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  When using Workflow SDK, webhooks are automatically wired up at `/.well-known/workflow/v1/webhook/:token` without any additional setup.
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+ `createWebhook()` exposes a public route at `/.well-known/workflow/v1/webhook/:token`, and the token in that URL is the only authorization performed for incoming requests. This is convenient for prototypes because you can share the webhook URL (endpoint) without creating another route, but if you need stronger security, prefer [`createHook()`](/docs/api-reference/workflow/create-hook) behind your own route and authorize the request before calling [`resumeHook()`](/docs/api-reference/workflow-api/resume-hook) to avoid unauthenticated workflow resumptions.
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+ The webhook will automatically respond with a `202 Accepted` status by default. External systems can make an HTTP request to the `webhook.url` to resume your workflow.
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  Use the `respondWith` option to provide a static response that will be sent automatically for every request:
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+ ## Advanced patterns
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+ ### Type-safe hooks with `defineHook()`
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  This pattern is especially valuable in larger applications where the workflow and API code are in separate files, providing both compile-time type safety and runtime validation.
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- Custom tokens are available for `createHook()` with server-side `resumeHook()` only. Webhooks (`createWebhook()`) always use randomly generated tokens to prevent unauthorized access to public webhook endpoints.
483
+ Custom tokens are available for `createHook()` with server-side `resumeHook()` only. Webhooks (`createWebhook()`) always generate their own unique tokens. A generated token is not trivial to guess, but it is not a strong security contract either, so anyone who obtains the URL can invoke an unintended webhook resumption. To prevent unauthenticated run resumptions entirely, prefer a **hook** over the **webhook** convenience and implement your own authentication on the route that calls `resumeHook()`.
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+ - **Make them deterministic**: Base them on data the external system can reconstruct, such as channel IDs or user IDs.
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+ - **Use namespacing**: Prefix tokens to avoid conflicts, such as `slack:${channelId}` or `github:${repoId}`.
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+ - **Include routing information**: Ensure the token contains enough information to identify the correct workflow instance.
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+ - Use **static responses** (`respondWith: Response`) for acknowledgments
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@@ -484,7 +513,7 @@ for await (const event of hook) {
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+ ## Related documentation
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1
1
  ---
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- description: Ensure operations can be safely retried without producing duplicate side effects.
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+ description: Make step retries safe and coordinate duplicate workflow starts with hook tokens.
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  type: conceptual
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- summary: Prevent duplicate side effects when retrying operations in steps.
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+ summary: Use step IDs for retry-safe external calls, and route duplicate workflow-start requests through deterministic hook tokens.
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+ - /docs/foundations/starting-workflows
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+ - /docs/foundations/hooks
10
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- Idempotency is a property of an operation that ensures it can be safely retried without producing duplicate side effects.
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+ Idempotency is a property of an operation that ensures repeated attempts have the same effect as a single attempt.
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15
 
14
- In distributed systems (calling external APIs), it is not always possible to ensure an operation has only been performed once just by seeing if it succeeds.
16
+ In Workflow, idempotency shows up in two related places: step idempotency makes external calls safe when a step retries, and run idempotency coordinates duplicate requests that try to start the same workflow.
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18
+ ## Step idempotency
19
+
20
+ In distributed systems (calling external APIs), it is not always possible to ensure an operation has only been performed once by seeing if it succeeds.
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21
  Consider a payment API that charges the user $10, but due to network failures, the confirmation response is lost. When the step retries (because the previous attempt was considered a failure), it will charge the user again.
16
22
 
17
23
  To prevent this, many external APIs support idempotency keys. An idempotency key is a unique identifier for an operation that can be used to deduplicate requests.
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24
 
19
- ## The core pattern: use the step ID as your idempotency key
20
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21
25
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@@ -27,7 +31,7 @@ import { getStepMetadata } from "workflow";
27
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  async function chargeUser(userId: string, amount: number) {
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29
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34
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31
35
 
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36
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37
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@@ -49,14 +53,242 @@ Why this works:
49
53
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51
55
 
52
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56
+ ## Run idempotency
57
+
58
+ Step idempotency protects side effects **inside** a workflow run. Run idempotency answers a different question: if the same API request is sent twice, should it create one workflow run or two?
59
+
60
+ Because [hooks](/docs/foundations/hooks) already ensure globally unique active tokens, Workflow can use the same mechanism to coordinate duplicate requests while a run is active.
61
+
62
+ Use a hook token as the idempotency key for an active workflow run. Hook tokens are globally unique while they are active: if another run tries to create a hook with the same token, the runtime records a conflict, `hook.getConflict()` resolves with a `Run` handle for the run that owns the token, and the hook rejects with [`HookConflictError`](/docs/errors/hook-conflict) when the workflow awaits or iterates its payload.
63
+
64
+ The token should come from your domain, such as an order ID, invoice ID, import ID, or request ID. Create the hook near the beginning of the workflow and check `await hook.getConflict()` before doing duplicate-sensitive work that depends on owning the active token. Calling `createHook()` alone does not register the hook; awaiting `getConflict()` suspends the workflow to commit the registration.
65
+
66
+ ```typescript lineNumbers
67
+ import { createHook } from "workflow";
68
+
69
+ type OrderRequest = { confirmed: boolean };
70
+ type OrderResult =
71
+ | { status: "processed" | "cancelled" }
72
+ | { status: "duplicate"; runId: string };
73
+ declare function chargeOrder(orderId: string): Promise<void>; // @setup
74
+
75
+ export async function processOrder(orderId: string): Promise<OrderResult> {
76
+ "use workflow";
77
+
78
+ using request = createHook<OrderRequest>({ // [!code highlight]
79
+ token: `order:${orderId}`, // [!code highlight]
80
+ }); // [!code highlight]
81
+
82
+ const conflict = await request.getConflict(); // [!code highlight]
83
+ if (conflict) { // [!code highlight]
84
+ // Another active run already owns this order's token. // [!code highlight]
85
+ return { status: "duplicate" as const, runId: conflict.runId }; // [!code highlight]
86
+ } // [!code highlight]
87
+
88
+ const { confirmed } = await request;
89
+
90
+ if (!confirmed) {
91
+ return { status: "cancelled" as const };
92
+ }
93
+
94
+ await chargeOrder(orderId);
95
+ return { status: "processed" as const };
96
+ }
97
+ ```
98
+
99
+ The runtime creates the hook atomically. At most one hook can own `order:${orderId}`, so duplicate workflow runs converge on one owner. A duplicate run observes `getConflict()` resolving with the owner's `Run` and returns before it reaches `chargeOrder()`. The conflicting run's accessors (`status`, `returnValue`, `cancel()`, …) are durable steps, so the duplicate run can do more than report the owner. See [conflict-handling strategies](#conflict-handling-strategies) below.
100
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101
+ Outside the workflow, try to resume the hook first. If the hook is not registered yet, start the workflow and retry the resume until the new run creates the hook:
102
+
103
+ ```typescript lineNumbers
104
+ import { resumeHook, start } from "workflow/api";
105
+ import { HookNotFoundError } from "workflow/errors";
106
+ import { processOrder } from "./workflows/process-order";
107
+
108
+ type OrderRequest = { confirmed: boolean };
109
+
110
+ async function resumeOrder(token: string, payload: OrderRequest) {
111
+ for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 5; attempt++) {
112
+ try {
113
+ return await resumeHook(token, payload); // [!code highlight]
114
+ } catch (error) {
115
+ if (!HookNotFoundError.is(error)) throw error;
116
+ await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 100));
117
+ }
118
+ }
119
+
120
+ throw new Error("Order workflow did not register its hook in time");
121
+ }
122
+
123
+ export async function POST(request: Request) {
124
+ const { orderId, confirmed } = await request.json();
125
+ const token = `order:${orderId}`;
126
+ const payload = { confirmed };
127
+
128
+ try {
129
+ const hook = await resumeHook(token, payload); // [!code highlight]
130
+ return Response.json({ runId: hook.runId, reused: true });
131
+ } catch (error) {
132
+ if (!HookNotFoundError.is(error)) throw error;
133
+ }
134
+
135
+ const run = await start(processOrder, [orderId]); // [!code highlight]
136
+ const resumed = await resumeOrder(token, payload);
137
+
138
+ // A concurrent request's run may have won the race between `start()` // [!code highlight]
139
+ // and hook registration. The resume always reaches the actual active // [!code highlight]
140
+ // owner, so compare run IDs instead of waiting for this run to finish. // [!code highlight]
141
+ return Response.json({ // [!code highlight]
142
+ runId: resumed.runId, // [!code highlight]
143
+ reused: resumed.runId !== run.runId, // [!code highlight]
144
+ }); // [!code highlight]
145
+ }
146
+ ```
147
+
148
+ <Callout type="warn">
149
+ This avoids creating a new run only after the first run has registered its hook. Because `start()` returns before the run body executes and calls `createHook()`, two concurrent requests can both observe "no hook yet" and each call `start()`. The race is resolved inside the workflow body, where the losing run observes `getConflict()` resolving with the active owner and returns without doing duplicate-sensitive work, and the route detects it by comparing the resumed hook's `runId` against the run it just started, without waiting for either run to finish. A native API for atomically starting a run and registering a hook is in the works. Until then, model recovery inside the workflow by checking `hook.getConflict()`.
150
+ </Callout>
151
+
152
+ This coordinates active runs by default: the token becomes available when its workflow ends. Set `experimental_minRetention` to keep it unavailable to late duplicates. After the workflow ends, the Hook can still be found with `getHookByToken()` until retention ends, but it cannot be resumed. See [`createHook()` minimum retention](/docs/api-reference/workflow/create-hook#keep-a-token-unavailable-after-the-run-ends) for examples and supported values.
153
+
154
+ ### Conflict-handling strategies
155
+
156
+ Some workflow systems resolve duplicate IDs with a fixed, pre-declared policy, typically a static choice between rejecting the new execution, deferring to the existing one, or terminating it. Workflow has no policy enum. `hook.getConflict()` hands the duplicate run the conflicting `Run` itself, and the policy is ordinary code, including policies that inspect state before deciding, which static configuration can't express.
157
+
158
+ The example above implements **reject the duplicate**: return the owner's `runId` and let the caller decide. Other common strategies:
159
+
160
+ **Adopt the owner's result.** Wait for the active run to finish and return its result, so callers cannot tell which run did the work:
161
+
162
+ ```typescript lineNumbers
163
+ import { createHook } from "workflow";
164
+
165
+ type OrderRequest = { confirmed: boolean };
166
+ declare function processOwnedOrder(orderId: string): Promise<{ status: string }>; // @setup
167
+
168
+ export async function processOrder(orderId: string) {
169
+ "use workflow";
170
+
171
+ using request = createHook<OrderRequest>({
172
+ token: `order:${orderId}`,
173
+ });
174
+
175
+ const conflict = await request.getConflict();
176
+ if (conflict) {
177
+ // Callers get the same result regardless of which run did the work.
178
+ return await conflict.returnValue; // [!code highlight]
179
+ }
180
+
181
+ return await processOwnedOrder(orderId);
182
+ }
183
+ ```
184
+
185
+ **Inspect the owner before deciding.** Reuse a completed owner's result, but reject other duplicates:
186
+
187
+ ```typescript lineNumbers
188
+ import { createHook } from "workflow";
189
+
190
+ type OrderRequest = { confirmed: boolean };
191
+ declare function processOwnedOrder(orderId: string): Promise<{ status: string }>; // @setup
192
+
193
+ export async function processOrder(orderId: string) {
194
+ "use workflow";
195
+
196
+ using request = createHook<OrderRequest>({
197
+ token: `order:${orderId}`,
198
+ });
199
+
200
+ const conflict = await request.getConflict();
201
+ if (conflict) {
202
+ const status = await conflict.status; // [!code highlight]
203
+ if (status === "completed") {
204
+ return await conflict.returnValue;
205
+ }
206
+ return { status: "duplicate" as const, runId: conflict.runId };
207
+ }
208
+
209
+ return await processOwnedOrder(orderId);
210
+ }
211
+ ```
212
+
213
+ **Signal the owner instead of doing the work.** A conflict can refer to a finished run when `experimental_minRetention` is set, so check its status before sending data to its Hook:
214
+
215
+ ```typescript lineNumbers
216
+ import { createHook } from "workflow";
217
+ import { resumeHook } from "workflow/api";
218
+
219
+ type OrderRequest = { confirmed: boolean };
220
+
221
+ async function forwardToOwner(token: string, payload: OrderRequest) {
222
+ "use step";
223
+ await resumeHook(token, payload); // [!code highlight]
224
+ }
225
+
226
+ export async function processOrder(orderId: string, confirmed: boolean) {
227
+ "use workflow";
228
+
229
+ const token = `order:${orderId}`;
230
+ using request = createHook<OrderRequest>({ token });
231
+
232
+ const conflict = await request.getConflict();
233
+ if (conflict && ["pending", "running"].includes(await conflict.status)) {
234
+ await forwardToOwner(token, { confirmed }); // [!code highlight]
235
+ return { status: "forwarded" as const, runId: conflict.runId };
236
+ }
237
+ if (conflict) {
238
+ return { status: "duplicate" as const, runId: conflict.runId };
239
+ }
240
+
241
+ // ... own the token and do the work
242
+ }
243
+ ```
244
+
245
+ **Supersede the owner.** Without minimum retention, cancel the active run, then claim the released token. The retry loop covers the window where cancellation cleanup has not propagated yet:
246
+
247
+ ```typescript lineNumbers
248
+ import { createHook } from "workflow";
249
+
250
+ type OrderRequest = { confirmed: boolean };
251
+ declare function chargeOrder(orderId: string): Promise<void>; // @setup
252
+
253
+ export async function processOrderNewestWins(orderId: string) {
254
+ "use workflow";
255
+
256
+ const token = `order:${orderId}`;
257
+
258
+ for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 3; attempt++) {
259
+ using request = createHook<OrderRequest>({ token });
260
+
261
+ const conflict = await request.getConflict();
262
+ if (!conflict) {
263
+ // Token claimed: this run is now the owner.
264
+ const { confirmed } = await request;
265
+ if (confirmed) {
266
+ await chargeOrder(orderId);
267
+ }
268
+ return { status: "processed" as const };
269
+ }
270
+
271
+ await conflict.cancel(); // [!code highlight]
272
+ }
273
+
274
+ throw new Error(`Could not claim ${token} after canceling the owner`);
275
+ }
276
+ ```
277
+
278
+ <Callout type="warn">
279
+ This pattern does not work with `experimental_minRetention`: canceling the old run does not make its token available early.
280
+ </Callout>
281
+
282
+ If duplicate requests should only reuse the active run without sending data, use [`getHookByToken()`](/docs/api-reference/workflow-api/get-hook-by-token) as an advisory pre-check before calling `start()`. The workflow should still check `hook.getConflict()`, because the lookup and `start()` are not atomic.
53
283
 
54
- - **Always provide idempotency keys to external side effects that are not idempotent** inside steps (payments, emails, SMS, queues).
55
- - **Prefer `stepId` as your key**; it is stable across retries and unique per step.
56
- - **Keep keys deterministic**; avoid including timestamps or attempt counters.
57
- - **Handle 409/conflict responses** gracefully; treat them as success if the prior attempt completed.
284
+ Because this pattern uses hooks for idempotency, duplicate requests can also inject additional data and steer the existing run. The route example above uses `resumeHook()` for that: if the hook already exists, the duplicate request resumes the active workflow; if the hook is not registered yet, the route starts the workflow and retries `resumeHook()` so the payload is not dropped.
58
285
 
59
286
  ## Related docs
60
287
 
61
288
  - Learn about retries in [Errors & Retrying](/docs/foundations/errors-and-retries)
62
289
  - API reference: [`getStepMetadata`](/docs/api-reference/workflow/get-step-metadata)
290
+ - API reference: [`createHook()`](/docs/api-reference/workflow/create-hook)
291
+ - API reference: [`getHookByToken()`](/docs/api-reference/workflow-api/get-hook-by-token)
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