Learn how to use the Temporal workflow engine with Spring Boot.

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Temporal is a workflow engine that enables resilient, deterministic execution of business processes. The Spring Boot integration simplifies setup through automatic workflow and activity registration, declarative worker queue configuration, and auto-configured WorkflowClient beans. The tutorial demonstrates building an order processing workflow with parallel execution, external event handling, timeouts, and failure recovery. Key implementation patterns include using Async.function() for parallel branches, Workflow.await() for blocking on conditions, and signal/query methods for external interaction. The integration supports easy switching between local development, in-memory testing, and production environments through configuration properties.

Temporal Workflow Engine with Spring Boot

3. Temporal’s Spring Boot Integration Overview

9. Signal and Query Methods Implementation