When talking about the lifecycle of a workflow, it is important to distinguish the workflow definition from the workflow instances. Workflow instances are the executable processes at runtime. One or multiple workflow instances can be created based on one single workflow definition.
The lifecycle of one single workflow instance includes: Creation, Activation and Execution, Waiting, and Deletion.
Definition
Instance creation
Instance activation and execution
Instance deleted
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