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Summary

  • derive Workflow's route prefix from nextConfig.basePath; users should only configure basePath in Next.js
  • pass that basePath into generated workflow entrypoints and route URL construction
  • use shared route helpers for workflow metadata, webhook URLs, manifest/health URLs, and local/postgres queue delivery URLs
  • preserve full URL overrides like WORKFLOW_LOCAL_BASE_URL as full overrides

Fixes #1864.

This is separate from #2729: that PR fixes project-root discovery, while this PR fixes runtime URL/route construction for apps served below a path prefix.

Vercel note

Runtime workflow execution works on a Vercel preview with basePath: '/v2': direct step calls and async workflow trigger/poll complete through /v2.

One platform follow-up remains: the generated Vercel/Next output serves internal workflow invocation at /v2/.well-known/workflow/v1/flow, but a public direct health probe to /v2/.well-known/workflow/v1/flow?__health still hits the app 404 route. That appears to be a Vercel/Next build-output route-table issue, not a Vercel REST API issue and not a Workflow queue/runtime URL issue.

Tests

  • pnpm --filter @workflow/utils --filter @workflow/builders --filter @workflow/core --filter @workflow/world-local --filter @workflow/world-postgres --filter @workflow/next build
  • pnpm --filter @workflow/utils test
  • pnpm --filter @workflow/next test
  • pnpm exec vitest run packages/world-local/src/config.test.ts packages/world-local/src/queue.test.ts packages/world-postgres/src/queue.test.ts packages/builders/src/constants.test.ts
  • pnpm exec biome check --max-diagnostics 12 ... on touched files (passes with existing warnings)
  • git diff --check
  • local nextjs-turbopack production smoke with basePath: '/v2': root health 404, /v2 health 200, direct step 200, workflow trigger/poll returns 133
  • Vercel preview smoke with basePath: '/v2': direct step 200, workflow trigger/poll returns 133; public /v2 health 404 as noted above
  • Codex autoreview (gpt-5.5, xhigh): clean after fixing the CommonJS/ESM issue in @workflow/next
  • Claude Opus fallback review (xhigh): no blocking findings; requested claude-opus-4.8 was unavailable

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Latest commit: e157fba

The changes in this PR will be included in the next version bump.

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📊 Benchmark Results

📈 Comparing against baseline from main branch. Green 🟢 = faster, Red 🔺 = slower.

workflow with no steps

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Nitro 0.047s (-19.2% 🟢) 1.006s (-1.3%) 0.959s 10 1.00x
💻 Local Express 0.048s (~) 1.005s (~) 0.958s 10 1.03x
💻 Local Next.js (Turbopack) 0.051s (-9.0% 🟢) 1.006s (~) 0.955s 10 1.09x
🐘 Postgres Next.js (Turbopack) 0.065s (+3.7%) 1.012s (~) 0.948s 10 1.38x
🐘 Postgres Express 0.067s (+4.7%) 1.011s (~) 0.944s 10 1.43x
🐘 Postgres Nitro 0.074s (+10.0% 🔺) 1.011s (~) 0.937s 10 1.58x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 0.224s (+24.3% 🔺) 1.656s (+1.8%) 1.432s 10 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express 0.240s (+7.3% 🔺) 1.678s (-5.9% 🟢) 1.438s 10 1.07x
▲ Vercel Next.js (Turbopack) 0.355s (-52.5% 🟢) 2.091s (-15.2% 🟢) 1.736s 10 1.58x

🔍 Observability: Nitro | Express | Next.js (Turbopack)

workflow with 1 step

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Nitro 1.079s (~) 2.006s (~) 0.927s 10 1.00x
💻 Local Express 1.083s (~) 2.007s (~) 0.924s 10 1.00x
💻 Local Next.js (Turbopack) 1.093s (~) 2.006s (~) 0.912s 10 1.01x
🐘 Postgres Express 1.100s (~) 2.013s (~) 0.913s 10 1.02x
🐘 Postgres Nitro 1.101s (+0.6%) 2.010s (~) 0.909s 10 1.02x
🐘 Postgres Next.js (Turbopack) 1.102s (~) 2.011s (~) 0.909s 10 1.02x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Express 1.366s (-7.7% 🟢) 2.881s (-13.8% 🟢) 1.515s 10 1.00x
▲ Vercel Nitro 1.381s (~) 2.785s (-15.8% 🟢) 1.404s 10 1.01x
▲ Vercel Next.js (Turbopack) 2.216s (+7.7% 🔺) 3.990s (+9.8% 🔺) 1.774s 10 1.62x

🔍 Observability: Express | Nitro | Next.js (Turbopack)

workflow with 10 sequential steps

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Nitro 10.437s (-0.7%) 11.022s (~) 0.586s 3 1.00x
💻 Local Express 10.453s (~) 11.020s (~) 0.567s 3 1.00x
💻 Local Next.js (Turbopack) 10.485s (~) 11.022s (~) 0.537s 3 1.00x
🐘 Postgres Express 10.501s (~) 11.020s (~) 0.519s 3 1.01x
🐘 Postgres Nitro 10.525s (~) 11.017s (~) 0.492s 3 1.01x
🐘 Postgres Next.js (Turbopack) 10.608s (+0.9%) 11.020s (~) 0.412s 3 1.02x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Express 11.712s (~) 14.216s (+7.6% 🔺) 2.504s 3 1.00x
▲ Vercel Nitro 11.772s (+1.7%) 13.971s (+9.4% 🔺) 2.199s 3 1.01x
▲ Vercel Next.js (Turbopack) 13.262s (+12.7% 🔺) 14.779s (+6.7% 🔺) 1.517s 3 1.13x

🔍 Observability: Express | Nitro | Next.js (Turbopack)

workflow with 25 sequential steps

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Nitro 13.599s (~) 14.029s (~) 0.430s 5 1.00x
🐘 Postgres Nitro 13.648s (~) 14.018s (~) 0.370s 5 1.00x
💻 Local Express 13.652s (~) 14.027s (~) 0.374s 5 1.00x
💻 Local Next.js (Turbopack) 13.667s (-0.7%) 14.026s (~) 0.360s 5 1.00x
🐘 Postgres Express 13.734s (~) 14.020s (~) 0.286s 5 1.01x
🐘 Postgres Next.js (Turbopack) 13.747s (~) 14.022s (~) 0.275s 5 1.01x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 16.442s (~) 18.617s (+3.5%) 2.175s 4 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express 16.579s (-1.2%) 18.643s (+0.8%) 2.065s 4 1.01x
▲ Vercel Next.js (Turbopack) 18.436s (+6.0% 🔺) 20.215s (+4.8%) 1.779s 3 1.12x

🔍 Observability: Nitro | Express | Next.js (Turbopack)

workflow with 50 sequential steps

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Express 12.176s (+0.7%) 13.025s (~) 0.849s 7 1.00x
🐘 Postgres Nitro 12.275s (~) 13.019s (~) 0.744s 7 1.01x
💻 Local Nitro 12.320s (~) 13.027s (~) 0.707s 7 1.01x
💻 Local Next.js (Turbopack) 12.352s (-0.6%) 13.025s (~) 0.674s 7 1.01x
🐘 Postgres Next.js (Turbopack) 12.516s (+0.8%) 13.020s (~) 0.504s 7 1.03x
🐘 Postgres Express 12.519s (+2.3%) 13.019s (~) 0.500s 7 1.03x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 17.906s (-3.4%) 20.328s (+1.4%) 2.422s 5 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express 18.256s (+3.9%) 20.122s (+6.8% 🔺) 1.867s 5 1.02x
▲ Vercel Next.js (Turbopack) 19.918s (+2.4%) 22.209s (+2.8%) 2.291s 5 1.11x

🔍 Observability: Nitro | Express | Next.js (Turbopack)

Promise.all with 10 concurrent steps

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres 🥇 Nitro 1.174s (-1.3%) 2.007s (~) 0.833s 15 1.00x
🐘 Postgres Express 1.199s (-0.8%) 2.008s (~) 0.809s 15 1.02x
🐘 Postgres Next.js (Turbopack) 1.227s (+2.0%) 2.008s (~) 0.781s 15 1.04x
💻 Local Nitro 1.373s (-2.2%) 2.007s (~) 0.634s 15 1.17x
💻 Local Express 1.426s (+3.3%) 2.006s (~) 0.580s 15 1.21x
💻 Local Next.js (Turbopack) 1.427s (~) 2.006s (~) 0.580s 15 1.21x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 2.085s (-7.2% 🟢) 4.005s (+9.3% 🔺) 1.920s 8 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express 2.505s (+18.6% 🔺) 4.475s (+26.1% 🔺) 1.970s 7 1.20x
▲ Vercel Next.js (Turbopack) 3.912s (+23.8% 🔺) 5.365s (+2.9%) 1.452s 6 1.88x

🔍 Observability: Nitro | Express | Next.js (Turbopack)

Promise.all with 25 concurrent steps

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres 🥇 Next.js (Turbopack) 1.330s (~) 3.009s (~) 1.679s 10 1.00x
🐘 Postgres Nitro 1.369s (+1.2%) 2.142s (-13.3% 🟢) 0.773s 15 1.03x
🐘 Postgres Express 1.408s (+2.7%) 2.394s (-4.6%) 0.986s 13 1.06x
💻 Local Next.js (Turbopack) 2.263s (-5.4% 🟢) 2.918s (-3.0%) 0.655s 11 1.70x
💻 Local Nitro 2.284s (-5.4% 🟢) 3.009s (~) 0.725s 10 1.72x
💻 Local Express 2.438s (-1.7%) 3.009s (-3.2%) 0.571s 10 1.83x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 2.364s (-2.3%) 4.200s (+11.9% 🔺) 1.835s 8 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express 2.391s (-1.5%) 4.107s (+3.1%) 1.716s 8 1.01x
▲ Vercel Next.js (Turbopack) 4.275s (+24.7% 🔺) 5.993s (+14.1% 🔺) 1.717s 6 1.81x

🔍 Observability: Nitro | Express | Next.js (Turbopack)

Promise.all with 50 concurrent steps

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres 🥇 Nitro 1.556s (-3.1%) 4.010s (-6.9% 🟢) 2.454s 8 1.00x
🐘 Postgres Express 1.633s (-3.4%) 4.726s (+6.4% 🔺) 3.093s 7 1.05x
🐘 Postgres Next.js (Turbopack) 2.668s (-16.3% 🟢) 6.016s (+2.9%) 3.349s 5 1.71x
💻 Local Express 4.370s (+23.6% 🔺) 5.012s (+6.0% 🔺) 0.642s 6 2.81x
💻 Local Nitro 4.671s (+21.7% 🔺) 5.179s (+12.9% 🔺) 0.508s 6 3.00x
💻 Local Next.js (Turbopack) 4.965s (+31.2% 🔺) 5.512s (+13.2% 🔺) 0.547s 6 3.19x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Express 2.636s (-11.4% 🟢) 4.302s (-4.1%) 1.666s 7 1.00x
▲ Vercel Nitro 2.749s (-11.3% 🟢) 4.485s (-5.3% 🟢) 1.735s 7 1.04x
▲ Vercel Next.js (Turbopack) 4.660s (+3.5%) 6.499s (+2.3%) 1.839s 5 1.77x

🔍 Observability: Express | Nitro | Next.js (Turbopack)

Promise.race with 10 concurrent steps

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres 🥇 Nitro 1.184s (-0.6%) 2.009s (~) 0.824s 15 1.00x
🐘 Postgres Express 1.201s (-2.4%) 2.008s (-3.2%) 0.807s 15 1.01x
🐘 Postgres Next.js (Turbopack) 1.207s (-3.6%) 2.008s (-3.2%) 0.801s 15 1.02x
💻 Local Nitro 1.402s (-2.1%) 2.006s (~) 0.604s 15 1.18x
💻 Local Express 1.431s (~) 2.006s (~) 0.576s 15 1.21x
💻 Local Next.js (Turbopack) 1.444s (-0.8%) 2.007s (~) 0.562s 15 1.22x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 1.977s (-20.3% 🟢) 3.931s (+2.1%) 1.954s 8 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express 1.989s (-6.3% 🟢) 4.032s (+12.4% 🔺) 2.043s 8 1.01x
▲ Vercel Next.js (Turbopack) 3.881s (+14.8% 🔺) 5.477s (+3.2%) 1.596s 6 1.96x

🔍 Observability: Nitro | Express | Next.js (Turbopack)

Promise.race with 25 concurrent steps

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres 🥇 Next.js (Turbopack) 1.320s (-1.3%) 3.008s (~) 1.688s 10 1.00x
🐘 Postgres Express 1.342s (-1.7%) 2.676s (+3.1%) 1.333s 12 1.02x
🐘 Postgres Nitro 1.344s (+2.0%) 2.507s (+4.8%) 1.164s 12 1.02x
💻 Local Express 2.392s (-2.5%) 3.008s (~) 0.616s 10 1.81x
💻 Local Next.js (Turbopack) 2.491s (-5.5% 🟢) 3.008s (~) 0.517s 10 1.89x
💻 Local Nitro 2.542s (+2.5%) 3.109s (+3.4%) 0.568s 10 1.93x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 2.119s (-9.8% 🟢) 3.924s (+4.0%) 1.805s 8 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express 2.321s (+2.8%) 4.039s (+12.9% 🔺) 1.718s 8 1.10x
▲ Vercel Next.js (Turbopack) 3.690s (+8.8% 🔺) 5.072s (-4.9%) 1.382s 7 1.74x

🔍 Observability: Nitro | Express | Next.js (Turbopack)

Promise.race with 50 concurrent steps

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres 🥇 Nitro 1.588s (-1.3%) 4.137s (~) 2.549s 8 1.00x
🐘 Postgres Express 1.642s (-0.9%) 4.587s (+6.7% 🔺) 2.944s 7 1.03x
🐘 Postgres Next.js (Turbopack) 2.464s (-25.2% 🟢) 6.216s (~) 3.752s 5 1.55x
💻 Local Express 4.938s (-10.2% 🟢) 6.017s (~) 1.080s 5 3.11x
💻 Local Nitro 5.243s (-7.0% 🟢) 6.015s (~) 0.772s 5 3.30x
💻 Local Next.js (Turbopack) 5.765s (+2.9%) 6.416s (+6.6% 🔺) 0.651s 5 3.63x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 2.724s (-5.0% 🟢) 4.398s (~) 1.674s 7 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express 2.800s (+4.8%) 4.335s (+0.7%) 1.535s 7 1.03x
▲ Vercel Next.js (Turbopack) 4.479s (-10.8% 🟢) 6.156s (-10.0% 🟢) 1.676s 5 1.64x

🔍 Observability: Nitro | Express | Next.js (Turbopack)

workflow with 10 sequential data payload steps (10KB)

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Nitro 0.566s (-5.7% 🟢) 1.005s (~) 0.439s 60 1.00x
🐘 Postgres Express 0.576s (-4.2%) 1.006s (-1.7%) 0.430s 60 1.02x
🐘 Postgres Nitro 0.587s (~) 1.041s (~) 0.454s 58 1.04x
🐘 Postgres Next.js (Turbopack) 0.602s (+7.0% 🔺) 1.007s (~) 0.404s 60 1.06x
💻 Local Express 0.633s (+11.5% 🔺) 1.039s (+3.4%) 0.406s 58 1.12x
💻 Local Next.js (Turbopack) 0.639s (+1.4%) 1.005s (~) 0.366s 60 1.13x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Express 2.402s (-7.4% 🟢) 3.894s (+2.9%) 1.492s 16 1.00x
▲ Vercel Nitro 2.508s (-2.8%) 4.177s (+2.6%) 1.669s 15 1.04x
▲ Vercel Next.js (Turbopack) 3.736s (+9.7% 🔺) 5.494s (+5.6% 🔺) 1.757s 11 1.56x

🔍 Observability: Express | Nitro | Next.js (Turbopack)

workflow with 25 sequential data payload steps (10KB)

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres 🥇 Nitro 1.345s (-0.7%) 2.029s (+1.1%) 0.685s 45 1.00x
🐘 Postgres Express 1.410s (~) 2.030s (-1.1%) 0.620s 45 1.05x
💻 Local Nitro 1.426s (-6.3% 🟢) 2.006s (~) 0.580s 45 1.06x
🐘 Postgres Next.js (Turbopack) 1.430s (-0.7%) 2.008s (-1.1%) 0.577s 45 1.06x
💻 Local Express 1.470s (-0.7%) 2.006s (-1.1%) 0.536s 45 1.09x
💻 Local Next.js (Turbopack) 1.558s (-5.9% 🟢) 2.006s (-1.1%) 0.449s 45 1.16x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 6.008s (~) 7.881s (+4.2%) 1.872s 12 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express 6.008s (-3.0%) 7.820s (+3.0%) 1.812s 12 1.00x
▲ Vercel Next.js (Turbopack) 8.736s (-3.1%) 10.202s (-8.1% 🟢) 1.466s 9 1.45x

🔍 Observability: Nitro | Express | Next.js (Turbopack)

workflow with 50 sequential data payload steps (10KB)

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres 🥇 Nitro 2.671s (-1.2%) 3.085s (~) 0.414s 39 1.00x
🐘 Postgres Express 2.756s (+3.6%) 3.059s (+0.8%) 0.303s 40 1.03x
🐘 Postgres Next.js (Turbopack) 2.970s (+7.2% 🔺) 3.372s (+12.1% 🔺) 0.402s 36 1.11x
💻 Local Nitro 3.199s (-1.5%) 3.853s (-3.9%) 0.654s 32 1.20x
💻 Local Express 3.212s (+1.4%) 4.009s (+3.3%) 0.797s 30 1.20x
💻 Local Next.js (Turbopack) 3.325s (-7.3% 🟢) 4.009s (-1.7%) 0.685s 30 1.24x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Express 11.255s (-10.3% 🟢) 13.214s (-6.1% 🟢) 1.959s 10 1.00x
▲ Vercel Nitro 11.637s (-2.9%) 13.981s (+4.7%) 2.344s 9 1.03x
▲ Vercel Next.js (Turbopack) 17.787s (+1.6%) 19.471s (-1.8%) 1.684s 7 1.58x

🔍 Observability: Express | Nitro | Next.js (Turbopack)

workflow with 10 concurrent data payload steps (10KB)

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres 🥇 Next.js (Turbopack) 0.194s (-7.5% 🟢) 1.007s (-1.6%) 0.813s 60 1.00x
🐘 Postgres Nitro 0.226s (+1.7%) 1.006s (~) 0.781s 60 1.16x
🐘 Postgres Express 0.234s (+9.6% 🔺) 1.006s (~) 0.772s 60 1.21x
💻 Local Nitro 0.528s (+5.9% 🔺) 1.005s (~) 0.477s 60 2.72x
💻 Local Express 0.533s (+9.2% 🔺) 1.004s (~) 0.471s 60 2.75x
💻 Local Next.js (Turbopack) 0.651s (~) 1.040s (+1.7%) 0.389s 58 3.36x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 1.035s (+5.2% 🔺) 2.754s (+24.3% 🔺) 1.719s 22 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express 1.095s (+3.6%) 2.738s (+20.2% 🔺) 1.643s 22 1.06x
▲ Vercel Next.js (Turbopack) 2.569s (+28.7% 🔺) 4.021s (+4.2%) 1.451s 16 2.48x

🔍 Observability: Nitro | Express | Next.js (Turbopack)

workflow with 25 concurrent data payload steps (10KB)

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres 🥇 Nitro 0.341s (+1.8%) 1.006s (~) 0.665s 90 1.00x
🐘 Postgres Express 0.359s (+10.7% 🔺) 1.006s (~) 0.648s 90 1.05x
🐘 Postgres Next.js (Turbopack) 0.363s (+22.4% 🔺) 1.053s (+4.6%) 0.690s 86 1.06x
💻 Local Express 2.486s (+0.5%) 3.009s (~) 0.523s 30 7.29x
💻 Local Nitro 2.500s (-1.9%) 3.009s (~) 0.509s 30 7.33x
💻 Local Next.js (Turbopack) 2.627s (-1.4%) 3.041s (+1.1%) 0.415s 30 7.70x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Express 1.352s (+1.9%) 2.905s (+17.5% 🔺) 1.553s 32 1.00x
▲ Vercel Nitro 1.470s (+6.1% 🔺) 3.230s (+17.5% 🔺) 1.761s 28 1.09x
▲ Vercel Next.js (Turbopack) 2.866s (+12.1% 🔺) 4.652s (+9.5% 🔺) 1.786s 20 2.12x

🔍 Observability: Express | Nitro | Next.js (Turbopack)

workflow with 50 concurrent data payload steps (10KB)

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres 🥇 Nitro 0.601s (+19.0% 🔺) 1.139s (+10.4% 🔺) 0.538s 106 1.00x
🐘 Postgres Express 0.619s (+18.4% 🔺) 1.195s (+10.9% 🔺) 0.577s 101 1.03x
🐘 Postgres Next.js (Turbopack) 0.649s (+21.8% 🔺) 3.171s (+5.3% 🔺) 2.521s 38 1.08x
💻 Local Express 5.559s (-4.4%) 8.490s (-4.4%) 2.932s 15 9.24x
💻 Local Nitro 5.740s (+7.0% 🔺) 8.629s (+3.2%) 2.889s 15 9.54x
💻 Local Next.js (Turbopack) 6.212s (+2.8%) 9.099s (+1.6%) 2.887s 14 10.33x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Nitro 1.785s (-1.5%) 3.869s (+13.9% 🔺) 2.085s 32 1.00x
▲ Vercel Express 1.812s (-1.0%) 3.875s (+5.9% 🔺) 2.063s 31 1.02x
▲ Vercel Next.js (Turbopack) 3.957s (-4.4%) 5.748s (-3.5%) 1.791s 21 2.22x

🔍 Observability: Nitro | Express | Next.js (Turbopack)

Stream Benchmarks (includes TTFB metrics)
workflow with stream

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time TTFB Slurp Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
💻 Local 🥇 Next.js (Turbopack) 1.146s (~) 1.964s (~) 0.012s (-6.9% 🟢) 2.019s (~) 0.873s 10 1.00x
💻 Local Express 1.154s (~) 2.005s (~) 0.011s (+10.6% 🔺) 2.019s (~) 0.865s 10 1.01x
🐘 Postgres Nitro 1.157s (~) 1.996s (~) 0.001s (-23.1% 🟢) 2.011s (~) 0.854s 10 1.01x
🐘 Postgres Next.js (Turbopack) 1.171s (~) 2.000s (~) 0.001s (+8.3% 🔺) 2.011s (~) 0.840s 10 1.02x
💻 Local Nitro 1.193s (+3.0%) 2.004s (~) 0.010s (-13.3% 🟢) 2.018s (~) 0.825s 10 1.04x
🐘 Postgres Express 1.196s (+3.0%) 1.995s (~) 0.002s (+50.0% 🔺) 2.013s (~) 0.817s 10 1.04x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time TTFB Slurp Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Express 1.928s (-11.3% 🟢) 3.420s (~) 1.363s (-27.2% 🟢) 5.314s (-6.9% 🟢) 3.386s 10 1.00x
▲ Vercel Nitro 1.973s (-6.9% 🟢) 3.473s (+9.1% 🔺) 1.374s (-25.8% 🟢) 5.409s (-1.3%) 3.437s 10 1.02x
▲ Vercel Next.js (Turbopack) 3.953s (+16.8% 🔺) 3.938s (-9.8% 🟢) 1.226s (+29.6% 🔺) 6.644s (+0.9%) 2.691s 10 2.05x

🔍 Observability: Express | Nitro | Next.js (Turbopack)

stream pipeline with 5 transform steps (1MB)

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time TTFB Slurp Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres 🥇 Nitro 1.548s (-1.2%) 2.006s (~) 0.005s (+4.8%) 2.028s (~) 0.480s 30 1.00x
💻 Local Express 1.567s (-1.0%) 2.010s (~) 0.011s (-11.3% 🟢) 2.024s (~) 0.457s 30 1.01x
🐘 Postgres Express 1.587s (~) 2.003s (~) 0.005s (-6.3% 🟢) 2.026s (~) 0.439s 30 1.02x
💻 Local Next.js (Turbopack) 1.588s (-1.5%) 1.969s (~) 0.012s (-11.1% 🟢) 2.025s (~) 0.436s 30 1.03x
💻 Local Nitro 1.605s (+1.8%) 2.041s (+1.6%) 0.011s (-11.6% 🟢) 2.059s (+1.6%) 0.453s 30 1.04x
🐘 Postgres Next.js (Turbopack) 1.680s (-0.6%) 2.011s (-1.6%) 0.005s (-1.9%) 2.027s (-1.6%) 0.347s 30 1.09x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time TTFB Slurp Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Express 5.463s (+1.7%) 7.261s (+9.2% 🔺) 0.270s (+19.7% 🔺) 8.037s (+9.3% 🔺) 2.575s 8 1.00x
▲ Vercel Nitro 5.810s (+6.7% 🔺) 7.448s (+13.6% 🔺) 0.293s (+53.4% 🔺) 8.659s (+20.5% 🔺) 2.850s 7 1.06x
▲ Vercel Next.js (Turbopack) 10.084s (+11.0% 🔺) 11.498s (+9.2% 🔺) 0.253s (-7.6% 🟢) 12.220s (+4.0%) 2.136s 5 1.85x

🔍 Observability: Express | Nitro | Next.js (Turbopack)

10 parallel streams (1MB each)

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time TTFB Slurp Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres 🥇 Nitro 0.795s (+1.9%) 1.061s (~) 0.000s (-100.0% 🟢) 1.080s (-0.7%) 0.286s 56 1.00x
🐘 Postgres Express 0.806s (+3.0%) 1.101s (+4.9%) 0.000s (+Infinity% 🔺) 1.118s (+3.4%) 0.312s 54 1.01x
🐘 Postgres Next.js (Turbopack) 0.980s (+1.2%) 1.395s (-3.1%) 0.000s (-4.7%) 1.404s (-4.2%) 0.424s 43 1.23x
💻 Local Next.js (Turbopack) 1.278s (-4.5%) 1.977s (~) 0.000s (+44.4% 🔺) 2.017s (~) 0.738s 30 1.61x
💻 Local Express 1.327s (-3.9%) 1.919s (-1.6%) 0.000s (+45.3% 🔺) 1.922s (-1.6%) 0.595s 32 1.67x
💻 Local Nitro 1.348s (-2.1%) 1.948s (-1.6%) 0.000s (~) 1.951s (-1.6%) 0.604s 31 1.70x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time TTFB Slurp Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Express 2.922s (+1.0%) 4.273s (+5.1% 🔺) 0.000s (+7.7% 🔺) 4.834s (+8.6% 🔺) 1.912s 13 1.00x
▲ Vercel Nitro 3.245s (+6.7% 🔺) 4.945s (+18.5% 🔺) 0.000s (NaN%) 5.529s (+19.9% 🔺) 2.284s 12 1.11x
▲ Vercel Next.js (Turbopack) 5.166s (+6.0% 🔺) 5.488s (-4.5%) 0.000s (~) 6.749s (-1.6%) 1.582s 9 1.77x

🔍 Observability: Express | Nitro | Next.js (Turbopack)

fan-out fan-in 10 streams (1MB each)

💻 Local Development

World Framework Workflow Time TTFB Slurp Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
🐘 Postgres 🥇 Express 1.764s (-0.6%) 2.305s (-3.8%) 0.000s (-51.9% 🟢) 2.327s (-3.4%) 0.564s 26 1.00x
🐘 Postgres Nitro 1.780s (-3.2%) 2.341s (-1.6%) 0.000s (+Infinity% 🔺) 2.355s (-1.7%) 0.575s 26 1.01x
🐘 Postgres Next.js (Turbopack) 2.933s (+6.7% 🔺) 3.448s (+3.4%) 0.000s (+100.0% 🔺) 3.500s (+4.6%) 0.568s 18 1.66x
💻 Local Express 3.181s (-7.6% 🟢) 3.674s (-8.7% 🟢) 0.001s (+252.9% 🔺) 3.678s (-8.7% 🟢) 0.497s 17 1.80x
💻 Local Nitro 3.377s (+6.3% 🔺) 3.839s (+4.5%) 0.001s (+188.4% 🔺) 3.844s (+4.5%) 0.466s 16 1.91x
💻 Local Next.js (Turbopack) 3.499s (+0.7%) 3.989s (~) 0.001s (+28.6% 🔺) 4.030s (~) 0.531s 15 1.98x

▲ Production (Vercel)

World Framework Workflow Time TTFB Slurp Wall Time Overhead Samples vs Fastest
▲ Vercel 🥇 Express 4.852s (+14.2% 🔺) 5.993s (+14.0% 🔺) 0.000s (NaN%) 6.705s (+18.8% 🔺) 1.853s 9 1.00x
▲ Vercel Nitro 5.247s (+26.4% 🔺) 6.636s (+24.9% 🔺) 0.000s (+22.2% 🔺) 7.366s (+28.6% 🔺) 2.119s 9 1.08x
▲ Vercel Next.js (Turbopack) 7.207s (+0.8%) 7.587s (-5.8% 🟢) 0.000s (-100.0% 🟢) 8.710s (-4.4%) 1.503s 7 1.49x

🔍 Observability: Express | Nitro | Next.js (Turbopack)

Summary

Fastest Framework by World

Winner determined by most benchmark wins

World 🥇 Fastest Framework Wins
💻 Local Nitro 10/21
🐘 Postgres Nitro 13/21
▲ Vercel Nitro 11/21
Fastest World by Framework

Winner determined by most benchmark wins

Framework 🥇 Fastest World Wins
Express 🐘 Postgres 14/21
Next.js (Turbopack) 🐘 Postgres 14/21
Nitro 🐘 Postgres 16/21
Column Definitions
  • Workflow Time: Runtime reported by workflow (completedAt - createdAt) - primary metric
  • TTFB: Time to First Byte - time from workflow start until first stream byte received (stream benchmarks only)
  • Slurp: Time from first byte to complete stream consumption (stream benchmarks only)
  • Wall Time: Total testbench time (trigger workflow + poll for result)
  • Overhead: Testbench overhead (Wall Time - Workflow Time)
  • Samples: Number of benchmark iterations run
  • vs Fastest: How much slower compared to the fastest configuration for this benchmark

Worlds:

  • 💻 Local: In-memory filesystem world (local development)
  • 🐘 Postgres: PostgreSQL database world (local development)
  • ▲ Vercel: Vercel production/preview deployment
  • 🌐 Turso: Community world (local development)
  • 🌐 MongoDB: Community world (local development)
  • 🌐 Redis: Community world (local development)
  • 🌐 Jazz: Community world (local development)
  • 🌐 Redis: Community world (local development)
  • 🌐 Redis + BullMQ: Community world (local development)
  • 🌐 Cloudflare: Community world (local development)
  • 🌐 MySQL: Community world (local development)
  • 🌐 Azure: Community world (local development)
  • 🌐 NATS JetStream: Community world (local development)
  • 🌐 Upstash: Community world (local development)
  • 🌐 Platformatic: Community world (local development)

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🧪 E2E Test Results

All tests passed

Summary

Passed Failed Skipped Total
✅ ▲ Vercel Production 1442 0 230 1672
✅ 💻 Local Development 1605 0 219 1824
✅ 📦 Local Production 1605 0 219 1824
✅ 🐘 Local Postgres 1593 0 231 1824
✅ 🪟 Windows 152 0 0 152
✅ 📋 Other 885 0 179 1064
Total 7282 0 1078 8360

Details by Category

✅ ▲ Vercel Production
App Passed Failed Skipped
✅ astro 125 0 27
✅ example 125 0 27
✅ express 125 0 27
✅ fastify 125 0 27
✅ hono 125 0 27
✅ nextjs-turbopack 149 0 3
✅ nextjs-webpack 149 0 3
✅ nitro 125 0 27
✅ nuxt 125 0 27
✅ sveltekit 144 0 8
✅ vite 125 0 27
✅ 💻 Local Development
App Passed Failed Skipped
✅ astro-stable 127 0 25
✅ express-stable 127 0 25
✅ fastify-stable 127 0 25
✅ hono-stable 127 0 25
✅ nextjs-turbopack-canary 133 0 19
✅ nextjs-turbopack-stable 152 0 0
✅ nextjs-webpack-canary 133 0 19
✅ nextjs-webpack-stable 152 0 0
✅ nitro-stable 127 0 25
✅ nuxt-stable 127 0 25
✅ sveltekit-stable 146 0 6
✅ vite-stable 127 0 25
✅ 📦 Local Production
App Passed Failed Skipped
✅ astro-stable 127 0 25
✅ express-stable 127 0 25
✅ fastify-stable 127 0 25
✅ hono-stable 127 0 25
✅ nextjs-turbopack-canary 133 0 19
✅ nextjs-turbopack-stable 152 0 0
✅ nextjs-webpack-canary 133 0 19
✅ nextjs-webpack-stable 152 0 0
✅ nitro-stable 127 0 25
✅ nuxt-stable 127 0 25
✅ sveltekit-stable 146 0 6
✅ vite-stable 127 0 25
✅ 🐘 Local Postgres
App Passed Failed Skipped
✅ astro-stable 126 0 26
✅ express-stable 126 0 26
✅ fastify-stable 126 0 26
✅ hono-stable 126 0 26
✅ nextjs-turbopack-canary 132 0 20
✅ nextjs-turbopack-stable 151 0 1
✅ nextjs-webpack-canary 132 0 20
✅ nextjs-webpack-stable 151 0 1
✅ nitro-stable 126 0 26
✅ nuxt-stable 126 0 26
✅ sveltekit-stable 145 0 7
✅ vite-stable 126 0 26
✅ 🪟 Windows
App Passed Failed Skipped
✅ nextjs-turbopack 152 0 0
✅ 📋 Other
App Passed Failed Skipped
✅ e2e-local-dev-nest-stable 127 0 25
✅ e2e-local-dev-tanstack-start- 127 0 25
✅ e2e-local-postgres-nest-stable 126 0 26
✅ e2e-local-postgres-tanstack-start- 126 0 26
✅ e2e-local-prod-nest-stable 127 0 25
✅ e2e-local-prod-tanstack-start- 127 0 25
✅ e2e-vercel-prod-tanstack-start 125 0 27

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CI note: after the force-push rewrite, all checks are green except E2E Local Dev Tests (nextjs-webpack - canary) and the derived E2E Required Check.

I reran the canary dev job twice on this PR; it failed the same HMR manifest update test each time (should follow Next flow-route HMR rebuild rules for body-only changes). The current main Tests workflow is failing on the same job as well: https://github.com/vercel/workflow/actions/runs/28568531186/job/84700980822

The first nextjs-turbopack - stable dev failure and the Nitro benchmark failure both passed after rerun.

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Fresh manual basePath smoke after the rewrite:

  • Temporary workbench config: basePath: '/v2' in workbench/nextjs-turbopack/next.config.ts.
  • Fresh Vercel preview: https://example-nextjs-workflow-turbopack-ixptnm4nf.labs.vercel.dev (dpl_FLpB9FQqLN2qZzU1BBLWiuq6nuAv).
  • Local production smoke from the /v2 build:
    • POST /.well-known/workflow/v1/flow?__health -> 404
    • POST /v2/.well-known/workflow/v1/flow?__health -> 200
    • POST /v2/api/test-direct-step-call -> 200 {"result":5}
    • POST /v2/api/trigger-pages?workflowFn=addTenWorkflow&args=123, then poll /v2/api/trigger-pages?runId=... -> 200 133
  • Vercel preview smoke:
    • POST /.well-known/workflow/v1/flow?__health -> 404
    • POST /v2/.well-known/workflow/v1/flow?__health -> 404 (same public route-table caveat noted in the PR body)
    • POST /v2/api/test-direct-step-call -> 200 {"result":5}
    • POST /v2/api/trigger-pages?workflowFn=addTenWorkflow&args=123, then poll /v2/api/trigger-pages?runId=... -> 200 133

The temporary basePath edit was removed after the smoke; the PR worktree is clean.

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Health-check follow-up pushed in 610c9c016.

What changed:

  • Generated workflow route modules now keep the adapter-compatible export const POST = workflowEntrypoint(...) shape and also export GET, HEAD, and OPTIONS as aliases to POST, so withHealthCheck() can actually receive direct health probes in Next App Router.
  • Kept the old public @workflow/utils URL helper exports as wrappers around the new createWorkflowUrl(...) helper, so this stays patch-compatible.
  • Re-ran the basePath queue/probe coverage and restored the utils invalid-basePath coverage.

Manual health check result from the basePath smoke:

  • Local next start with temporary basePath: '/v2' works for /v2/.well-known/workflow/v1/flow?__health using GET, HEAD, OPTIONS, and POST; root /.well-known/... remains 404 as expected.
  • Vercel preview still returns the app 404 for public direct /v2/.well-known/workflow/v1/flow?__health, even though vercel inspect --format=json shows the lambda output exists at v2/.well-known/workflow/v1/flow and other /v2/api/... routes work. That still looks like a Vercel/Next deployed routing issue around basePath + .well-known, not workflow-server and not a missing SDK route file.

Local proof after the follow-up:

  • pnpm --filter @workflow/utils test
  • pnpm --filter @workflow/builders test
  • pnpm --filter @workflow/next test
  • pnpm exec vitest run packages/world-local/src/config.test.ts packages/world-local/src/queue.test.ts packages/world-postgres/src/queue.test.ts
  • pnpm --filter @workflow/utils --filter @workflow/builders --filter @workflow/core --filter @workflow/world-local --filter @workflow/world-postgres --filter @workflow/next build
  • Autoreview panel clean: Codex gpt-5.5 xhigh + Claude claude-opus-4-8 xhigh, 0 findings.

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