Really enjoyed this write-up on how they built Fern Agent. It's a good example of durable agents with DBOS in action: checkpointing model and tool calls in the same Postgres the agent already uses, then picking up where it left off after crashes or deploys. buildwithfern.com/post/buildin...

How we built Fern Agent

How we built Fern Agent: why we persisted conversations before it had a single tool, taught it that valid markdown isn't valid Fern, and secured write access to customer docs before it shipped.

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If you're in the Boston area, check out The AI Runtime tomorrow evening! Alex from @dbos.dev will be talking about building crashproof AI agents with DBOS, and how durable execution helps agents survive failures, upgrades, and long-running workflows. luma.com/2wxo5ndz

The AI Runtime - Boston · Luma

Building Crashproof Agents - Alex Poliakov, Head of Customer Solutions, DBOS Inc. Beyond the problems of accuracy and cost, AI agents are challenged by…

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Open source is fundamental to DBOS and is essential to innovation. Today, we published the DBOS Open Patent Non-Assertion Pledge. It makes clear that the patent is defensive and will not be asserted against free and open-source software projects. 🔗 dbos.dev/opn-pledge

It's been another busy summer month for the DBOS team. I wrote a new blog post covering what's new, including: - 10x faster partitioned queues - DBOS Golang 1.0 - Interoperability across apps and languages - The new dbosctl CLI - OpenMetrics preview page …and much more. dbos.dev/blog/new-in-...

DBOS Product Update August 2026 | DBOS

DBOS August 2026 new features - DBOS library for Go, 10x faster partitioned queues performance, new CLI for DBOS Conductor.

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We just released DBOS Python 2.31 and DBOS TypeScript 4.27! Highlights 🧵: - A new backwards-compatible interface for partitioned queues, making it easier to combine queue-wide and per-partition concurrency limits and implement fair queueing.

I spend less time clicking around web UIs and more time in the terminal these days. CLI tools are often easier for agents to understand and use, and they're becoming easier for me too. I can type what I want, ask an agent to run it, or use them in CI/CD pipelines.

We just released v1.2.0 of the DBOS Go SDK! This release adds: - Support for sharing a system database across applications and languages - Improved partitioned queue performance - Various bug fixes Release notes: github.com/dbos-inc/dbo...

Release Release v1.2.0 · dbos-inc/dbos-transact-golang

What's Changed fix: not overlooking remaining slots of ratelimit inside queue by @vr-varad in #424 Always enqueue recovered workflows by @maxdml in #433 partition key index by @maxdml in #434 Bett...

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We often get questions about what DBOS Conductor is, why you need it, and how it works. Check out this Q&A with Alex, the first in a series covering topics that frequently come up in conversations with DBOS users. dbos.dev/blog/what-is...

What is DBOS Conductor?  | DBOS

Alex Poliakov, head of DBOS Solutions Architecture. explains DBOS Conductor, the workflow control plane.

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Just released DBOS Python 2.30 and TypeScript 4.26. The biggest new feature is that multiple DBOS applications (even those written in different languages) can now share a system database. This makes it much easier to build interoperable, polyglot DBOS applications. docs.dbos.dev/explanations...

Sharing a System Database | DBOS Docs

Multiple DBOS applications, potentially in different languages, can share a single system database.

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Join us for the next DBOS User Group meeting on September 10! This month, @devhawk.net will walk us through: - First Look at DBOS Rust 🦀 . - New DBOS Conductor CLI and API updates. As always, there will be plenty of time to connect with other DBOS users and the team. luma.com/efkl81jf?tk=...

DBOS User Group: Rust Library and new Workflow Control CLI · Zoom · Luma

Join us for the DBOS User Group Meeting on September 10. This month we will walkthrough DBOS Transact for Rust First Look! We will walk through the new open…

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Even though I'm a big fan of Postgres, its lack of loose index scan is frustrating.. The workaround is a recursive query that effectively acts as a loop, which is even more bizarre. Check out this new blog post about the performance issue with Postgres SELECT DISTINCT: www.dbos.dev/blog/postgre...

Postgres SELECT DISTINCT Does Not Scale | DBOS

Postgres SELECT DISTINCT performs surprisingly poorly. We explain why and how we mitigated it.

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Six years ago, DBOS started as a joint research project at MIT and Stanford on applying database principles to modern applications. Today we announced a major milestone: the issuance of U.S. Patent for our database-centric durable workflow architecture.

DBOS Head of Solutions Alex interviews Orderful CTO, Piers MacDonald, and Software Engineer, Calvin Ng, about their experience implementing durable workflows, queues, and agents in the Orderful EDI system. Check this out: youtu.be/MjIxKLhhXMg

Durable EDI workflows with DBOS at Orderful.com

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Happy Friday! Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY is useful, and it scales.

We had a great time chatting with Nik and Michael on the Postgres FM podcast! In this new episode, we discuss building durable workflows on Postgres, along with some of the interesting tricks and pitfalls we encountered while building DBOS.

Hello friends! Hope you're all enjoying the summer. The @southbaysystems.xyz Coffee Chat is back! If you're interested in software internals such as compilers, databases, OS, and more, come grab a coffee and hang out. Thursday, July 30 at 5 PM Courtyard outside Philz Coffee in downtown Sunnyvale

South Bay Systems: July Coffee Chat · Luma

Hope you're all enjoying the summer! The South Bay Systems Coffee Chat is back. If you're working on, or simply interested in, software internals such as…

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It's been a busy summer at DBOS so far! I wrote a new blog post covering the latest features: - 20x higher durable stream throughput - Queryable workflow attributes - DBOS Java 1.0 - Better Kafka integration and debouncer - HA for self-hosted Conductor - Audit logging - DBOSify ... and many more!

What's New in DBOS - July 2026 | DBOS

Durable streams performance improvements, DBOS Transact for Java 1.0, Audit logging, Kafka integration improvements, and more.

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We've refreshed the first five minutes of the DBOS experience to showcase the key features in one place: workflows, schedules, queues, workflow communication, and DBOS Conductor. Also, check out the new DBOS starter app, in your language of choice! www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_wG...

The First 5 Minutes with DBOS

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Several DBOS demo apps here: github.com/SamuelXing/d...

dbos-demo-apps/rust at main · SamuelXing/dbos-demo-apps

Demo applications for DBOS Transact. Contribute to SamuelXing/dbos-demo-apps development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Happy to see the first community-maintained Rust implementation of DBOS Transact. Durare implements the same programming model, database schema, and execution semantics as the official DBOS Transact, with full compatibility with DBOS Conductor. Check it out: github.com/SamuelXing/d...

GitHub - SamuelXing/durare: A DBOS-compatible durable-execution SDK for Rust

A DBOS-compatible durable-execution SDK for Rust. Contribute to SamuelXing/durare development by creating an account on GitHub.

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It's interesting to see more AI systems rediscover ideas that databases have been good at for decades: transactions, durability, and correctness. This Thursday at 2pm ET, we'll talk about why those properties matter for AI agents and what we've learned building durable workflows on top of Postgres.

Are your agents on ACID?

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We just released DBOS Golang 0.19.0 This release introduces transactional data sources to the SDK. You can now execute your database queries and DBOS durability operations in the same transaction, enabling exactly-once execution. Full release notes: github.com/dbos-inc/dbo...

Release Release v0.19.0 · dbos-inc/dbos-transact-golang

What's Changed Datasources by @maxdml in #358 Support specifying an idempotency key with Send() by @maxdml in #362 fix(stream): drain to the end of the stream when the producer goes inactive by @S...

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Postgres is a superpower.

What if your AI agents were built on ACID transactions? Join Postgres creator Mike Stonebraker to learn why transactional databases are becoming the foundation for reliable AI agents and agentic workflows. This is a joint webinar with @cockroachdb.bsky.social Thursday, July 16, 2 PM ET/11 AM PT.

We reimplemented Temporal with Postgres.. Check out the Github repo: github.com/dbos-inc/dbo...

We've heard many users request integrations between DBOS and their favorite observability platforms, so we recently released OpenMetrics support to make it easier. Now, you can scrape observability data directly from DBOS into your APM: www.dbos.dev/blog/openmet...

Integrating Workflow Observability via OpenMetrics | DBOS

Introducing the DBOS OpenMetrics endpoint - simplify workflow observability integration with Datadog, GrafanaLabs, and others.

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One frequent request from users: a simple way to migrate from Temporal to Postgres-backed durable workflows. Today we're releasing DBOSify: a drop-in replacement for Temporal built on Postgres (using DBOS). github.com/dbos-inc/dbo...

Some of the highlights from the last month: - Bulk workflow forking - RBAC support - Multi-facet filters and aggregate views - OpenMetrics export - Low-latency durable streams - Pluggable transactional data sources - Atomic bulk workflow messaging - Google ADK integration dbos.dev/blog/new-in-...

What's New in DBOS - June 2026 | DBOS

New in DBOS: RBAC support, OpenMetrics, Bulk Workflow forking, Google ADK plugin, and more.

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We wrote a new blog post on why co-locating workflow state with your data is powerful: www.dbos.dev/blog/co-loca... When workflow metadata and application data live in the same database, they can be updated in the same transaction. That simplifies tough problems like atomicity and idempotency.

The Case for Co-Locating Workflow State with Your Data | DBOS

When workflow metadata and application data live in the same Postgres database, they can be updated in the same database transaction, which simplifies tough problems like workflow task idempotency and...

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Save state. Resume from the last success. That's durable execution in one sentence. 🔄 Jeremy Edberg at @dbos.dev joins us on the latest episode of "Hello, Agent!" to explain why this primitive matters so much for agentic systems. Check out Ep 3 ⬇️ www.redpanda.com/hello-agent/...