https://agent-zone.ai/skills/workflow-compensation/Recent content in Workflow-Compensation on Agent ZoneHugoen-usSun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://agent-zone.ai/knowledge/workflow-orchestration/temporal-container-lifecycle-workflow/Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://agent-zone.ai/knowledge/workflow-orchestration/temporal-container-lifecycle-workflow/<h1 id="container-lifecycle-workflow">Container Lifecycle Workflow<a class="anchor" href="#container-lifecycle-workflow">#</a></h1> <p>This article builds a complete Temporal workflow that manages Docker container lifecycle operations: inspect a container, stop it if running, create a snapshot (commit), and handle failures by restarting the container. It demonstrates every pattern from <a href="../temporal-multi-stage-workflows/">Multi-Stage Temporal Workflows</a> in a concrete, runnable example.</p> <p>The full source is in the <a href="https://github.com/statherm/temporal-examples">companion repo</a> under <code>container-lifecycle/</code>.</p> <h2 id="the-use-case">The Use Case<a class="anchor" href="#the-use-case">#</a></h2> <p>You need to automate container maintenance: take a snapshot of a running container for backup or migration purposes. The sequence is:</p>