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title: "AWS Step Functions: How to Orchestrate Workflows Waiting for 3rd Parties"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/aws-step-functions-how-to-orchestrate-workflows-waiting-for-3rd-parties-1bkeay5gk
source_url: https://cloudonaut.io/aws-step-functions-how-to-orchestrate-workflows-waiting-for-3rd-parties/
type: article
source: "cloudonaut"
published: 2025-10-23T07:13:24.883Z
updated: 2025-10-23T07:13:49.284Z
tags: ["aws", "serverless", "aws-lambda", "aws-dynamodb", "workflow-orchestration"]
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# AWS Step Functions: How to Orchestrate Workflows Waiting for 3rd Parties

**[cloudonaut](https://daily.dev/sources/cloudonaut)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Demonstrates a serverless architecture pattern for orchestrating workflows that wait for third-party responses using AWS Step Functions. The solution tracks GitHub Actions job statuses by leveraging Step Functions' Wait for Callback integration, Lambda functions to process webhooks, and DynamoDB to persist task tokens. The pattern enables state machines to pause execution until external events occur, making it useful for tracking asynchronous processes from external systems.

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Tags: [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#serverless](https://daily.dev/tags/serverless), [#aws-lambda](https://daily.dev/tags/aws-lambda), [#aws-dynamodb](https://daily.dev/tags/aws-dynamodb), [#workflow-orchestration](https://daily.dev/tags/workflow-orchestration)

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