# Failure handling in practice: Master Workflow retry logic for resilient applications

DevFeed: [Failure handling in practice: Master Workflow retry logic for resilient applications](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/failure-handling-in-practice-master-workflow-retry-logic-for-resilient-applications-35832.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/failure-handling-in-practice>)

Author: Fitz

Published: 2022-11-08T19:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Temporal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/temporal-blog.md>)

Topics: [retry](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/retry.md>), [Error Handling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/error-handling.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>)

Tags: [applications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/applications.md>), [error-handling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/error-handling.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [retry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/retry.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/systems.md>), [workflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflow.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to classify and handle failures in Temporal Workflows, focusing on retry and compensation decisions across different failure dimensions. It applies the approach to a three-step online order workflow implemented with separate Activities.

## Source excerpt

Learn how to design reliable workflow retry logic with built-in error handling using Temporal. Get started building more resilient, error-tolerant systems.