A new programming model for durable execution
Vercel Workflows reaches general availability after processing over 100 million runs across 1,500 customers, with a new Python SDK in beta and deeper AI SDK integration for durable agents.
The gap between prototypes and production-ready systems is huge. Code that's trivial to run locally falls apart the moment it needs to handle failures, restarts, and real traffic. Framework defined infrastructure solved this for web applications. When you deploy, Vercel infers the right configuration from the app itself. Workflows extends that model to long-running systems. Instead of managing a separate codebase for orchestration, durable workflows are an extension of your application code. Since launching in beta in October 2025, Workflows has processed over 100 million runs and over 500 million steps across more than 1,500 customers, with more than 200K npm downloads every week.
Today, is generally available. Vercel Workflows Workflows is built for any workload that doesn’t fit in a single request. : Deep integration with the AI SDK enables that can maintain state, tools, and handle external events or interruptions. AI SDK v7 is taking this further with Agentsinfinitely long running durable agentsWorkflowAgent. : proved this programming model in TypeScript codebases, and we're bringing it to a new language. The is now in beta. BackendsWorkflow SDKWorkflow Python SDK…