Patent attributes
A first instance is caused to execute software code to perform a first portion of a workflow in response to receipt of a workflow request, and performance of the first portion results in submission of an operation request to an entity. A resume workflow request is received from the entity, where the resume workflow request includes a handle to a snapshot that corresponds to a state of execution of the software code and a response to the operation request to the entity. Using the handle to the snapshot and the response to the operation request, a second instance is caused to execute the software code from the first state to perform a second portion of the workflow. A workflow result is received from an instance that executes a last portion of the workflow, and the workflow is provided result in response to the workflow request.
