# Continue-As-New - Ruby SDK

> Use Continue-As-New with the Temporal Ruby SDK to manage Workflow Event Histories, ensuring optimal performance by starting new Executions seamlessly.

This page describes how to Continue-As-New using the Temporal Ruby SDK.

[Continue-As-New](/workflow-execution/continue-as-new) enables a Workflow Execution to close successfully and create a new Workflow Execution in a single atomic operation if the number of Events in the Event History is becoming too large.
The Workflow Execution spawned from the use of Continue-As-New has the same Workflow Id, a new Run Id, and a fresh Event History and is passed all the appropriate parameters.

> **⚠️ Caution:**
>
> As a precautionary measure, the Workflow Execution's Event History is limited to [51,200 Events](https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/blob/e3496b1c51bfaaae8142b78e4032cc791de8a76f/service/history/configs/config.go#L382) or [50 MB](https://github.com/temporalio/temporal/blob/e3496b1c51bfaaae8142b78e4032cc791de8a76f/service/history/configs/config.go#L380) and will warn you after 10,240 Events or 10 MB.
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To prevent a Workflow Execution Event History from exceeding this limit and failing, use Continue-As-New to start a new Workflow Execution with a fresh Event History.

A very large Event History can adversely affect the performance of a Workflow Execution.
For example, in the case of a Workflow Worker failure, the full Event History must be pulled from the Temporal Service and given to another Worker via a Workflow Task.
If the Event history is very large, it may take some time to load it.

The Continue-As-New feature enables developers to complete the current Workflow Execution and start a new one atomically.

The new Workflow Execution has the same Workflow Id, but a different Run Id, and has its own Event History.

## Continue-As-New in Ruby 

To Continue-As-New in Ruby, raise a `Temporalio::Workflow::ContinueAsNewError` from inside your Workflow, which will stop the Workflow immediately and Continue-As-New.

```ruby
raise Temporalio::Workflow::ContinueAsNewError.new('my-new-arg')
```

> **⚠️ Warning:**
> Using Continue-as-New and Updates
>
> - Temporal _does not_ support Continue-as-New functionality within Update handlers.
> - Complete all handlers _before_ using Continue-as-New.
> - Use Continue-as-New from your main Workflow Definition method, just as you would complete or fail a Workflow Execution.
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