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Example Applications

Explore example applications and code samples that use Temporal to see how everything fits together.

Reference applications

Fully documented, end-to-end solutions for a particular use case. If you're new to Temporal, these are a great place to start.

Background Check Application

Long-running, human-in-the-loop background check Workflow, fully documented end-to-end. Designed for studying how a real Temporal app fits together.

Order Management System

Reference architecture for an order-management system. Documented in the GitHub repository.

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Use cases

Working demos for common Temporal use cases. Not intended for production use, but useful for seeing patterns in action.

Order Fulfillment

Sample e-commerce order fulfillment Workflow that demonstrates durability and interactive capabilities. Watch the demo.

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Money Transfer

A custom UI lets you trigger simulated failure scenarios and exercise Temporal primitives like Signals and Schedules.

Orchestrate Lambda Functions

A Temporal version of the AWS Step Functions Lambda orchestration example - checks a stock price and produces a buy/sell recommendation.

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Design patterns

Architectural patterns demonstrated end-to-end.

Entity Workflow demo

Illustrates the Entity Lifecycle Pattern (Entity Workflows) and long-running Workflows. Companion slide deck.

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Order Saga sample

Demonstrates the Saga pattern - recovery from failed multi-step transactions. Watch the demo.

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Data encryption

See the Codec Server documentation for context.

Codec Server with JWT validation

Uses JSON Web Tokens (JWT) to confirm the authenticity of JWTs issued by Temporal Cloud.

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Codec CORS credentials

A Codec Server that supports Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS), including requests with credentials.

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SDK samples

Smaller examples that showcase a particular Temporal feature or pattern - one repo per SDK.

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