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Make long agent runs durable so a crash does not lose the work

Vercel extended the durability system behind its Workflows product to any agent harness, including Pi and OpenCode, as open source. It runs locally, on Vercel or on your own servers, so agent runs can be resumed after failures.

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@rauchg on X · 2026-10-20

Written in our own words. Credit to the original author. Link checked 2026-10-21.

What they did

Vercel extended the durability system behind its Workflows product to any agent harness, including Pi and OpenCode, as open source. It runs locally, on Vercel or on your own servers, so agent runs can be resumed after failures.

Result (as claimed)

Announced by Vercel's CEO (654 likes) as a runtime-agnostic, open-source release.

Tools they used

VercelOpenCodeClaude Code

Cost: Vercel: free plan, paid from $20/mo; Claude Code: from $17/mo.

Set it up

  1. Pick a contained repo or task

    Start on a branch or side project where mistakes are cheap.

  2. Install and configure

    Set up Vercel, OpenCode, Claude Code. Read what it can run on your machine and limit permissions where possible.

  3. Run it on a real task

    Give it a well-scoped issue and let it work. Review the diff like any pull request.

  4. Add guardrails

    Keep tests and CI in the loop, and never let an agent push to main or touch production secrets unattended.

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Goal: Make long agent runs durable so a crash does not lose the work
What the original author did: Vercel extended the durability system behind its Workflows product to any agent harness, including Pi and OpenCode, as open source. It runs locally, on Vercel or on your own servers, so agent runs can be resumed after failures.
Reported result (as claimed by the author): Announced by Vercel's CEO (654 likes) as a runtime-agnostic, open-source release.
Source: https://x.com/rauchg/status/2112658577110520122
Tools they used: Vercel, OpenCode, Claude Code
Category: Dev & ops

Please:
1. Ask me 3 short questions about my situation (accounts I have, budget, what I want the output to look like).
2. Propose a step-by-step plan using these tools or cheaper alternatives, with the time and cost of each step. Use official pricing pages; say "check pricing" if unsure.
3. Then do the setup with me one step at a time, waiting for my OK before anything that sends messages, posts publicly, spends money or deletes data.
4. Finish with a checklist to run it again next time.

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