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The simplest way to build resilient applications.

As regular functions and services, in your existing infrastructure. On FaaS, K8s, servers, containers. Self-hosted or fully managed. Restate meets you where you are.

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Workflows as code
Async Tasks, Timers, Schedulers
Event-driven Applications
MicroService Orchestration

Easy solutions for common challenges

Workflows as code

Workflows as code

Durable Execution ensures code runs reliably to the end, even in the presence of failures.

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  • Failures and errors are automatically retried (unless labeled as terminal errors)
  • Functions can memoize the results of code blocks, and actions like RPC, in a journal. Completed steps are not re-executed during retries, but replayed from the journal.
  • Workflows are built with regular code and control flow, no custom DSLs needed.
  • Durable sleeps let code wait and suspend for up to months

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JS
Java

export default restate.service({
  name: "roleUpdate",
  handlers: {
    applyRoleUpdate: async (ctx, update) => {
      const { userId, role, permissions } = update;
      const applied = await ctx.run("apply new role", () =>
        applyUserRole(userId, role)
      );
      if (!applied) {
        return;
      }
      for (const permission of permissions) {
        await ctx.run("apply permission", () =>
          applyPermission(userId, permission)
        );
      }
    }
  }
});



@Service
public class RoleUpdateService {

    @Handler
    public void applyRoleUpdate(Context ctx, Update update) {

        boolean success = ctx.run("apply new role", BOOLEAN,
            () -> applyUserRole(update.getUserId(), update.getRole()));

        if (!success) {
            return;
        }

        for (String permission : update.getPermissions()) {
            ctx.run("apply permission",
                () -> applyPermission(update.getUserId(), permission));
        }
    }
}

API calls and webhooks

API calls and webhooks

Reliably join synchronous code and async events like webhooks

  • Webhooks/events are persisted in Restate’s log and reliably delivered to services
  • Persistent Promises/Futures easily join synchronous and asynchronous code paths
  • Durable execution ensures reliable completion, whether webhooks come after milliseconds or months, and avoid re-execution of completed steps.
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Java

const paymentSvc = restate.service({
  name: "payments",
  handlers: {
    processPayment: async (ctx, request) => {
      const webhookPromise = ctx.awakeable();
      const paymentIntent = await ctx.run("stripe call", () =>
        createPaymentIntent({
          request,
          metadata: { restate_callback_id: webhookPromise.id }
        })
      );
      if (paymentIntent.status === "processing") {
        // synchronous response inconclusive, await webhook response
        const paymentIntentFromWebhook = await webhookPromise.promise;
        return verifyPayment(paymentIntentFromWebhook);
      } else {
        return verifyPayment(paymentIntent);
      }
    },
    processWebhook: async (ctx) => {
      const paymentIntent = verifyAndParseEvent(ctx.request());
      const webhookPromiseId = paymentIntent.metadata.restate_callback_id;
      ctx.resolveAwakeable(webhookPromiseId, paymentIntent);
    }
  }
});



@Service
public class PaymentService {
  @Handler
  public void processPayment(Context ctx, PaymentRequest request) {
    var webhookFuture = ctx.awakeable(SERDE);
    var payment = ctx.run("Stripe call", SERDE, () -> submitPayment(
            request, Map.of("restate_callback_id", webhookFuture.id())
    ));
    if (payment.getStatus().equals("processing")) {
      // synchronous response inconclusive, await webhook response
      var updatedPayment = webhookFuture.await();
      verifyPayment(updatedPayment);
    } else {
      verifyPayment(payment);
    }
  }
  @Handler
  public void processWebhook(Context ctx) {
    var paymentEvent = verifyAndParseEvent(ctx.request());
    String callbackId = paymentEvent.getMetadata().get("restate_callback_id");
    ctx.awakeableHandle(callbackId).resolve(SERDE, paymentEvent);
  }
}

Asynchronous Tasks

Asynchronous Tasks

All functions invoked through Restate are executed durably and asynchronous.

  • Deploy async functions serverless or as containers or processes.
  • Call functions synchronously, async, or delayed. Re-attach and await from anywhere.
  • Build async patterns like fan-out, fan-in, task chains, and subtasks simply with function calls and Futures/Promises.
  • Use persistent timers to schedule tasks into the future.
  • Use fine-grained virtual queues (via virtual objects) to enforce strict task order and concurrency
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JS
Java

// ------ service (= worker) ------
const asyncTaskService = restate.service({
    name: "taskWorker",
    handlers: { processPayment }
});
// ------ client ------
const rs = clients.connect({ url: process.env.RESTATE_URL });
const taskWorker = rs.serviceSendClient({ name: "taskWorker" });
// submit the payment task 
app.post('/charge/:paymentId', async (req, res) => {
    const taskHandle = await taskWorker.processPayment(
        { request: req.params },
        SendOpts.from({ idempotencyKey: req.params.paymentId })
    );
    res.json(taskHandle);
});
// await the payment task
app.get('/status', async (req,res) => {
        const taskHandle = req.body.json();
        const paymentResult = await restate.result(taskHandle); 
        res.join(paymentResult);
});



// --- start payment task ---
server.createContext("/charge", httpExchange -> {
  PaymentRequest req = parsePaymentRequest(httpExchange);
  SendResponse handle = AsyncTaskServiceClient
      .fromIngress(RESTATE_URI)
      .send()
      .processPayment(req, idempotencyKey(req.getPaymentId()));

  respondJson(httpExchange, handle);
});
//  --- connect to payment result ---
server.createContext("/status", httpExchange -> {
  String handle = parseToHandle(httpExchange);
  String response = IngressClient.defaultClient(RESTATE_URI)
      .invocationHandle(handle, STRING)
      .attach();
  respond(httpExchange, response);
});

Stateful Event Processing

Stateful Event Processing

Process events (for example from Kafka) with durable functions as event handlers and get fine-grained retries and workflow-as-code semantics.

  • No queue subscriptions, no manual offset management, scaling, or balancing
  • Deploy the event processing logic as serverless functions on FaaS
  • Keep exactly-once state, delay events, run multiple asynchronous steps or API calls.
  • Restate’s queue-per-key semantics mean no more head-of-the-line waiting effects
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Java

const eventEnricher = restate.object({
  name: "eventEnricher",
  handlers: {
    userEvent: async (ctx, event) => {
      // remember event, time box 100 ms to collect features
      // before emitting result
      ctx.set("user", event);
      ctx.serviceSendClient(eventEnricher, { delay: 100 }).emit();
    },
    featureEvent: async (ctx, featureEvent) => {
      // merge feature into event
      const userEvent = (await ctx.get("user")) ?? {};
      (userEvent.features ??= []).push(featureEvent);
      ctx.set("user", userEvent)
    },
    emit: async (ctx) => {
      emit(ctx.key, await ctx.get("user"));
      ctx.clearAll();
    }
  }
})



@VirtualObject
public class EventEnricher {
    static final StateKey USER = StateKey.of("user", of(User.class));
    @Handler
    public void userEvent(ObjectContext ctx, User event) {
        ctx.set(USER, event);
        // time box 100 ms to collect features before emitting result
        EventEnricherClient.fromContext(ctx, ctx.key())
            .send(ofMillis(100)).emit();
    }
    @Handler
    public void featureEvent(ObjectContext ctx, Feature event) {
        User user = ctx.get(USER).orElse(new User());
        user.addFeature(event);
        ctx.set(USER, user);
    }
    @Handler
    public void emit(ObjectContext ctx) {
        send(ctx.key(), ctx.get(USER));
        ctx.clearAll();
    }
}

Durable Signals

Durable Signals

Create workflows and event handlers that reliably handle external signals, events, human input.

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  • Use durable Promises/Futures to intuitively model signals and conditions
  • Create signals from RPCs, webhooks, or Kafka events
  • Signals and events are persisted by Restate, no need for a queue
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JS
Java

export default workflow({
  name: "verify",
  handlers: {
    run: async (ctx, { email }) => {
      const secret = ctx.run("generate secret", () =>
        crypto.randomUUID()
      );
      await ctx.run("send email", () => sendEmail({ email, secret }));

      const clickSecret = await ctx.promise("email.clicked");
      return clickSecret == secret;
    },
    click: (ctx, { secret }) => {
      ctx.promise("email.clicked").resolve(secret);
    },
  },
});






@Workflow
public class SecretVerifier {

    static final DurablePromiseKey EMAIL_CLICKED =
            DurablePromiseKey.of("email_clicked", JsonSerdes.STRING);

    @Workflow
    public boolean run(WorkflowContext ctx, Email email) {
        String secret = ctx.random().nextUUID().toString();
        ctx.run("send email",
            () -> sendEmailWithLink(email, secret));

        String clickSecret = ctx.promise(EMAIL_CLICKED).awaitable().await();
        return clickSecret.equals(secret);
    }

    @Handler
    public void click(SharedWorkflowContext ctx, String secret) {
        ctx.promiseHandle(EMAIL_CLICKED).resolve(secret);
    }
}

Idempotency

Idempotency

Add idempotency to any RPC- or event handler.

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  • Every RPC- and event handler call accepts an idempotency key
  • Use idempotency keys to re-attach to an ongoing invocation
  • Calls from within a durable execution context are automatically idempotent
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JS
Java

const rs = restate.connect({ url: process.env.RESTATE_URL });
app.get('/reserve/:product/:reservationId', async (req, res) => {
  const { product, reservationId } = req.params;
  const products = rs.serviceClient(ProductService);
  const reservation = await products.reserve(
    product,
    Opts.from({ idempotencyKey : reservationId })
  );
  res.json(reservation);
})



server.createContext("/reserve", httpExchange -> {
      ReservationRequest req = parseRequest(httpExchange.getRequestBody());
      // derive an idempotency key from the parameters
      var idempotencyOps = CallRequestOptions.DEFAULT
          .withIdempotency(req.getReservationId());
      // add idempotency opts to the request to let the service automatically
      // fuse repeated requests
      Reservation reservation = ProductServiceClient
          .fromIngress(RESTATE_RUNTIME_ENDPOINT)
          .reserve(req.getProduct(), idempotencyOps);
      sendResponse(httpExchange, reservation);
    });

Sagas

Sagas

Implements robust sagas and compensation patterns: long-running transactions that undo previous actions when they need to abort and roll back.

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  • Reliably pick up after failures to trigger compensations
  • Ensure compensations happen even upon failures during the compensation phase
  • Use standard Exception/Error mechanisms and control flow rather than complex DSLs.
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JS
Java

async function reservation(ctx, products) {
  const reservations = [];
  try {
    for (const product of products) {
      const reservation = await ctx.run(`reserve ${product}`,
          () => reserve(product));
      reservations.push(reservation);
    }
  } catch (error) {
    if (error instanceof TerminalError) {
      for (const reservation of reservations) {
        await ctx.run("undo reserve", () => 
            cancelReservation(reservation));
      }
    }
    throw error;
  }
}



@Handler
public void reserveAllProducts(Context ctx, Product[] products) {
    final List reservations = new ArrayList<>();
    try {
        for (Product product : products) {
            Reservation res = ctx.run("Reserve " + product.getId(),
                RESERVE_SERDE, () -> reserve(product)
            );
            reservations.add(res);
        }
    } catch (TerminalException e) {
        reservations.forEach(res -> {
            ctx.run("Undo reservation", () -> cancelReservation(res));
        });
        throw e;
    }
}

State machines

State machines

Create consistent and scalable State Machines without databases or transactions
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  • Run millions of State Machines that maintain state directly in the context of their handlers
  • State changes commit atomically with function execution, for rock-solid consistency
  • Single-writer semantics for a dead simple concurrency model. A virtual queue per state machine for efficiency and scalability.
  • State transition can be workflows with all the features from durable execution
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JS
Java

const paymentSvc = restate.object({
  name: "payments",
  handlers: {
    makePayment: async (ctx, payment) => {
      const paymentId = ctx.key;
      switch (await ctx.get("status")) {
        case "CANCELLED":
            return `${paymentId} was cancelled before`;
        case "SUCCESS":
            return `${paymentId} previously completed`;
      }
      wireFunds(payment);
      ctx.set("status", "SUCCESS");
      ctx.set("payment", payment);
    },
    cancelPayment: async (ctx) => {
      const status = await ctx.get("status");
      if (status === "SUCCESS") {
        const payment = await ctx.get("payment");
        refund(payment);
      }
      ctx.set("status", "CANCELLED");
    }
  }
});



@VirtualObject
public class PaymentStateMachine {
  @Handler
  public String makePayment(ObjectContext ctx, PaymentRequest payment) {
    String paymentId = ctx.key();
    switch (ctx.get(STATE_STATUS).orElse(NEW)) {
      case CANCELLED: return paymentId + " was cancelled before";
      case SUCCESS:   return paymentId + " was previously completed";
    }
    wireFunds(payment);
    ctx.set(STATE_STATUS, SUCCESS);
    ctx.set(STATE_PAYMENT_REQUEST, payment);
    return paymentId + " was successfully processed";
  }
  @Handler
  public void cancelPayment(ObjectContext ctx) {
    Status status = ctx.get(STATE_STATUS).orElse(NEW);
    if (status == SUCCESS) {
      PaymentRequest payment = ctx.get(STATE_PAYMENT_REQUEST).get();
      refund(payment);
    }
    ctx.set(STATE_STATUS, CANCELLED);
  }
}

A simple and powerful programming model

Restate provides distributed durable version of your everyday building blocks.

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Durable Execution

Functions/Services that handle retries, recovery, asynchrony, idempotency.

Virtual Objects

Persistent state directly in your objects with a simple concurrency model.

Durable Promises

Transparent and fault-tolerant communication across services, processes, and time.

Single binary, no dependencies, built in Rust.

A system that runs locally and on-prem just as well as in the 
cloud. Restate server comes as a single binary. Simple to run, 
simple to operate.

Fully self-contained, resource-efficient, resilient, thanks to 
Rust’s magic.

Stellar local dev-experience

What’s better than a local dev server?

Running the real system on your laptop or in your CI pipeline. No subtle quirks and differences between dev- and prod setups.

Your Restate-powered code is just functions/services. Develop them with the tools you know and love.

Works with

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Java

Kotlin

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