A brittle Bash script on a shared operations host copies extracts b…

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A brittle Bash script on a shared operations host copies extracts between the permitting system, finance, and GIS, with no retries, timeouts, or visible state when a step fails overnight. Which orchestration modernization should architects select?

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Replace the Bash glue chain with AWS Step Functions so municipal system-to-system steps have retries, timeouts, and visible state — Overnight Bash glue is a treasure map nobody can read at 3 a.m. Step Functions turns the handoffs into a flowchart with retries and a status you can actually see. A longer script is still a script.

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Lengthen the Bash script and run it more frequently from the same host

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Embed all three systems' logic inside a single Lambda that times out at 15 minutes

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Require operators to copy files with USB drives when the script fails

A brittle Bash script on a shared operations host copies extracts between the permitting system, finance, and GIS, with no retries, timeouts, or visible state when a step fails overnight. Which orchestration modernization should architects select?

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