Glossary

Short Dex vocabulary. Prefer these terms over legacy Workflow/State names.

Durable typed variable on a Flow (optionally indexed for search).

Durable message pipe for external or internal communication.

A wait unit (timer, channel, combinations) returned from WaitFor.

Start a fresh run carrying state forward so history stays bounded.

Homebrew-installed CLI that runs local Temporal + Dex Server + Dex Web.

Step method that runs after WaitFor completes (or immediately if there is no wait).

Top-level durable program: Steps, Attributes, Channels, and RPCs.

Application-assigned identity for a Flow execution.

Client API to call a Flow RPC handler on the Worker.

Serializing access to Attributes for Steps/RPCs.

Decision to go to another Step (or complete/fail).

Create a new Flow execution from an earlier Step after a fix.

Worker handler for external read/write against a running Flow.

Engine-assigned ID for a backend run attempt within a Flow execution.

Unit of durable control flow with optional WaitFor + Execute.

One invocation instance of a Step type (step_type + number).

Durable sleep condition that resumes a waiting Step.

Step method that registers durable wait Conditions before Execute.

Process hosting Flow definitions and handling WaitFor/Execute/RPC.