Glossary

• ExecutionContext: Mutable state container passed across steps.

• Block: Smallest executable unit; wraps a function.

• Chain: Ordered sequence of executable steps.

• Flow: Top-level executable that defines failure behavior.

• RetryPolicy: Rule set controlling retries on failure.

• Compensation: Undo logic executed after downstream failure.

• Outcome: Execution result with status and diagnostics.

• Runner: Engine that executes an executable graph.