Consistency and Correctness in Data-Oriented Workflow Systems
Summary: Propose AC/DC—ACID for workflows—and argue durable execution (exactly-once steps, ensured compensations) is required for correct workflows. DB-centric prototype supports physical backout and durable sagas; experiments show transactions win at low contention, durable sagas win under contention/long steps. (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Michael Stonebraker (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- 2. Xinjing Zhou (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- 3. Peter Kraft (DBOS, Inc.)
- 4. Qian Li (DBOS, Inc.)
BibTeX Citation
@inproceedings{stonebraker_cidr26,
address = {Amsterdam, Netherlands},
series = {{CIDR} '26},
title = {{Consistency and Correctness in Data-Oriented Workflow Systems}},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the {Conference} on {Innovative} {Data} {Systems} {Research}},
author = {Stonebraker, Michael and Zhou, Xinjing and Kraft, Peter and Li, Qian},
year = {2026}
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