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Long-running workflows

Backend work that outlives a single request or process, usually handled with queues, workers and durable execution engines that can resume after a restart or failure.

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The gateway returns 504 while the agent keeps spending tokens

A dev.to walkthrough argues long agent runs need their own run resource, durable state and idempotency keys. Its own sample handler shows how easily the dedupe key gets minted server-side and stops working.

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Reality

Evidence42
Adoption
Insufficient
Hype gap+15
Incentives25
Confidence55