# Lifecycle automation

Lifecycle automation sends messages based on user state and events: onboarding, activation, renewal, win-back. It relies on clean event data and testable graphs with delays, branches, and exits.

**Why it matters:** Most durable email revenue and retention effects come from lifecycle systems, not one-off blasts.

**Canonical:** https://emailmarketing.sh/glossary/lifecycle-automation

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