# Keep business processes moving by recovering failed steps without restarting

DevFeed: [Keep business processes moving by recovering failed steps without restarting](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/keep-business-processes-moving-by-recovering-failed-steps-without-restarting-35901.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/keep-business-processes-moving>)

Author: Tao Guo

Published: 2026-05-11T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

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

Topics: [Orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/orchestration.md>), [Processes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/processes.md>), [retry](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/retry.md>)

Tags: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [error](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/error.md>), [execution](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/execution.md>), [state](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/state.md>), [temporal-concepts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/temporal-concepts.md>), [workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflows.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how to recover failed steps in durable business processes without restarting completed work. It presents a Temporal pattern in which workflows pause on permanent failures, accept corrections from humans or automated agents, and resume from the point of failure.

## Source excerpt

Stop restarting broken business processes. See how Temporal Workflows pause on bad data, accept fixes via Signals, and resume without losing progress.