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# Durable Execution Distributed Workflow Engine (`arch-temporal-saga-orchestrator`)

> **Architectural Pillar**: EVENT_SOURCING_CQRS | **Archetype**: SAGA_ORCHESTRATION
> **PACELC**: PC/EC | **Consensus Protocol**: None

Orchestrator-based distributed saga engine powered by Temporal.io, guaranteeing eventual consistency and automatic compensation across multi-service business transactions.

### 3 Maturity Target Configurations

#### 1. Initial Target: 500 workflows/sec

- **Guarantees**: Durable Compensation Replay
- **Infrastructure Topology**: Temporal server connected to an existing RDS PostgreSQL database.
- **Operational Trade-Off**: Postgres I/O bottleneck limits maximum concurrent workflow executions.

#### 2. Scaled Target: 8,000 workflows/sec

- **Guarantees**: High-Throughput Cassandra State Sharding with Dynamic Queuing
- **Infrastructure Topology**: Temporal cluster with dedicated frontend, history, matching, and worker service pools backed by ScyllaDB.
- **Operational Trade-Off**: Requires operational maintenance of ScyllaDB/Cassandra storage cluster.

#### 3. Ultra-Scale Target: 100,000 workflows/sec

- **Guarantees**: Multi-Region Active-Active Temporal Federation with Failover Namespaces
- **Infrastructure Topology**: Multi-region deployment with cross-datacenter asynchronous state replication and automated task queue failover.
- **Operational Trade-Off**: Cross-region state synchronization costs and state conflict reconciliation rules.

### Handled Failure Modes

- `DS-FAIL-06: Distributed Deadlock Compensation Starvation`
- `DS-FAIL-23: Two-Phase Commit Coordinator Crash`


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