# Temporal Workflow Lifecycle API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/temporal-io/temporal-io-workflow-lifecycle-api/  
**Provider:** Temporal — https://apis.io/providers/temporal-io/  
**Base URL:** https://docs.temporal.io/references/api-reference  
**Documentation:** https://docs.temporal.io/references/api-reference

Temporal Workflow Lifecycle API is one of 8 APIs that [Temporal](https://apis.io/providers/temporal-io/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Workflow Lifecycle. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

Cancel, terminate, and reset workflow executions.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/temporal-io/refs/heads/main/openapi/temporal-io-workflow-lifecycle-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.temporal.io/references/api-reference
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/temporalio/api/blob/master/temporal/api/workflowservice/v1/service.proto
- **PostmanCollection** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/temporal-io/refs/heads/main/collections/temporal-io.postman_collection.json
- **OpenCollection** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/temporal-io/refs/heads/main/collections/temporal-io.opencollection.json

## Other Temporal APIs (7)

- [Temporal Operator Service API](https://apis.io/apis/temporal-io/temporal-io-operator-service-api/)
- [Temporal Cloud Operations API](https://apis.io/apis/temporal-io/temporal-io-cloud-operations-api/)
- [Temporal Nexus API](https://apis.io/apis/temporal-io/temporal-io-nexus-api/)
- [Temporal Cluster API](https://apis.io/apis/temporal-io/temporal-io-cluster-api/)
- [Temporal Namespaces API](https://apis.io/apis/temporal-io/temporal-io-namespaces-api/)
- [Temporal Workflow Messaging API](https://apis.io/apis/temporal-io/temporal-io-workflow-messaging-api/)
- [Temporal Workflows API](https://apis.io/apis/temporal-io/temporal-io-workflows-api/)

## Tags

Workflow Lifecycle

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