing resilience to failures and retry capabilities.

Problem

Handling failures, retries, and long‑running steps in a .NET order‑processing pipeline is complex and error‑prone.

Outcome

The example demonstrates how Temporal turns a fragile sequential method into a durable, retryable workflow that can survive crashes and external delays.

Workflow

• Create ASP.NET Core project
• Add Temporal .NET SDK
• Define OrderRequest model
• Implement activities (ChargePaymentAsync, RequestManagerApprovalAsync, SendEmailAsync)
• Define workflow logic with conditional manager approval
• Register worker and start Temporal server

Evidence

Temporal is a durable workflow execution platform that helps applications reliably execute long-running and failure-prone workflows.

Source

Create a new ASP.NET Core application: dotnet new web -n TemporalDemo

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dotnet add package Temporalio

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