Workflow instance methods pause() , resume() , restart() , and terminate() are now available in local development when using wrangler dev . You can now test the full Workflow instance lifecycle locally: const instance = await env . MYWORKFLOW . create ( { id : "my-instance-id" , } ) ; await instance . pause () ; //...
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Workflows, Workers - Workflow instances now support pause(), resume(), restart(), and terminate() methods in local development
Cloudflare Developer Platform Changelog · 2026-03-23
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