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No, workflows in Convex are not synchronous by default. Workflows are designed to run asynchronously in the background. You start a workflow using workflow.start(), and it executes independently of the function that started it. You can observe the status of a workflow reactively via subscriptions, and workflows can run for extended periods—even months—surviving server restarts. They are intended for long-running, durable, and asynchronous operations, not for synchronous execution that blocks until completion Components > Workflow.