---
type: "Glossary term"
title: "Workflow engine"
description: "Orchestrates multi-step, stateful processes; Arazzo describes them declaratively."
tags: [glossary]
generated: { by: human:crpage, at: 2026-07-09T09:44:00Z }
aliases: "workflow engine; orchestration engine"
status: stable
---

# Definition
Orchestrates multi-step, stateful processes with retries, [compensation](compensation.md) and durable state. [Arazzo](../standards/arazzo.md) describes such workflows declaratively.

# Used in this bundle
Appears in: [arazzo](../standards/arazzo.md), [execution-and-orchestration](../stack/execution-and-orchestration.md).

# Related terms
[compensation](compensation.md), [idempotency](idempotency.md).