Cloudflare Workflows

Status: Production Ready ✅ (GA since April 2025) Last Updated: 2026-01-09 Dependencies: cloudflare-worker-base (for Worker setup) Latest Versions: wrangler@4.58.0, @cloudflare/workers-types@4.20260109.0

Recent Updates (2025):

• April 2025: Workflows GA release - waitForEvent API, Vitest testing, CPU time metrics, 4,500 concurrent instances
• October 2025: Instance creation rate 10x faster (100/sec), concurrency increased to 10,000
• 2025 Limits: Max steps 1,024, state persistence 1MB/step (100MB-1GB per instance), event payloads 1MB, CPU time 5 min max
• Testing: cloudflare:test module with introspectWorkflowInstance, disableSleeps, mockStepResult, mockEvent modifiers
• Platform: Waiting instances don't count toward concurrency, retention 3-30 days, subrequests 50-1,000

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Quick Start (5 Minutes)

# 1. Scaffold project
npm create cloudflare@latest my-workflow -- --template cloudflare/workflows-starter --git --deploy false
cd my-workflow

# 2. Configure wrangler.jsonc
{
  "name": "my-workflow",
  "main": "src/index.ts",
  "compatibility_date": "2025-11-25",
  "workflows": [{
    "name": "my-workflow",
    "binding": "MY_WORKFLOW",
    "class_name": "MyWorkflow"
  }]
}

# 3. Create workflow (src/index.ts)
import { WorkflowEntrypoint, WorkflowStep, WorkflowEvent } from 'cloudflare:workers';

export class MyWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint<Env, Params> {
  async run(event: WorkflowEvent<Params>, step: WorkflowStep) {
    const result = await step.do('process', async () => { /* work */ });
    await step.sleep('wait', '1 hour');
    await step.do('continue', async () => { /* more work */ });
  }
}

# 4. Deploy and test
npm run deploy
npx wrangler workflows instances list my-workflow

CRITICAL: Extends

WorkflowEntrypoint

, implements

run()

with

step

methods, bindings in wrangler.jsonc

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Known Issues Prevention

This skill prevents 12 documented errors with Cloudflare Workflows.

Issue #1: waitForEvent Skips Events After Timeout in Local Dev

Error: Events sent after a

waitForEvent()

timeout are ignored in subsequent

waitForEvent()

calls Environment: Local development (

wrangler dev

) only - works correctly in production Source: GitHub Issue #11740

Why It Happens: Bug in miniflare that was fixed in production (May 2025) but not ported to local emulator. After a timeout, the event queue becomes corrupted for that instance.

Prevention:

• Test waitForEvent timeout scenarios in production/staging, not local dev
• Avoid chaining multiple

  waitForEvent()

  calls where timeouts are expected

Example of Bug:

export class MyWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint<Env, Params> {
  async run(event: WorkflowEvent<Params>, step: WorkflowStep) {
    for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
      try {
        const evt = await step.waitForEvent(`wait-${i}`, {
          type: 'user-action',
          timeout: '5 seconds'
        });
        console.log(`Iteration ${i}: Received event`);
      } catch {
        console.log(`Iteration ${i}: Timeout`);
      }
    }
  }
}
// In wrangler dev:
// - Iteration 1: ✅ receives event
// - Iteration 2: ⏱️ times out (expected)
// - Iteration 3: ❌ does not receive event (BUG - event is sent but ignored)

Status: Known bug, fix pending for miniflare.

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Issue #2: getPlatformProxy() Fails With Workflow Bindings

Error:

MiniflareCoreError [ERR_RUNTIME_FAILURE]: The Workers runtime failed to start

Message: Worker's binding refers to service with named entrypoint, but service has no such entrypoint Source: GitHub Issue #9402

Why It Happens:

getPlatformProxy()

from

wrangler

package doesn't support Workflow bindings (similar to how it handles Durable Objects). This blocks Next.js integration and local CLI scripts.

Prevention:

• Option 1: Comment out workflow bindings when using

  getPlatformProxy()

• Option 2: Create separate

  wrangler.cli.jsonc

  without workflows for CLI scripts
• Option 3: Access workflow bindings directly via deployed worker, not proxy

// Workaround: Separate config for CLI scripts
// wrangler.cli.jsonc (no workflows)
{
  "name": "my-worker",
  "main": "src/index.ts",
  "compatibility_date": "2025-01-20"
  // workflows commented out
}

// Use in script:
import { getPlatformProxy } from 'wrangler';
const { env } = await getPlatformProxy({ configPath: './wrangler.cli.jsonc' });

Status: Known limitation, fix planned (filter workflows similar to DOs).

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Issue #3: Workflow Instance Lost After Immediate Redirect (Local Dev)

Error: Instance ID returned but

instance.not_found

when queried Environment: Local development (

wrangler dev

) only - works correctly in production Source: GitHub Issue #10806

Why It Happens: Returning a redirect immediately after

workflow.create()

causes request to "soft abort" before workflow initialization completes (single-threaded execution in dev).

Prevention: Use

ctx.waitUntil()

to ensure workflow initialization completes before redirect:

export default {
  async fetch(req: Request, env: Env, ctx: ExecutionContext): Promise<Response> {
    const workflow = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.create({ params: { userId: '123' } });

    // ✅ Ensure workflow initialization completes
    ctx.waitUntil(workflow.status());

    return Response.redirect('/dashboard', 302);
  }
};

Status: Fixed in recent wrangler versions (post-Sept 2025), but workaround still recommended for compatibility.

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Issue #4: Vitest Tests Unreliable in CI Environments

Error:

[vitest-worker]: Timeout calling "resolveId"

Environment: CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, GitHub Actions) - works locally Source: GitHub Issue #10600

Why It Happens:

@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers

has resource constraint issues in CI containers, affecting workflow tests more than other worker types.

Prevention:

1. Increase

   testTimeout

   in vitest config:

   export default defineWorkersConfig({
     test: {
       testTimeout: 60_000 // Default: 5000ms
     }
   });
   

2. Check CI resource limits (CPU/memory)
3. Use

   isolatedStorage: false

   if not testing storage isolation
4. Consider testing against deployed instances instead of vitest for critical workflows

Status: Known issue, investigating (Internal: WOR-945).

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Issue #5: Instance restart() and terminate() Not Implemented in Local Dev

Error:

Error: Not implemented yet

when calling

instance.restart()

or

instance.terminate()

Environment: Local development (

wrangler dev

) only - works in production Source: GitHub Issue #11312

Why It Happens: Instance management APIs not yet implemented in miniflare. Additionally, instance status shows

running

even when workflow is sleeping.

Prevention: Test instance lifecycle management (pause/resume/terminate) in production or staging environment until local dev support is added.

const instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.get(instanceId);

// ❌ Fails in wrangler dev
await instance.restart();    // Error: Not implemented yet
await instance.terminate();  // Error: Not implemented yet

// ✅ Works in production

Status: Known limitation, no timeline for local dev support.

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Issue #6: I/O Must Be Inside step.do() Callbacks

Error:

"Cannot perform I/O on behalf of a different request"

Source: Cloudflare runtime behavior

Why It Happens: Trying to use I/O objects created in one request context from another request handler.

Prevention: Always perform I/O within

step.do()

callbacks:

// ❌ Bad - I/O outside step
const response = await fetch('https://api.example.com/data');
const data = await response.json();

await step.do('use data', async () => {
  return data;  // This will fail!
});

// ✅ Good - I/O inside step
const data = await step.do('fetch data', async () => {
  const response = await fetch('https://api.example.com/data');
  return await response.json();
});

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Issue #7: NonRetryableError Behaves Differently in Dev vs Production

Error: NonRetryableError with empty message causes retries in dev mode but works correctly in production Environment: Development-specific bug Source: GitHub Issue #10113

Why It Happens: Empty error messages are handled differently between miniflare and production runtime.

Prevention: Always provide a message to NonRetryableError:

// ❌ Retries in dev, exits in prod
throw new NonRetryableError('');

// ✅ Exits in both environments
throw new NonRetryableError('Validation failed');

Status: Known issue, workaround documented.

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Issue #8: In-Memory State Lost on Hibernation

Error: Variables declared outside

step.do()

reset to initial values after sleep/hibernation Source: Cloudflare Workflows Rules

Why It Happens: Workflows hibernate when the engine detects no pending work. All in-memory state is lost during hibernation.

Prevention: Only use state returned from

step.do()

- everything else is ephemeral:

// ❌ BAD - In-memory variable lost on hibernation
let counter = 0;
export class MyWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint<Env, Params> {
  async run(event: WorkflowEvent<Params>, step: WorkflowStep) {
    counter = await step.do('increment', async () => counter + 1);
    await step.sleep('wait', '1 hour'); // ← Hibernates here, in-memory state lost
    console.log(counter); // ❌ Will be 0, not 1!
  }
}

// ✅ GOOD - State from step.do() return values persists
export class MyWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint<Env, Params> {
  async run(event: WorkflowEvent<Params>, step: WorkflowStep) {
    const counter = await step.do('increment', async () => 1);
    await step.sleep('wait', '1 hour');
    console.log(counter); // ✅ Still 1
  }
}

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Issue #9: Non-Deterministic Step Names Break Caching

Error: Steps re-run unnecessarily, performance degradation Source: Cloudflare Workflows Rules

Why It Happens: Step names act as cache keys. Using

Date.now()

,

Math.random()

, or other non-deterministic values causes new cache keys every run.

Prevention: Use static, deterministic step names:

// ❌ BAD - Non-deterministic step name
await step.do(`fetch-data-${Date.now()}`, async () => {
  return await fetchExpensiveData();
});
// Every execution creates new cache key → step always re-runs

// ✅ GOOD - Deterministic step name
await step.do('fetch-data', async () => {
  return await fetchExpensiveData();
});
// Same cache key → result reused on restart/retry

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Issue #10: Promise.race/any Outside step.do() Causes Inconsistency

Error: Different promises resolve on restart, inconsistent behavior Source: Cloudflare Workflows Rules

Why It Happens: Non-deterministic operations outside steps run again on restart, potentially with different results.

Prevention: Keep all non-deterministic logic inside

step.do()

:

// ❌ BAD - Race outside step
const fastest = await Promise.race([fetchA(), fetchB()]);
await step.do('use result', async () => fastest);
// On restart: race runs again, different promise might win

// ✅ GOOD - Race inside step
const fastest = await step.do('fetch fastest', async () => {
  return await Promise.race([fetchA(), fetchB()]);
});
// On restart: cached result used, consistent behavior

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Issue #11: Side Effects Repeat on Restart

Error: Duplicate logs, metrics, or operations after workflow restart Source: Cloudflare Workflows Rules

Why It Happens: Code outside

step.do()

executes multiple times if the workflow restarts mid-execution.

Prevention: Put logging, metrics, and other side effects inside

step.do()

:

// ❌ BAD - Side effect outside step
console.log('Workflow started'); // ← Logs multiple times on restart
await step.do('work', async () => { /* work */ });

// ✅ GOOD - Side effects inside step
await step.do('log start', async () => {
  console.log('Workflow started'); // ← Logs once (cached)
});

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Issue #12: Non-Idempotent Operations Can Repeat

Error: Double charges, duplicate database writes after step timeout Source: Cloudflare Workflows Rules

Why It Happens: Steps retry individually. If an API call succeeds but the step times out before returning, the retry will call the API again.

Prevention: Guard non-idempotent operations with existence checks:

// ❌ BAD - Charge customer without check
await step.do('charge', async () => {
  return await stripe.charges.create({ amount: 1000, customer: customerId });
});
// If step times out after charge succeeds, retry charges AGAIN!

// ✅ GOOD - Check for existing charge first
await step.do('charge', async () => {
  const existing = await stripe.charges.list({ customer: customerId, limit: 1 });
  if (existing.data.length > 0) return existing.data[0]; // Idempotent
  return await stripe.charges.create({ amount: 1000, customer: customerId });
});

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Step Methods

step.do() - Execute Work

step.do<T>(name: string, config?: WorkflowStepConfig, callback: () => Promise<T>): Promise<T>

Parameters:

• name

  - Step name (for observability)

• config

  (optional) - Retry configuration (retries, timeout, backoff)

• callback

  - Async function that does the work

Returns: Value from callback (must be serializable)

Example:

const result = await step.do('call API', { retries: { limit: 10, delay: '10s', backoff: 'exponential' }, timeout: '5 min' }, async () => {
  return await fetch('https://api.example.com/data').then(r => r.json());
});

CRITICAL - Serialization:

• ✅ Allowed: string, number, boolean, Array, Object, null
• ❌ Forbidden: Function, Symbol, circular references, undefined
• Throws error if return value isn't JSON serializable

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step.sleep() - Relative Sleep

step.sleep(name: string, duration: WorkflowDuration): Promise<void>

Parameters:

• name

  - Step name

• duration

  - Number (ms) or string:

  "second"

  ,

  "minute"

  ,

  "hour"

  ,

  "day"

  ,

  "week"

  ,

  "month"

  ,

  "year"

  (plural forms accepted)

Examples:

await step.sleep('wait 5 minutes', '5 minutes');
await step.sleep('wait 1 hour', '1 hour');
await step.sleep('wait 2 days', '2 days');
await step.sleep('wait 30 seconds', 30000);  // milliseconds

Note: Resuming workflows take priority over new instances. Sleeps don't count toward step limits.

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step.sleepUntil() - Sleep to Specific Date

step.sleepUntil(name: string, timestamp: Date | number): Promise<void>

Parameters:

• name

  - Step name

• timestamp

  - Date object or UNIX timestamp (milliseconds)

Examples:

await step.sleepUntil('wait for launch', new Date('2025-12-25T00:00:00Z'));
await step.sleepUntil('wait until time', Date.parse('24 Oct 2024 13:00:00 UTC'));

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step.waitForEvent() - Wait for External Event (GA April 2025)

step.waitForEvent<T>(name: string, options: { type: string; timeout?: string | number }): Promise<T>

Parameters:

• name

  - Step name

• options.type

  - Event type to match

• options.timeout

  (optional) - Max wait time (default: 24 hours, max: 30 days)

Returns: Event payload sent via

instance.sendEvent()

Example:

export class PaymentWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint<Env, Params> {
  async run(event: WorkflowEvent<Params>, step: WorkflowStep) {
    await step.do('create payment', async () => { /* Stripe API */ });

    const webhookData = await step.waitForEvent<StripeWebhook>(
      'wait for payment confirmation',
      { type: 'stripe-webhook', timeout: '1 hour' }
    );

    if (webhookData.status === 'succeeded') {
      await step.do('fulfill order', async () => { /* fulfill */ });
    }
  }
}

// Worker sends event to workflow
export default {
  async fetch(req: Request, env: Env): Promise<Response> {
    if (req.url.includes('/webhook/stripe')) {
      const instance = await env.PAYMENT_WORKFLOW.get(instanceId);
      await instance.sendEvent({ type: 'stripe-webhook', payload: await req.json() });
      return new Response('OK');
    }
  }
};

Timeout handling:

try {
  const event = await step.waitForEvent('wait for user', { type: 'user-submitted', timeout: '10 minutes' });
} catch (error) {
  await step.do('send reminder', async () => { /* reminder */ });
}

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WorkflowStepConfig

interface WorkflowStepConfig {
  retries?: {
    limit: number;          // Max attempts (Infinity allowed)
    delay: string | number; // Delay between retries
    backoff?: 'constant' | 'linear' | 'exponential';
  };
  timeout?: string | number; // Max time per attempt
}

Default:

{ retries: { limit: 5, delay: 10000, backoff: 'exponential' }, timeout: '10 minutes' }

Backoff Examples:

// Constant: 30s, 30s, 30s
{ retries: { limit: 3, delay: '30 seconds', backoff: 'constant' } }

// Linear: 1m, 2m, 3m, 4m, 5m
{ retries: { limit: 5, delay: '1 minute', backoff: 'linear' } }

// Exponential (recommended): 10s, 20s, 40s, 80s, 160s
{ retries: { limit: 10, delay: '10 seconds', backoff: 'exponential' }, timeout: '5 minutes' }

// Unlimited retries
{ retries: { limit: Infinity, delay: '1 minute', backoff: 'exponential' } }

// No retries
{ retries: { limit: 0 } }

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Error Handling

NonRetryableError

Force workflow to fail immediately without retrying:

import { WorkflowEntrypoint, WorkflowStep, WorkflowEvent } from 'cloudflare:workers';
import { NonRetryableError } from 'cloudflare:workflows';

export class MyWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint<Env, Params> {
  async run(event: WorkflowEvent<Params>, step: WorkflowStep) {
    await step.do('validate input', async () => {
      if (!event.payload.userId) {
        throw new NonRetryableError('userId is required');
      }

      // Validate user exists
      const user = await this.env.DB.prepare(
        'SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ?'
      ).bind(event.payload.userId).first();

      if (!user) {
        // Terminal error - retrying won't help
        throw new NonRetryableError('User not found');
      }

      return user;
    });
  }
}

When to use NonRetryableError:

• ✅ Authentication/authorization failures
• ✅ Invalid input that won't change
• ✅ Resource doesn't exist (404)
• ✅ Validation errors
• ❌ Network failures (should retry)
• ❌ Rate limits (should retry with backoff)
• ❌ Temporary service outages (should retry)

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Catch Errors to Continue Workflow

Prevent workflow failure by catching optional step errors:

export class MyWorkflow extends WorkflowEntrypoint<Env, Params> {
  async run(event: WorkflowEvent<Params>, step: WorkflowStep) {
    await step.do('process payment', async () => { /* critical */ });

    try {
      await step.do('send email', async () => { /* optional */ });
    } catch (error) {
      await step.do('log failure', async () => {
        await this.env.DB.prepare('INSERT INTO failed_emails VALUES (?, ?)').bind(event.payload.userId, error.message).run();
      });
    }

    await step.do('update status', async () => { /* continues */ });
  }
}

Graceful Degradation:

let result;
try {
  result = await step.do('call primary API', async () => await callPrimaryAPI());
} catch {
  result = await step.do('call backup API', async () => await callBackupAPI());
}

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Triggering Workflows

Configure binding (wrangler.jsonc):

{
  "workflows": [{
    "name": "my-workflow",
    "binding": "MY_WORKFLOW",
    "class_name": "MyWorkflow",
    "script_name": "workflow-worker"  // If workflow in different Worker
  }]
}

Trigger from Worker:

const instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.create({ params: { userId: '123' } });
return Response.json({ id: instance.id, status: await instance.status() });

Instance Management:

const instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.get(instanceId);
const status = await instance.status();  // { status: 'running'|'complete'|'errored'|'queued', error, output }
await instance.sendEvent({ type: 'user-action', payload: { action: 'approved' } });
await instance.pause();
await instance.resume();
await instance.terminate();

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State Persistence

Workflows automatically persist state returned from

step.do()

:

✅ Serializable:

• Primitives:

  string

  ,

  number

  ,

  boolean

  ,

  null

• Arrays, Objects, Nested structures

❌ Non-Serializable:

• Functions, Symbols, circular references, undefined, class instances

Example:

// ✅ Good
const result = await step.do('fetch data', async () => ({
  users: [{ id: 1, name: 'Alice' }],
  timestamp: Date.now(),
  metadata: null
}));

// ❌ Bad - function not serializable
const bad = await step.do('bad', async () => ({ data: [1, 2, 3], transform: (x) => x * 2 }));  // Throws error!

Access State Across Steps:

const userData = await step.do('fetch user', async () => ({ id: 123, email: 'user@example.com' }));
const orderData = await step.do('create order', async () => ({ userId: userData.id, orderId: 'ORD-456' }));
await step.do('send email', async () => sendEmail({ to: userData.email, subject: `Order ${orderData.orderId}` }));

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Observability

Built-in Metrics (Enhanced in 2025)

Workflows automatically track:

• Instance status: queued, running, complete, errored, paused, waiting
• Step execution: start/end times, duration, success/failure
• Retry history: attempts, errors, delays
• Sleep state: when workflow will wake up
• Output: return values from steps and run()
• CPU time (GA April 2025): Active processing time per instance for billing insights

View Metrics in Dashboard

Access via Cloudflare dashboard:

1. Workers & Pages
2. Select your workflow
3. View instances and metrics

Metrics include:

• Total instances created
• Success/error rates
• Average execution time
• Step-level performance
• CPU time consumption (2025 feature)

Programmatic Access

const instance = await env.MY_WORKFLOW.get(instanceId);
const status = await instance.status();

console.log(status);
// {
//   status: 'complete' | 'running' | 'errored' | 'queued' | 'waiting' | 'unknown',
//   error: string | null,
//   output: { userId: '123', status: 'processed' }
// }

CPU Time Configuration (2025):

// wrangler.jsonc
{ "limits": { "cpu_ms": 300000 } }  // 5 minutes max (default: 30 seconds)

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Limits (Updated 2025)

Feature	Workers Free	Workers Paid
Max steps per workflow	1,024	1,024
Max state per step	1 MiB	1 MiB
Max state per instance	100 MB	1 GB
Max event payload size	1 MiB	1 MiB
Max sleep/sleepUntil duration	365 days	365 days
Max waitForEvent timeout	365 days	365 days
CPU time per step	10 ms	30 sec (default), 5 min (max)
Duration (wall clock) per step	Unlimited	Unlimited
Max workflow executions	100,000/day	Unlimited
Concurrent instances	25	10,000 (Oct 2025, up from 4,500)
Instance creation rate	100/second	100/second (Oct 2025, 10x faster)
Max queued instances	100,000	1,000,000
Max subrequests per instance	50/request	1,000/request
Retention (completed state)	3 days	30 days
Max Workflow name length	64 chars	64 chars
Max instance ID length	100 chars	100 chars

CRITICAL Notes:

• step.sleep()

  and

  step.sleepUntil()

  do NOT count toward 1,024 step limit
• Waiting instances (sleeping, retrying, or waiting for events) do NOT count toward concurrency limits
• Instance creation rate increased 10x (October 2025): 100 per 10 seconds → 100 per second
• Max concurrency increased (October 2025): 4,500 → 10,000 concurrent instances
• State persistence limits increased (2025): 128 KB → 1 MiB per step, 100 MB - 1 GB per instance
• Event payload size increased (2025): 128 KB → 1 MiB
• CPU time configurable via

  wrangler.jsonc

  :

  { "limits": { "cpu_ms": 300000 } }

  (5 min max)

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Pricing

Requires Workers Paid plan ($5/month)

Workflow Executions:

• First 10,000,000 step executions/month: FREE
• After that: $0.30 per million step executions

What counts as a step execution:

• Each

  step.do()

  call
• Each retry of a step

• step.sleep()

  ,

  step.sleepUntil()

  ,

  step.waitForEvent()

  do NOT count

Cost examples:

• Workflow with 5 steps, no retries: 5 step executions
• Workflow with 3 steps, 1 step retries 2 times: 5 step executions (3 + 2)
• 10M simple workflows/month (5 steps each): ((50M - 10M) / 1M) × $0.30 = $12/month

Vitest Testing (GA April 2025)

Workflows support full testing integration via

cloudflare:test

module.

Setup

npm install -D vitest@latest @cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers@latest

vitest.config.ts:

import { defineWorkersConfig } from '@cloudflare/vitest-pool-workers/config';
export default defineWorkersConfig({ test: { poolOptions: { workers: { miniflare: { bindings: { MY_WORKFLOW: { scriptName: 'workflow' } } } } } } });

Introspection API

import { env, introspectWorkflowInstance } from 'cloudflare:test';

it('should complete workflow', async () => {
  const instance = await introspectWorkflowInstance(env.MY_WORKFLOW, 'test-123');

  try {
    await instance.modify(async (m) => {
      await m.disableSleeps();  // Skip all sleeps
      await m.mockStepResult({ name: 'fetch data' }, { users: [{ id: 1 }] });  // Mock step result
      await m.mockEvent({ type: 'approval', payload: { approved: true } });  // Send mock event
      await m.mockStepError({ name: 'call API' }, new Error('Network timeout'), 1);  // Force error once
    });

    await env.MY_WORKFLOW.create({ id: 'test-123' });
    await expect(instance.waitForStatus('complete')).resolves.not.toThrow();
  } finally {
    await instance.dispose();  // Cleanup
  }
});

Test Modifiers

• disableSleeps(steps?)

  - Skip sleeps instantly

• mockStepResult(step, result)

  - Mock step.do() result

• mockStepError(step, error, times?)

  - Force step.do() to throw

• mockEvent(event)

  - Send mock event to step.waitForEvent()

• forceStepTimeout(step, times?)

  - Force step.do() timeout

• forceEventTimeout(step)

  - Force step.waitForEvent() timeout

Official Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/vitest-integration/

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Related Documentation

• Cloudflare Workflows Docs: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/
• Get Started Guide: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/get-started/guide/
• Workers API: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/build/workers-api/
• Vitest Testing: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/testing/vitest-integration/
• Sleeping and Retrying: https://developers.cloudflare.com/workflows/build/sleeping-and-retrying/
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Last Updated: 2026-01-21 Version: 2.0.0 Changes: Added 12 documented Known Issues (TIER 1-2 research findings): waitForEvent timeout bug, getPlatformProxy failure, redirect instance loss, Vitest CI issues, local dev limitations, state persistence rules, caching gotchas, and idempotency patterns Maintainer: Jeremy Dawes | jeremy@jezweb.net