TemporalMelissa HerreraAug 20, 20266 min readintermediate

Better together: The durability layer for your AWS agentic stack

Summary

Temporal adds a durability layer on top of AWS’s agentic stack (Bedrock, Strands, Lambda) so AI agents can survive crashes and long human‑in‑the‑loop pauses. The loan‑underwriting demo shows a workflow that resumes after a worker crash without losing state.

Temporal wraps Strands agents in workflows, persisting every step in durable history without code changes.
Serverless Workers invoke Lambda only when work is pending, keeping the cost model of pay‑per‑use.
Workflow state lives independently of Lambda, allowing activities to exceed the 15‑minute limit and wait days for human input.
Temporal Cloud can encrypt payloads client‑side via a Codec Server, ensuring data never leaves the AWS account unencrypted.

AWS AI developers need reliable orchestration for long‑running, human‑blocked agents, and Temporal provides that durability without abandoning serverless economics.

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