THE DURABLE EXECUTION CONFERENCE FOR AI, BY TEMPORAL

MAY 5-7, 2026

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

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SPEAKER DISPLAY

Catherine Zhang

Catherine Zhang

TITLE:Software Engineer

COMPANY:Block

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TALK

Powering AI Agents with Temporal & kgoose: Lessons from Block’s High-Scale Production Use Case

ABSTRACT

Block needed an agent workflow system that could handle complex tool integrations, maintain rich session context, and support multiple products — all built quickly. We’ll share how we used Temporal to create agent workflows capable of recurring tasks, how we migrated from sync to async workflows, as well as how we tackled challenges like scheduling nuances and and non-determinism in tests.