Skip to content

When a job fails halfway, how do you restart from the last good point instead of the beginning?

Module
03/05Module
To read
~5 minTo read

It starts with a failure

Stage 12 of a 14-stage data ingestion pipeline timed out during a three-hour run. What do you think the orchestrator did next?

In the module you make your guess first, then read what happened and why.

  1. 01

    Topological Cut Checkpointing

  2. 02

    Immutable Node Output Receipts

  3. 03

    State Branch Checkpoint Isolation

  4. 04

    Tombstoning and Rollback Frontiers

SpecSave points and restart rules for your jobs

A spec for your own app, as a text file you download. The module also gives you the prompt for Claude Code, Codex or Antigravity, a checklist to check what it built, and recommended skills.

  • Caching by input hash
  • Idempotency
  • Failover

Free guides on this topic