# Can I have a workflow that keeps running for days or months?

**URL:** <https://community.orkes.io/t/can-i-have-a-workflow-that-keeps-running-for-days-or-months/41>\
**Category:** FAQ\
**Tags:** faq, conductor-oss\
**Created:** [January 2, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.orkes.io/t/can-i-have-a-workflow-that-keeps-running-for-days-or-months/41 "2025-01-02T18:25:37Z")\
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Follow-up question: **How long can a workflow be in running state?**

Yes, you can have a workflow that continues to run for days/months.

As long as the timeouts on the tasks are set to handle long running workflows, it will stay in running state.