# What Is Durable Execution?

DevFeed: [What Is Durable Execution?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-definitive-guide-to-durable-execution-36101.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/what-is-durable-execution>)

Author: Tom Wheeler

Published: 2025-05-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

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

Topics: [reliability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reliability.md>), [distributed-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/distributed-systems.md>), [Microservices](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microservices.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [event driven](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/event-driven.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [cloud-computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-computing.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [distributed-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/distributed-systems.md>), [event-driven](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/event-driven.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [microservices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microservices.md>), [reliability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reliability.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-development.md>), [temporal-concepts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/temporal-concepts.md>)

## AI overview

This article defines Durable Execution as crash-proof execution that helps developers build reliable software with less effort. It explains how fault tolerance can reduce the need to anticipate and handle failures in distributed applications.

## Source excerpt

Learn what Durable Execution is and how it enables developers to quickly create reliable applications that can withstand crashes.