diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
index c3ea92ca29c8..0b5fe8cd7bbe 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2511.section.md
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@
 
 - [KMinion](https://github.com/redpanda-data/kminion), feature-rich Prometheus exporter for Apache Kafka. Available as [services.prometheus.exporters.kafka](options.html#opt-services.prometheus.exporters.kafka).
 
+- [Temporal](https://temporal.io/), a durable execution platform that enables
+  developers to build scalable applications without sacrificing productivity or
+  reliability. Available as [services.temporal](#opt-services.temporal.enable).
+
 ## Backward Incompatibilities {#sec-release-25.11-incompatibilities}
 
 <!-- To avoid merge conflicts, consider adding your item at an arbitrary place in the list instead. -->
diff --git a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
index 4f5224274d1a..b4d2ebc3c7ae 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/module-list.nix
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@
   ./services/cluster/patroni/default.nix
   ./services/cluster/rke2/default.nix
   ./services/cluster/spark/default.nix
+  ./services/cluster/temporal/default.nix
   ./services/computing/boinc/client.nix
   ./services/computing/foldingathome/client.nix
   ./services/computing/slurm/slurm.nix
diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/cluster/temporal/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/cluster/temporal/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..57a3e39157d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/cluster/temporal/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+{
+  config,
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  ...
+}:
+let
+  cfg = config.services.temporal;
+
+  settingsFormat = pkgs.formats.yaml { };
+
+  usingDefaultDataDir = cfg.dataDir == "/var/lib/temporal";
+  usingDefaultUserAndGroup = cfg.user == "temporal" && cfg.group == "temporal";
+in
+{
+  meta.maintainers = [ lib.maintainers.jpds ];
+
+  options.services.temporal = {
+    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "Temporal";
+
+    package = lib.mkPackageOption pkgs "Temporal" {
+      default = [ "temporal" ];
+    };
+
+    settings = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.submodule {
+        freeformType = settingsFormat.type;
+      };
+
+      description = ''
+        Temporal configuration.
+
+        See <https://docs.temporal.io/references/configuration> for more
+        information about Temporal configuration options
+      '';
+    };
+
+    dataDir = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.path;
+      default = "/var/lib/temporal";
+      apply = lib.converge (lib.removeSuffix "/");
+      description = ''
+        Data directory for Temporal. If you change this, you need to
+        manually create the directory. You also need to create the
+        `temporal` user and group, or change
+        [](#opt-services.temporal.user) and
+        [](#opt-services.temporal.group) to existing ones with
+        access to the directory.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    user = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      default = "temporal";
+      description = ''
+        The user Temporal runs as. Should be left at default unless
+        you have very specific needs.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    group = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.str;
+      default = "temporal";
+      description = ''
+        The group temporal runs as. Should be left at default unless
+        you have very specific needs.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    restartIfChanged = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.bool;
+      description = ''
+        Automatically restart the service on config change.
+        This can be set to false to defer restarts on a server or cluster.
+        Please consider the security implications of inadvertently running an older version,
+        and the possibility of unexpected behavior caused by inconsistent versions across a cluster when disabling this option.
+      '';
+      default = true;
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    environment.etc."temporal/temporal-server.yaml".source =
+      settingsFormat.generate "temporal-server.yaml" cfg.settings;
+
+    systemd.services.temporal = {
+      description = "Temporal server";
+      wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
+      after = [ "network.target" ];
+      inherit (cfg) restartIfChanged;
+      restartTriggers = [ config.environment.etc."temporal/temporal-server.yaml".source ];
+      environment = {
+        HOME = cfg.dataDir;
+      };
+      serviceConfig = {
+        ExecStart = ''
+          ${cfg.package}/bin/temporal-server --root / --config /etc/temporal/ -e temporal-server start
+        '';
+        User = cfg.user;
+        Group = cfg.group;
+        Restart = "on-failure";
+        DynamicUser = usingDefaultUserAndGroup && usingDefaultDataDir;
+        CapabilityBoundingSet = [ "" ];
+        DevicePolicy = "closed";
+        LockPersonality = true;
+        MemoryDenyWriteExecute = true;
+        NoNewPrivileges = true;
+        PrivateDevices = true;
+        ProcSubset = "pid";
+        ProtectClock = true;
+        ProtectHome = true;
+        ProtectHostname = true;
+        ProtectControlGroups = true;
+        ProtectKernelLogs = true;
+        ProtectKernelModules = true;
+        ProtectKernelTunables = true;
+        ProtectProc = "invisible";
+        ProtectSystem = "strict";
+        ReadWritePaths = [
+          cfg.dataDir
+        ];
+        RestrictAddressFamilies = [
+          "AF_NETLINK"
+          "AF_INET"
+          "AF_INET6"
+        ];
+        RestrictNamespaces = true;
+        RestrictRealtime = true;
+        RestrictSUIDSGID = true;
+        SystemCallArchitectures = "native";
+        SystemCallFilter = [
+          # 1. allow a reasonable set of syscalls
+          "@system-service @resources"
+          # 2. and deny unreasonable ones
+          "~@privileged"
+          # 3. then allow the required subset within denied groups
+          "@chown"
+        ];
+      }
+      // (lib.optionalAttrs (usingDefaultDataDir) {
+        StateDirectory = "temporal";
+        StateDirectoryMode = "0700";
+      });
+    };
+  };
+}
diff --git a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
index 1c354f312617..b3d2fbaee8ed 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/all-tests.nix
@@ -1488,6 +1488,7 @@ in
   teleport = handleTest ./teleport.nix { };
   teleports = runTest ./teleports.nix;
   thelounge = handleTest ./thelounge.nix { };
+  temporal = runTest ./temporal.nix;
   terminal-emulators = handleTest ./terminal-emulators.nix { };
   thanos = runTest ./thanos.nix;
   tiddlywiki = runTest ./tiddlywiki.nix;
diff --git a/nixos/tests/temporal.nix b/nixos/tests/temporal.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..80ad0540a673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/tests/temporal.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,311 @@
+(
+  { lib, pkgs, ... }:
+
+  {
+    name = "temporal";
+    meta.maintainers = [ pkgs.lib.maintainers.jpds ];
+
+    nodes = {
+      temporal =
+        { config, pkgs, ... }:
+        {
+          networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 7233 ];
+
+          environment.systemPackages = [
+            (pkgs.writers.writePython3Bin "temporal-hello-workflow.py"
+              {
+                libraries = [ pkgs.python3Packages.temporalio ];
+              }
+              # Graciously taken from https://github.com/temporalio/samples-python/blob/main/hello/hello_activity.py
+              ''
+                import asyncio
+                from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+                from dataclasses import dataclass
+                from datetime import timedelta
+
+                from temporalio import activity, workflow
+                from temporalio.client import Client
+                from temporalio.worker import Worker
+
+
+                # While we could use multiple parameters in the activity, Temporal strongly
+                # encourages using a single dataclass instead which can have fields added to it
+                # in a backwards-compatible way.
+                @dataclass
+                class ComposeGreetingInput:
+                    greeting: str
+                    name: str
+
+
+                # Basic activity that logs and does string concatenation
+                @activity.defn
+                def compose_greeting(input: ComposeGreetingInput) -> str:
+                    activity.logger.info("Running activity with parameter %s" % input)
+                    return f"{input.greeting}, {input.name}!"
+
+
+                # Basic workflow that logs and invokes an activity
+                @workflow.defn
+                class GreetingWorkflow:
+                    @workflow.run
+                    async def run(self, name: str) -> str:
+                        workflow.logger.info("Running workflow with parameter %s" % name)
+                        return await workflow.execute_activity(
+                            compose_greeting,
+                            ComposeGreetingInput("Hello", name),
+                            start_to_close_timeout=timedelta(seconds=10),
+                        )
+
+
+                async def main():
+                    # Uncomment the lines below to see logging output
+                    # import logging
+                    # logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+
+                    # Start client
+                    client = await Client.connect("localhost:7233")
+
+                    # Run a worker for the workflow
+                    async with Worker(
+                        client,
+                        task_queue="hello-activity-task-queue",
+                        workflows=[GreetingWorkflow],
+                        activities=[compose_greeting],
+                        # Non-async activities require an executor;
+                        # a thread pool executor is recommended.
+                        # This same thread pool could be passed to multiple workers if desired.
+                        activity_executor=ThreadPoolExecutor(5),
+                    ):
+
+                        # While the worker is running, use the client to run the workflow and
+                        # print out its result. Note, in many production setups, the client
+                        # would be in a completely separate process from the worker.
+                        result = await client.execute_workflow(
+                            GreetingWorkflow.run,
+                            "World",
+                            id="hello-activity-workflow-id",
+                            task_queue="hello-activity-task-queue",
+                        )
+                        print(f"Result: {result}")
+
+
+                if __name__ == "__main__":
+                    asyncio.run(main())
+              ''
+            )
+            pkgs.temporal-cli
+          ];
+
+          services.temporal = {
+            enable = true;
+            settings = {
+              # Based on https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/blob/main/config/development-sqlite.yaml
+              log = {
+                stdout = true;
+                level = "info";
+              };
+              services = {
+                frontend = {
+                  rpc = {
+                    grpcPort = 7233;
+                    membershipPort = 6933;
+                    bindOnLocalHost = true;
+                    httpPort = 7243;
+                  };
+                };
+                matching = {
+                  rpc = {
+                    grpcPort = 7235;
+                    membershipPort = 6935;
+                    bindOnLocalHost = true;
+                  };
+                };
+                history = {
+                  rpc = {
+                    grpcPort = 7234;
+                    membershipPort = 6934;
+                    bindOnLocalHost = true;
+                  };
+                };
+                worker = {
+                  rpc = {
+                    grpcPort = 7239;
+                    membershipPort = 6939;
+                    bindOnLocalHost = true;
+                  };
+                };
+              };
+
+              persistence = {
+                defaultStore = "sqlite-default";
+                visibilityStore = "sqlite-visibility";
+                numHistoryShards = 1;
+                datastores = {
+                  sqlite-default = {
+                    sql = {
+                      user = "";
+                      password = "";
+                      pluginName = "sqlite";
+                      databaseName = "default";
+                      connectAddr = "localhost";
+                      connectProtocol = "tcp";
+                      connectAttributes = {
+                        mode = "memory";
+                        cache = "private";
+                      };
+                      maxConns = 1;
+                      maxIdleConns = 1;
+                      maxConnLifetime = "1h";
+                      tls = {
+                        enabled = false;
+                        caFile = "";
+                        certFile = "";
+                        keyFile = "";
+                        enableHostVerification = false;
+                        serverName = "";
+                      };
+                    };
+                  };
+                  sqlite-visibility = {
+                    sql = {
+                      user = "";
+                      password = "";
+                      pluginName = "sqlite";
+                      databaseName = "default";
+                      connectAddr = "localhost";
+                      connectProtocol = "tcp";
+                      connectAttributes = {
+                        mode = "memory";
+                        cache = "private";
+                      };
+                      maxConns = 1;
+                      maxIdleConns = 1;
+                      maxConnLifetime = "1h";
+                      tls = {
+                        enabled = false;
+                        caFile = "";
+                        certFile = "";
+                        keyFile = "";
+                        enableHostVerification = false;
+                        serverName = "";
+                      };
+                    };
+                  };
+                };
+              };
+              clusterMetadata = {
+                enableGlobalNamespace = false;
+                failoverVersionIncrement = 10;
+                masterClusterName = "active";
+                currentClusterName = "active";
+                clusterInformation = {
+                  active = {
+                    enabled = true;
+                    initialFailoverVersion = 1;
+                    rpcName = "frontend";
+                    rpcAddress = "localhost:7233";
+                    httpAddress = "localhost:7243";
+                  };
+                };
+              };
+
+              dcRedirectionPolicy = {
+                policy = "noop";
+              };
+
+              archival = {
+                history = {
+                  state = "enabled";
+                  enableRead = true;
+                  provider = {
+                    filestore = {
+                      fileMode = "0666";
+                      dirMode = "0766";
+                    };
+                    gstorage = {
+                      credentialsPath = "/tmp/gcloud/keyfile.json";
+                    };
+                  };
+                };
+                visibility = {
+                  state = "enabled";
+                  enableRead = true;
+                  provider = {
+                    filestore = {
+                      fileMode = "0666";
+                      dirMode = "0766";
+                    };
+                  };
+                };
+              };
+
+              namespaceDefaults = {
+                archival = {
+                  history = {
+                    state = "disabled";
+                    URI = "file:///tmp/temporal_archival/development";
+                  };
+                  visibility = {
+                    state = "disabled";
+                    URI = "file:///tmp/temporal_vis_archival/development";
+                  };
+                };
+              };
+            };
+          };
+        };
+    };
+
+    testScript = ''
+      temporal.wait_for_unit("temporal")
+      temporal.wait_for_open_port(6933)
+      temporal.wait_for_open_port(6934)
+      temporal.wait_for_open_port(6935)
+      temporal.wait_for_open_port(7233)
+      temporal.wait_for_open_port(7234)
+      temporal.wait_for_open_port(7235)
+
+      temporal.wait_until_succeeds(
+        "journalctl -o cat -u temporal.service | grep 'server-version' | grep '${pkgs.temporal.version}'"
+      )
+
+      temporal.wait_until_succeeds(
+        "journalctl -o cat -u temporal.service | grep 'Frontend is now healthy'"
+      )
+
+      import json
+      cluster_list_json = json.loads(temporal.wait_until_succeeds("temporal operator cluster list --output json"))
+      assert cluster_list_json[0]['clusterName'] == "active"
+
+      cluster_describe_json = json.loads(temporal.wait_until_succeeds("temporal operator cluster describe --output json"))
+      assert cluster_describe_json['serverVersion'] in "${pkgs.temporal.version}"
+
+      temporal.log(temporal.wait_until_succeeds("temporal operator namespace create --namespace default"))
+
+      temporal.wait_until_succeeds(
+        "journalctl -o cat -u temporal.service | grep 'Register namespace succeeded'"
+      )
+
+      namespace_list_json = json.loads(temporal.wait_until_succeeds("temporal operator namespace list --output json"))
+      assert len(namespace_list_json) == 2
+
+      namespace_describe_json = json.loads(temporal.wait_until_succeeds("temporal operator namespace describe --output json --namespace default"))
+      assert namespace_describe_json['namespaceInfo']['name'] == "default"
+      assert namespace_describe_json['namespaceInfo']['state'] == "NAMESPACE_STATE_REGISTERED"
+
+      workflow_json = json.loads(temporal.wait_until_succeeds("temporal workflow list --output json"))
+      assert len(workflow_json) == 0
+
+      out = temporal.wait_until_succeeds("temporal-hello-workflow.py")
+      assert "Result: Hello, World!" in out
+
+      workflow_json = json.loads(temporal.wait_until_succeeds("temporal workflow list --output json"))
+      assert workflow_json[0]['execution']['workflowId'] == "hello-activity-workflow-id"
+      assert workflow_json[0]['status'] == "WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_STATUS_COMPLETED"
+
+      temporal.log(temporal.succeed(
+        "systemd-analyze security temporal.service | grep -v '✓'"
+      ))
+    '';
+  }
+)
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/te/temporal/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/te/temporal/package.nix
index cd8d5fe9f2f7..4563b01153a0 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/te/temporal/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/te/temporal/package.nix
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   buildGoModule,
+  nixosTests,
   testers,
   temporal,
 }:
@@ -46,8 +47,11 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     runHook postInstall
   '';
 
-  passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {
-    package = temporal;
+  passthru.tests = {
+    inherit (nixosTests) temporal;
+    version = testers.testVersion {
+      package = temporal;
+    };
   };
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/temporalio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/temporalio/default.nix
index 53c977258832..7a0da27c77cb 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/temporalio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/temporalio/default.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   maturin,
   nexusrpc,
   nix-update-script,
+  nixosTests,
   pythonOlder,
   poetry-core,
   protobuf5,
@@ -79,7 +80,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     "temporalio.worker"
   ];
 
-  passthru.updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+  passthru = {
+    tests = { inherit (nixosTests) temporal; };
+    updateScript = nix-update-script { };
+  };
 
   meta = {
     description = "Temporal Python SDK";