diff --git a/api/core/app/entities/queue_entities.py b/api/core/app/entities/queue_entities.py
index 42e6a1519c..c8377a6cd1 100644
--- a/api/core/app/entities/queue_entities.py
+++ b/api/core/app/entities/queue_entities.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class QueueEvent(StrEnum):
     WORKFLOW_SUCCEEDED = "workflow_succeeded"
     WORKFLOW_FAILED = "workflow_failed"
     WORKFLOW_PARTIAL_SUCCEEDED = "workflow_partial_succeeded"
+    WORKFLOW_SUSPENDED = "workflow_suspended"
     ITERATION_START = "iteration_start"
     ITERATION_NEXT = "iteration_next"
     ITERATION_COMPLETED = "iteration_completed"
@@ -326,6 +327,13 @@ class QueueWorkflowStartedEvent(AppQueueEvent):
     graph_runtime_state: GraphRuntimeState
 
 
+class QueueWorkflowSuspendedEvent(AppQueueEvent):
+    event: QueueEvent = QueueEvent.WORKFLOW_SUSPENDED
+    # next_node_id records the next node to execute after resuming
+    # workflow.
+    next_node_id: str
+
+
 class QueueWorkflowSucceededEvent(AppQueueEvent):
     """
     QueueWorkflowSucceededEvent entity
diff --git a/api/core/workflow/entities/workflow_execution.py b/api/core/workflow/entities/workflow_execution.py
index 781be4b3c6..a43d75bbed 100644
--- a/api/core/workflow/entities/workflow_execution.py
+++ b/api/core/workflow/entities/workflow_execution.py
@@ -23,12 +23,109 @@ class WorkflowType(StrEnum):
 
 
 class WorkflowExecutionStatus(StrEnum):
+    # State diagram for the workflw status:
+    # (@) means start, (*) means end
+    #
+    #       ┌------------------>------------------------->------------------->--------------┐
+    #       |                                                                               |
+    #       |                       ┌-----------------------<--------------------┐          |
+    #       ^                       |                                            |          |
+    #       |                       |                                            ^          |
+    #       |                       V                                            |          |
+    # ┌-----------┐        ┌-----------------------┐                       ┌-----------┐    V
+    # | Scheduled |------->|        Running        |---------------------->| Suspended |    |
+    # └-----------┘        └-----------------------┘                       └-----------┘    |
+    #       |                |       |       |    |                              |          |
+    #       |                |       |       |    |                              |          |
+    #       ^                |       |       |    V                              V          |
+    #       |                |       |       |    |                         ┌---------┐     |
+    #      (@)               |       |       |    └------------------------>| Stopped |<----┘
+    #                        |       |       |                              └---------┘
+    #                        |       |       |                                   |
+    #                        |       |       V                                   V
+    #                        |       |  ┌-----------┐                            |
+    #                        |       |  | Succeeded |------------->--------------┤
+    #                        |       |  └-----------┘                            |
+    #                        |       V                                           V
+    #                        |  +--------┐                                       |
+    #                        |  | Failed |---------------------->----------------┤
+    #                        |  └--------┘                                       |
+    #                        V                                                   V
+    #             ┌---------------------┐                                        |
+    #             | Partially Succeeded |---------------------->-----------------┘--------> (*)
+    #             └---------------------┘
+    #
+    # Mermaid diagram:
+    #
+    #     ---
+    #     title: State diagram for Workflow run state
+    #     ---
+    #     stateDiagram-v2
+    #         scheduled: Scheduled
+    #         running: Running
+    #         succeeded: Succeeded
+    #         failed: Failed
+    #         partial_succeeded: Partial Succeeded
+    #         suspended: Suspended
+    #         stopped: Stopped
+    #
+    #         [*] --> scheduled:
+    #         scheduled --> running: Start Execution
+    #         running --> suspended: Human input required
+    #         suspended --> running: human input added
+    #         suspended --> stopped: User stops execution
+    #         running --> succeeded: Execution finishes without any error
+    #         running --> failed: Execution finishes with errors
+    #         running --> stopped: User stops execution
+    #         running --> partial_succeeded: some execution occurred and handled during execution
+    #
+    #         scheduled --> stopped: User stops execution
+    #
+    #         succeeded --> [*]
+    #         failed --> [*]
+    #         partial_succeeded --> [*]
+    #         stopped --> [*]
+
+    # `SCHEDULED` means that the workflow is scheduled to run, but has not
+    # started running yet. (maybe due to possible worker saturation.)
+    SCHEDULED = "scheduled"
+
+    # `RUNNING` means the workflow is exeuting.
     RUNNING = "running"
+
+    # `SUCCEEDED` means the execution of workflow succeed without any error.
     SUCCEEDED = "succeeded"
+
+    # `FAILED` means the execution of workflow failed without some errors.
     FAILED = "failed"
+
+    # `STOPPED` means the execution of workflow was stopped, either manually
+    # by the user, or automatically by the Dify application (E.G. the moderation
+    # mechanism.)
     STOPPED = "stopped"
+
+    # `PARTIAL_SUCCEEDED` indicates that some errors occurred during the workflow
+    # execution, but they were successfully handled (e.g., by using an error
+    # strategy such as "fail branch" or "default value").
     PARTIAL_SUCCEEDED = "partial-succeeded"
 
+    # `SUSPENDED` indicates that the workflow execution is temporarily paused
+    # (e.g., awaiting human input) and is expected to resume later.
+    SUSPENDED = "suspended"
+
+    def is_ended(self) -> bool:
+        return self in _END_STATE
+
+
+_END_STATE = frozenset(
+    [
+        WorkflowExecutionStatus.SUCCEEDED,
+        WorkflowExecutionStatus.FAILED,
+        WorkflowExecutionStatus.PARTIAL_SUCCEEDED,
+        WorkflowExecutionStatus.STOPPED,
+    ]
+)
+
 
 class WorkflowExecution(BaseModel):
     """
diff --git a/api/core/workflow/graph_engine/entities/event.py b/api/core/workflow/graph_engine/entities/event.py
index e57e9e4d64..d44b4e0418 100644
--- a/api/core/workflow/graph_engine/entities/event.py
+++ b/api/core/workflow/graph_engine/entities/event.py
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ class GraphRunPartialSucceededEvent(BaseGraphEvent):
     outputs: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None
 
 
+class GraphRunSuspendedEvent(BaseGraphEvent):
+    next_node_id: str = Field(..., description="the next node id to execute while resumed.")
+
+
 ###########################################
 # Node Events
 ###########################################