Leases

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A coordination pattern that assigns time-bound ownership of work and supports recovery after crashes.

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Placed in Assess: 1 article(s) of evidence from 1 source(s), led by research-stage coverage, with 1 in the last 30 days. Confidence 24%. Low accumulated evidence, so it defaults conservatively pending more signal.

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5InfoQ·9/14/2026research
Durable Workflows on Postgres Without an External Orchestrator
The article explains how Postgres can act as both the durable state store and coordination layer for workflows, removing the need for a separate orchestrator. It highlights patterns such as SKIP LOCKED for concurrent processing, primary-key checkpoints for idempotency, leases for crash recovery, and persisting sleeps and human approvals in the database.