diff --git a/apps/restate/package.json b/apps/restate/package.json
index d2cbd0e0dd..8154affad9 100644
--- a/apps/restate/package.json
+++ b/apps/restate/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
   "private": true,
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
+    "build": "tsc --noEmitOnError",
     "dev": "wrangler dev --port 9080",
+    "start": "wrangler dev --port 9080",
     "deploy": "wrangler deploy",
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
   },
diff --git a/apps/restate/src/audioPipeline.ts b/apps/restate/src/audioPipeline.ts
index 8a773cb7d2..b0f9141152 100644
--- a/apps/restate/src/audioPipeline.ts
+++ b/apps/restate/src/audioPipeline.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { CallbackUrl, createClient } from "@deepgram/sdk";
-import * as restate from "@restatedev/restate-sdk-cloudflare-workers";
+import * as restate from "@restatedev/restate-sdk-cloudflare-workers/fetch";
 import { serde } from "@restatedev/restate-sdk-zod";
 import { z } from "zod";
 
diff --git a/apps/restate/src/index.ts b/apps/restate/src/index.ts
index a9070a5275..679674df25 100644
--- a/apps/restate/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/restate/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as restate from "@restatedev/restate-sdk-cloudflare-workers";
+import * as restate from "@restatedev/restate-sdk-cloudflare-workers/fetch";
 
 import { audioPipeline } from "./audioPipeline.js";
 import { userRateLimiter } from "./userRateLimiter.js";
diff --git a/apps/restate/src/userRateLimiter.ts b/apps/restate/src/userRateLimiter.ts
index 21d99e5680..5f9e97cdc7 100644
--- a/apps/restate/src/userRateLimiter.ts
+++ b/apps/restate/src/userRateLimiter.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import * as restate from "@restatedev/restate-sdk-cloudflare-workers";
+import * as restate from "@restatedev/restate-sdk-cloudflare-workers/fetch";
 import { z } from "zod";
 
 const RateLimitState = z.object({
diff --git a/apps/web/src/env.ts b/apps/web/src/env.ts
index 0d4171099d..6181554f48 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/env.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/env.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export const env = createEnv({
     VITE_SUPABASE_ANON_KEY: z.string().min(1),
     VITE_POSTHOG_API_KEY: isDev ? z.string().optional() : z.string().min(1),
     VITE_POSTHOG_HOST: z.string().default("https://us.i.posthog.com"),
+    VITE_RESTATE_INGRESS_URL: z.string().default("http://localhost:8080"),
   },
 
   runtimeEnv: { ...process.env, ...import.meta.env },
diff --git a/apps/web/src/functions/transcription.ts b/apps/web/src/functions/transcription.ts
index 5c0a1887e7..7dff0a9076 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/functions/transcription.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/functions/transcription.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { createClient } from "@deepgram/sdk";
+import type { IngressWorkflowClient } from "@restatedev/restate-sdk-clients";
 import * as clients from "@restatedev/restate-sdk-clients";
 import { createServerFn } from "@tanstack/react-start";
 import { z } from "zod";
@@ -26,14 +27,24 @@ const StatusState = z.object({
 
 export type StatusStateType = z.infer<typeof StatusState>;
 
-type AudioPipeline = {
+type StartAudioPipelineInput = {
+  userId: string;
+  fileId: string;
+};
+
+// Workflow definition type matching the server-side handler signatures.
+// The first parameter (ctx) is the Restate context, which is stripped by IngressWorkflowClient.
+type AudioPipelineDefinition = {
   run: (
     ctx: unknown,
-    input: { userId: string; fileId: string },
+    input: StartAudioPipelineInput,
   ) => Promise<StatusStateType>;
   getStatus: (ctx: unknown) => Promise<StatusStateType>;
 };
 
+// Client type with workflowSubmit, workflowAttach, and other client methods
+type AudioPipelineClient = IngressWorkflowClient<AudioPipelineDefinition>;
+
 function getRestateClient() {
   return clients.connect({ url: env.RESTATE_INGRESS_URL });
 }
@@ -74,9 +85,15 @@ export const startAudioPipeline = createServerFn({ method: "POST" })
 
     try {
       const restateClient = getRestateClient();
-      const handle = await restateClient
-        .workflowClient<AudioPipeline>({ name: "AudioPipeline" }, pipelineId)
-        .workflowSubmit({ userId, fileId: safeFileId });
+      const workflowClient: AudioPipelineClient =
+        restateClient.workflowClient<AudioPipelineDefinition>(
+          { name: "AudioPipeline" },
+          pipelineId,
+        );
+      const handle = await workflowClient.workflowSubmit({
+        userId,
+        fileId: safeFileId,
+      });
 
       return {
         success: true,
@@ -105,12 +122,12 @@ export const getAudioPipelineStatus = createServerFn({ method: "GET" })
 
     try {
       const restateClient = getRestateClient();
-      const status = await restateClient
-        .workflowClient<AudioPipeline>(
+      const workflowClient: AudioPipelineClient =
+        restateClient.workflowClient<AudioPipelineDefinition>(
           { name: "AudioPipeline" },
           data.pipelineId,
-        )
-        .getStatus();
+        );
+      const status = await workflowClient.getStatus();
 
       return {
         success: true,
@@ -138,10 +155,11 @@ export const getAudioPipelineResult = createServerFn({ method: "GET" })
 
     try {
       const restateClient = getRestateClient();
-      const workflowClient = restateClient.workflowClient<AudioPipeline>(
-        { name: "AudioPipeline" },
-        data.pipelineId,
-      );
+      const workflowClient: AudioPipelineClient =
+        restateClient.workflowClient<AudioPipelineDefinition>(
+          { name: "AudioPipeline" },
+          data.pipelineId,
+        );
 
       const result = await workflowClient.workflowAttach();
 
diff --git a/apps/web/src/utils/restate.ts b/apps/web/src/utils/restate.ts
index 863fe68f31..4b2b166e9d 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/utils/restate.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/utils/restate.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-const RESTATE_INGRESS_URL =
-  process.env.RESTATE_INGRESS_URL ?? "http://localhost:8080";
+import { env } from "@/env";
+
+const RESTATE_INGRESS_URL = env.VITE_RESTATE_INGRESS_URL;
 
 export interface StatusState {
   status: