# How to build a resilient platform control plane with Temporal

DevFeed: [How to build a resilient platform control plane with Temporal](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-build-a-resilient-platform-control-plane-with-temporal-35864.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/how-to-build-a-resilient-platform-control-plane-with-temporal>)

Author: Joshua Smith

Published: 2026-06-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

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

Topics: [control-plane](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/control-plane.md>), [Provisioning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/provisioning.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>)

Tags: [build](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/build.md>), [error-handling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/error-handling.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [lifecycle](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lifecycle.md>), [provisioning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/provisioning.md>), [python](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/python.md>), [retries](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/retries.md>), [sdk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdk.md>), [workflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflow.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to build a resilient platform control plane with Temporal. It compares basic infrastructure Workflows with long-running Entity Workflows that manage a resource's lifecycle, including message handling, retries, compensation, and durable state.

## Source excerpt

Learn how to build a resilient platform control plane with Temporal using the Entity Workflow pattern: message handling, Continue-as-New, and compensation.