diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f2fcbd6f9a..77a91da067 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1517,6 +1517,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "table",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "common-procedure"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "common-error",
+ "common-runtime",
+ "common-telemetry",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "snafu",
+ "tokio",
+ "uuid",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "common-query"
 version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d97faffda6..8eb6855006 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ members = [
     "src/common/function-macro",
     "src/common/grpc",
     "src/common/grpc-expr",
+    "src/common/procedure",
     "src/common/query",
     "src/common/recordbatch",
     "src/common/runtime",
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ snafu = { version = "0.7", features = ["backtraces"] }
 sqlparser = "0.28"
 tokio = { version = "1.24.2", features = ["full"] }
 tonic = "0.8"
+uuid = { version = "1", features = ["serde", "v4", "fast-rng"] }
 
 [profile.release]
 debug = true
diff --git a/src/common/error/Cargo.toml b/src/common/error/Cargo.toml
index e29203c07d..e7c6abfc1a 100644
--- a/src/common/error/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/common/error/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-strum = { version = "0.24", features = ["std", "derive"] }
 snafu = { version = "0.7", features = ["backtraces"] }
+strum = { version = "0.24", features = ["std", "derive"] }
diff --git a/src/common/procedure/Cargo.toml b/src/common/procedure/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..106e81d940
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/procedure/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[package]
+name = "common-procedure"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+async-trait.workspace = true
+common-error = { path = "../error" }
+common-runtime = { path = "../runtime" }
+common-telemetry = { path = "../telemetry" }
+serde.workspace = true
+serde_json = "1.0"
+snafu.workspace = true
+tokio.workspace = true
+uuid.workspace = true
diff --git a/src/common/procedure/src/error.rs b/src/common/procedure/src/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fbfec5f51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/procedure/src/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+// Copyright 2023 Greptime Team
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+use std::any::Any;
+
+use common_error::prelude::*;
+
+use crate::procedure::ProcedureId;
+
+/// Procedure error.
+#[derive(Debug, Snafu)]
+#[snafu(visibility(pub))]
+pub enum Error {
+    #[snafu(display(
+        "Failed to execute procedure due to external error, source: {}",
+        source
+    ))]
+    External {
+        #[snafu(backtrace)]
+        source: BoxedError,
+    },
+
+    #[snafu(display("Loader {} is already registered", name))]
+    LoaderConflict { name: String, backtrace: Backtrace },
+
+    #[snafu(display("Failed to serialize to json, source: {}", source))]
+    ToJson {
+        source: serde_json::Error,
+        backtrace: Backtrace,
+    },
+
+    #[snafu(display("Procedure {} already exists", procedure_id))]
+    DuplicateProcedure {
+        procedure_id: ProcedureId,
+        backtrace: Backtrace,
+    },
+}
+
+pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
+
+impl ErrorExt for Error {
+    fn status_code(&self) -> StatusCode {
+        match self {
+            Error::External { source } => source.status_code(),
+            Error::ToJson { .. } => StatusCode::Internal,
+            Error::LoaderConflict { .. } | Error::DuplicateProcedure { .. } => {
+                StatusCode::InvalidArguments
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn backtrace_opt(&self) -> Option<&Backtrace> {
+        ErrorCompat::backtrace(self)
+    }
+
+    fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn Any {
+        self
+    }
+}
+
+impl Error {
+    /// Creates a new [Error::External] error from source `err`.
+    pub fn external<E: ErrorExt + Send + Sync + 'static>(err: E) -> Error {
+        Error::External {
+            source: BoxedError::new(err),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/common/procedure/src/lib.rs b/src/common/procedure/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ff0888759
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/procedure/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Copyright 2023 Greptime Team
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+//! Common traits and structures for the procedure framework.
+
+pub mod error;
+mod procedure;
+
+pub use crate::error::{Error, Result};
+pub use crate::procedure::{
+    BoxedProcedure, Context, LockKey, Procedure, ProcedureId, ProcedureManager,
+    ProcedureManagerRef, ProcedureState, ProcedureWithId, Status,
+};
diff --git a/src/common/procedure/src/procedure.rs b/src/common/procedure/src/procedure.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..150a67201b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/procedure/src/procedure.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
+// Copyright 2023 Greptime Team
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+use std::fmt;
+use std::str::FromStr;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use snafu::{ResultExt, Snafu};
+use uuid::Uuid;
+
+use crate::error::Result;
+
+/// Procedure execution status.
+pub enum Status {
+    /// The procedure is still executing.
+    Executing {
+        /// Whether the framework needs to persist the procedure.
+        persist: bool,
+    },
+    /// The procedure has suspended itself and is waiting for subprocedures.
+    Suspended {
+        subprocedures: Vec<ProcedureWithId>,
+        /// Whether the framework needs to persist the procedure.
+        persist: bool,
+    },
+    /// the procedure is done.
+    Done,
+}
+
+impl Status {
+    /// Returns a [Status::Executing] with given `persist` flag.
+    pub fn executing(persist: bool) -> Status {
+        Status::Executing { persist }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns `true` if the procedure needs the framework to persist its intermediate state.
+    pub fn need_persist(&self) -> bool {
+        // If the procedure is done, the framework doesn't need to persist the procedure
+        // anymore. It only needs to mark the procedure as committed.
+        match self {
+            Status::Executing { persist } | Status::Suspended { persist, .. } => *persist,
+            Status::Done => false,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Procedure execution context.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Context {
+    /// Id of the procedure.
+    pub procedure_id: ProcedureId,
+}
+
+/// A `Procedure` represents an operation or a set of operations to be performed step-by-step.
+#[async_trait]
+pub trait Procedure: Send + Sync {
+    /// Type name of the procedure.
+    fn type_name(&self) -> &str;
+
+    /// Execute the procedure.
+    ///
+    /// The implementation must be idempotent.
+    async fn execute(&mut self, ctx: &Context) -> Result<Status>;
+
+    /// Dump the state of the procedure to a string.
+    fn dump(&self) -> Result<String>;
+
+    /// Returns the [LockKey] if this procedure needs to acquire lock.
+    fn lock_key(&self) -> Option<LockKey>;
+}
+
+/// A key to identify the lock.
+// We might hold multiple keys in this struct. When there are multiple keys, we need to sort the
+// keys lock all the keys in order to avoid dead lock.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct LockKey(String);
+
+impl LockKey {
+    /// Returns a new [LockKey].
+    pub fn new(key: impl Into<String>) -> LockKey {
+        LockKey(key.into())
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the lock key.
+    pub fn key(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.0
+    }
+}
+
+/// Boxed [Procedure].
+pub type BoxedProcedure = Box<dyn Procedure>;
+
+/// A procedure with specific id.
+pub struct ProcedureWithId {
+    /// Id of the procedure.
+    pub id: ProcedureId,
+    pub procedure: BoxedProcedure,
+}
+
+impl ProcedureWithId {
+    /// Returns a new [ProcedureWithId] that holds specific `procedure`
+    /// and a random [ProcedureId].
+    pub fn with_random_id(procedure: BoxedProcedure) -> ProcedureWithId {
+        ProcedureWithId {
+            id: ProcedureId::random(),
+            procedure,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Snafu)]
+pub struct ParseIdError {
+    source: uuid::Error,
+}
+
+/// Unique id for [Procedure].
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct ProcedureId(Uuid);
+
+impl ProcedureId {
+    /// Returns a new unique [ProcedureId] randomly.
+    pub fn random() -> ProcedureId {
+        ProcedureId(Uuid::new_v4())
+    }
+
+    /// Parses id from string.
+    pub fn parse_str(input: &str) -> std::result::Result<ProcedureId, ParseIdError> {
+        Uuid::parse_str(input)
+            .map(ProcedureId)
+            .context(ParseIdSnafu)
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for ProcedureId {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{}", self.0)
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for ProcedureId {
+    type Err = ParseIdError;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> std::result::Result<ProcedureId, ParseIdError> {
+        ProcedureId::parse_str(s)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Loader to recover the [Procedure] instance from serialized data.
+pub type BoxedProcedureLoader = Box<dyn Fn(&str) -> Result<BoxedProcedure> + Send>;
+
+// TODO(yingwen): Find a way to return the error message if the procedure is failed.
+/// State of a submitted procedure.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum ProcedureState {
+    /// The procedure is running.
+    Running,
+    /// The procedure is finished.
+    Done,
+    /// The procedure is failed and cannot proceed anymore.
+    Failed,
+}
+
+// TODO(yingwen): Shutdown
+/// `ProcedureManager` executes [Procedure] submitted to it.
+#[async_trait]
+pub trait ProcedureManager: Send + Sync + 'static {
+    /// Registers loader for specific procedure type `name`.
+    fn register_loader(&self, name: &str, loader: BoxedProcedureLoader) -> Result<()>;
+
+    /// Submits a procedure to execute.
+    async fn submit(&self, procedure: ProcedureWithId) -> Result<()>;
+
+    /// Recovers unfinished procedures and reruns them.
+    ///
+    /// Callers should ensure all loaders are registered.
+    async fn recover(&self) -> Result<()>;
+
+    /// Query the procedure state.
+    ///
+    /// Returns `Ok(None)` if the procedure doesn't exist.
+    async fn procedure_state(&self, procedure_id: ProcedureId) -> Result<Option<ProcedureState>>;
+}
+
+/// Ref-counted pointer to the [ProcedureManager].
+pub type ProcedureManagerRef = Arc<dyn ProcedureManager>;
+
+/// Serialized data of a procedure.
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+struct ProcedureMessage {
+    /// Type name of the procedure. The procedure framework also use the type name to
+    /// find a loader to load the procedure.
+    type_name: String,
+    /// The data of the procedure.
+    data: String,
+    /// Parent procedure id.
+    parent_id: Option<ProcedureId>,
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_status() {
+        let status = Status::Executing { persist: false };
+        assert!(!status.need_persist());
+
+        let status = Status::Executing { persist: true };
+        assert!(status.need_persist());
+
+        let status = Status::Suspended {
+            subprocedures: Vec::new(),
+            persist: false,
+        };
+        assert!(!status.need_persist());
+
+        let status = Status::Suspended {
+            subprocedures: Vec::new(),
+            persist: true,
+        };
+        assert!(status.need_persist());
+
+        let status = Status::Done;
+        assert!(!status.need_persist());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_lock_key() {
+        let entity = "catalog.schema.my_table";
+        let key = LockKey::new(entity);
+        assert_eq!(entity, key.key());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_procedure_id() {
+        let id = ProcedureId::random();
+        let uuid_str = id.to_string();
+        assert_eq!(id.0.to_string(), uuid_str);
+
+        let parsed = ProcedureId::parse_str(&uuid_str).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(id, parsed);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/object-store/Cargo.toml b/src/object-store/Cargo.toml
index bf03f7e501..37d78ea391 100644
--- a/src/object-store/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/object-store/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ tokio.workspace = true
 anyhow = "1.0"
 common-telemetry = { path = "../common/telemetry" }
 tempdir = "0.3"
-uuid = { version = "1", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
+uuid.workspace = true
diff --git a/src/storage/Cargo.toml b/src/storage/Cargo.toml
index 6cc5cb10c9..bdda0431a9 100644
--- a/src/storage/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/storage/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ store-api = { path = "../store-api" }
 table = { path = "../table" }
 tokio.workspace = true
 tonic.workspace = true
-uuid = { version = "1.1", features = ["v4"] }
+uuid.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 atomic_float = "0.1"
diff --git a/tests-integration/Cargo.toml b/tests-integration/Cargo.toml
index 5ce976e489..3e10363ad4 100644
--- a/tests-integration/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests-integration/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ sql = { path = "../src/sql" }
 table = { path = "../src/table" }
 tempdir = "0.3"
 tokio.workspace = true
-uuid = { version = "1", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
+uuid.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 paste.workspace = true