diff --git a/src/core/Elsa.Core/Activities/Container.cs b/src/core/Elsa.Core/Activities/Container.cs
index df84ad7ca..bdefba3ce 100644
--- a/src/core/Elsa.Core/Activities/Container.cs
+++ b/src/core/Elsa.Core/Activities/Container.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ public abstract class Container : Activity, IContainer
 
         // Schedule children.
         await ScheduleChildrenAsync(context);
+        
+        // Because we override ExecuteAsync, this activity will not automatically complete.
+        // Instead, it's up to the derived classes to explicitly complete this activity.
     }
 
     protected virtual async ValueTask OnChildActivityCompletedAsync(ActivityCompleted signal, SignalContext context)
diff --git a/src/core/Elsa.Core/Activities/Sequence.cs b/src/core/Elsa.Core/Activities/Sequence.cs
index 4c39ebc08..71d36fe42 100644
--- a/src/core/Elsa.Core/Activities/Sequence.cs
+++ b/src/core/Elsa.Core/Activities/Sequence.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ using System.ComponentModel;
 using Elsa.Attributes;
 using Elsa.Contracts;
 using Elsa.Models;
-using Elsa.Signals;
 
 namespace Elsa.Activities;
 
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ public class Sequence : Container
             
         if (currentIndex >= childActivities.Count)
         {
-            await context.SignalAsync(new ActivityCompleted());
+            await context.CompleteActivityAsync();
             return;
         }
             
diff --git a/src/core/Elsa.Core/Models/Activity.cs b/src/core/Elsa.Core/Models/Activity.cs
index db3d520c5..d6af43c7c 100644
--- a/src/core/Elsa.Core/Models/Activity.cs
+++ b/src/core/Elsa.Core/Models/Activity.cs
@@ -20,13 +20,7 @@ public abstract class Activity : ISignalHandler
     protected virtual async ValueTask ExecuteAsync(ActivityExecutionContext context)
     {
         Execute(context);
-        await OnExecutedAsync(context);
-    }
-
-    protected virtual async ValueTask OnExecutedAsync(ActivityExecutionContext context)
-    {
-        // By default, signal that the activity is completed.
-        await context.SignalAsync(new ActivityCompleted());
+        await CompleteAsync(context);
     }
 
     protected virtual ValueTask OnSignalReceivedAsync(object signal, SignalContext context)
@@ -43,9 +37,17 @@ public abstract class Activity : ISignalHandler
     {
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Notify the sytem that this activity completed.
+    /// </summary>
+    protected async ValueTask CompleteAsync(ActivityExecutionContext context)
+    {
+        await context.CompleteActivityAsync();
+    }
+
     protected void OnSignalReceived(Type signalType, Func<object, SignalContext, ValueTask> handler) => _signalHandlers.Add(new SignalHandlerRegistration(signalType, handler));
     protected void OnSignalReceived<T>(Func<T, SignalContext, ValueTask> handler) => OnSignalReceived(typeof(T), (signal, context) => handler((T)signal, context));
-    
+
     protected void OnSignalReceived<T>(Action<T, SignalContext> handler)
     {
         OnSignalReceived<T>((signal, context) =>
@@ -55,8 +57,11 @@ public abstract class Activity : ISignalHandler
         });
     }
 
-    ValueTask IActivity.ExecuteAsync(ActivityExecutionContext context) => ExecuteAsync(context);
-    
+    async ValueTask IActivity.ExecuteAsync(ActivityExecutionContext context)
+    {
+        await ExecuteAsync(context);
+    }
+
     async ValueTask ISignalHandler.HandleSignalAsync(object signal, SignalContext context)
     {
         // Give derived activity a chance to do something with the signal.
diff --git a/src/core/Elsa.Core/Models/ActivityExecutionContext.cs b/src/core/Elsa.Core/Models/ActivityExecutionContext.cs
index fd558cba5..01bf81222 100644
--- a/src/core/Elsa.Core/Models/ActivityExecutionContext.cs
+++ b/src/core/Elsa.Core/Models/ActivityExecutionContext.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
 using System.Reflection;
 using Elsa.Activities;
 using Elsa.Contracts;
+using Elsa.Signals;
 
 namespace Elsa.Models;
 
@@ -190,6 +191,14 @@ public class ActivityExecutionContext
                 return;
         }
     }
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Explicitly complete the current activity. This should only be called by activities that explicitly suppress automatic-completion.
+    /// </summary>
+    public async ValueTask CompleteActivityAsync()
+    {
+        await SignalAsync(new ActivityCompleted());
+    }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Returns a flattened list of the current context's ancestors.
diff --git a/test/Elsa.IntegrationTests/Workflows/ForEachWorkflowTests.cs b/test/Elsa.IntegrationTests/Workflows/ForEachWorkflowTests.cs
index 9f5ebf57d..d924a4794 100644
--- a/test/Elsa.IntegrationTests/Workflows/ForEachWorkflowTests.cs
+++ b/test/Elsa.IntegrationTests/Workflows/ForEachWorkflowTests.cs
@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ public class ForEachWorkflowTests
                     {
                         Items = new Input<ICollection<string>>(_items),
                         CurrentValue = currentItem,
-                        Body = new WriteLine(context => currentItem.Get(context))
+                        Body = new If(() => true)
+                        {
+                            Then = new Break(),
+                            Else = new WriteLine()
+                        }
                     },
                 }
             });
diff --git a/test/Elsa.IntegrationTests/Workflows/SequentialWorkflowTests.cs b/test/Elsa.IntegrationTests/Workflows/SequentialWorkflowTests.cs
index 0738a8f01..0997677e8 100644
--- a/test/Elsa.IntegrationTests/Workflows/SequentialWorkflowTests.cs
+++ b/test/Elsa.IntegrationTests/Workflows/SequentialWorkflowTests.cs
@@ -16,24 +16,48 @@ public class SequentialWorkflowTests
 {
     private readonly IWorkflowRunner _workflowRunner;
     private readonly CapturingTextWriter _capturingTextWriter = new();
-    private readonly Workflow _workflow;
 
     public SequentialWorkflowTests(ITestOutputHelper testOutputHelper)
     {
         var services = new TestApplicationBuilder(testOutputHelper).WithCapturingTextWriter(_capturingTextWriter).Build();
         _workflowRunner = services.GetRequiredService<IWorkflowRunner>();
-        _workflow = new WorkflowDefinitionBuilder().BuildWorkflow(new SequentialWorkflow());
     }
-
-    [Fact(DisplayName = "Sequence completes only after its child activities complete")]
+    
+    [Fact(DisplayName = "Sequence completes after its child activities complete")]
     public async Task Test1()
     {
-        await _workflowRunner.RunAsync(_workflow);
+        var workflow = new WorkflowDefinitionBuilder().BuildWorkflow(new SequentialWorkflow());
+        await _workflowRunner.RunAsync(workflow);
+        var lines = _capturingTextWriter.Lines.ToList();
+        Assert.Equal(new[] { "Line 1", "Line 2", "Line 3" }, lines);
+    }
+
+    [Fact(DisplayName = "Sequence completes after its child sequence activity complete")]
+    public async Task Test2()
+    {
+        var workflow = new WorkflowDefinitionBuilder().BuildWorkflow(new NestedSequentialWorkflow());
+        await _workflowRunner.RunAsync(workflow);
         var lines = _capturingTextWriter.Lines.ToList();
         Assert.Equal(new[] { "Start", "Line 1", "Line 2", "Line 3", "End" }, lines);
     }
-
+    
     private class SequentialWorkflow : IWorkflow
+    {
+        public void Build(IWorkflowDefinitionBuilder workflow)
+        {
+            workflow.WithRoot(new Sequence
+            {
+                Activities =
+                {
+                    new WriteLine("Line 1"),
+                    new WriteLine("Line 2"),
+                    new WriteLine("Line 3")
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class NestedSequentialWorkflow : IWorkflow
     {
         public void Build(IWorkflowDefinitionBuilder workflow)
         {