diff --git a/cadence/workflow/deterministic_event_loop.py b/cadence/workflow/deterministic_event_loop.py
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+from asyncio import AbstractEventLoop, Handle, futures, tasks
+from contextvars import Context
+import logging
+import collections
+import asyncio.events as events
+import threading
+from typing import Callable
+from typing_extensions import Unpack, TypeVarTuple
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+_Ts = TypeVarTuple("_Ts")
+
+class DeterministicEventLoop(AbstractEventLoop):
+    """
+    This is a basic FIFO implementation of event loop that does not allow I/O or timer operations.
+    As a result, it's theoretically deterministic. This event loop is not useful directly without async events processing inside the loop.
+
+    Code is mostly copied from asyncio.BaseEventLoop without I/O or timer operations.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self._thread_id = None # indicate if the event loop is running
+        self._debug = False
+        self._ready  = collections.deque[events.Handle]()
+        self._stopping = False
+        self._closed = False
+
+    def call_soon(self, callback: Callable[[Unpack[_Ts]], object], *args: Unpack[_Ts], context: Context | None = None) -> Handle:
+        return self._call_soon(callback, args, context)
+
+    def _call_soon(self, callback, args, context) -> Handle:
+        handle = events.Handle(callback, args, self, context)
+        self._ready.append(handle)
+        return handle
+
+    def get_debug(self):
+        return self._debug
+
+    def set_debug(self, enabled: bool):
+        self._debug = enabled
+
+    def run_forever(self):
+        """Run until stop() is called."""
+        self._run_forever_setup()
+        try:
+            while True:
+                self._run_once()
+                if self._stopping:
+                    break
+        finally:
+            self._run_forever_cleanup()
+
+    def run_until_complete(self, future):
+        """Run until the Future is done.
+
+        If the argument is a coroutine, it is wrapped in a Task.
+
+        WARNING: It would be disastrous to call run_until_complete()
+        with the same coroutine twice -- it would wrap it in two
+        different Tasks and that can't be good.
+
+        Return the Future's result, or raise its exception.
+        """
+        self._check_closed()
+        self._check_running()
+
+        new_task = not futures.isfuture(future)
+        future = tasks.ensure_future(future, loop=self)
+
+        future.add_done_callback(_run_until_complete_cb)
+        try:
+            self.run_forever()
+        except:
+            if new_task and future.done() and not future.cancelled():
+                # The coroutine raised a BaseException. Consume the exception
+                # to not log a warning, the caller doesn't have access to the
+                # local task.
+                future.exception()
+            raise
+        finally:
+            future.remove_done_callback(_run_until_complete_cb)
+        if not future.done():
+            raise RuntimeError('Event loop stopped before Future completed.')
+
+        return future.result()
+
+    def create_task(self, coro, **kwargs):
+        """Schedule a coroutine object.
+
+        Return a task object.
+        """
+        self._check_closed()
+
+        # NOTE: eager_start is not supported for deterministic event loop
+        if kwargs.get("eager_start", False):
+            raise RuntimeError("eager_start in create_task is not supported for deterministic event loop")
+
+        return tasks.Task(coro, loop=self, **kwargs)
+
+    def create_future(self):
+        return futures.Future(loop=self)
+
+    def _run_once(self):
+        ntodo = len(self._ready)
+        for i in range(ntodo):
+            handle = self._ready.popleft()
+            if handle._cancelled:
+                continue
+            handle._run()
+
+    def _run_forever_setup(self):
+        self._check_closed()
+        self._check_running()
+        self._thread_id = threading.get_ident()
+        events._set_running_loop(self)
+
+    def _run_forever_cleanup(self):
+        self._stopping = False
+        self._thread_id = None
+        events._set_running_loop(None)
+
+    def stop(self):
+        self._stopping = True
+
+    def _check_closed(self):
+        if self._closed:
+            raise RuntimeError('Event loop is closed')
+
+    def _check_running(self):
+        if self.is_running():
+            raise RuntimeError('This event loop is already running')
+        if events._get_running_loop() is not None:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                'Cannot run the event loop while another loop is running')
+
+    def is_running(self):
+        return (self._thread_id is not None)
+
+    def close(self):
+        """Close the event loop.
+        The event loop must not be running.
+        """
+        if self.is_running():
+            raise RuntimeError("Cannot close a running event loop")
+        if self._closed:
+            return
+        if self._debug:
+            logger.debug("Close %r", self)
+        self._closed = True
+        self._ready.clear()
+
+    def is_closed(self):
+        """Returns True if the event loop was closed."""
+        return self._closed
+
+def _run_until_complete_cb(fut):
+    if not fut.cancelled():
+        exc = fut.exception()
+        if isinstance(exc, (SystemExit, KeyboardInterrupt)):
+            return
+    fut.get_loop().stop()
diff --git a/tests/cadence/workflow/test_deterministic_event_loop.py b/tests/cadence/workflow/test_deterministic_event_loop.py
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+import pytest
+import asyncio
+from cadence.workflow.deterministic_event_loop import DeterministicEventLoop
+
+
+async def coro_append(results: list, i: int):
+    results.append(i)
+
+async def coro_await(size: int):
+    results = []
+    for i in range(size):
+        await coro_append(results, i)
+    return results
+
+async def coro_await_future(future: asyncio.Future):
+    return await future
+
+async def coro_await_task(size: int):
+    results = []
+    for i in range(size):
+        asyncio.create_task(coro_append(results, i))
+    return results
+
+class TestDeterministicEventLoop:
+    """Test suite for DeterministicEventLoop using table-driven tests."""
+
+    def setup_method(self):
+        """Setup method called before each test."""
+        self.loop = DeterministicEventLoop()
+
+    def teardown_method(self):
+        """Teardown method called after each test."""
+        if not self.loop.is_closed():
+            self.loop.close()
+        assert self.loop.is_closed() is True
+
+    def test_call_soon(self):
+        """Test _run_once executes single callback."""
+        results = []
+        expected = []
+        for i in range(10000):
+            expected.append(i)
+            self.loop.call_soon(lambda x=i: results.append(x))
+
+        self.loop._run_once()
+
+        assert results == expected
+        assert self.loop.is_running() is False
+
+    def test_run_until_complete(self):
+        size = 10000
+        results = self.loop.run_until_complete(coro_await(size))
+        assert results == list(range(size))
+        assert self.loop.is_running() is False
+        assert self.loop.is_closed() is False
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("result, exception, expected, expected_exception",
+        [(10000, None, 10000, None), (None, ValueError("test"), None, ValueError)])
+    def test_create_future(self, result, exception, expected, expected_exception):
+        future = self.loop.create_future()
+        if expected_exception is not None:
+            with pytest.raises(expected_exception):
+                future.set_exception(exception)
+                self.loop.run_until_complete(coro_await_future(future))
+        else:
+            future.set_result(result)
+            assert self.loop.run_until_complete(coro_await_future(future)) == expected
+
+    def test_create_task(self):
+        size = 10000
+        results = self.loop.run_until_complete(coro_await_task(size))
+        assert results == list(range(size))