diff --git a/packages/durabletask-js/src/worker/registry.ts b/packages/durabletask-js/src/worker/registry.ts
index 21e1179..9fc5dc3 100644
--- a/packages/durabletask-js/src/worker/registry.ts
+++ b/packages/durabletask-js/src/worker/registry.ts
@@ -175,10 +175,43 @@ export class Registry {
       return fn.name;
     }
 
-    const fnStr = fn.toString();
-    const start = fnStr.indexOf("function") + "function".length;
+    const fnStr = fn.toString().trimStart();
+    let start = 0;
+    const isWhitespace = (char: string | undefined) => char !== undefined && char.trim() === "";
+
+    if (fnStr.startsWith("async")) {
+      const afterAsync = "async".length;
+      if (!isWhitespace(fnStr[afterAsync])) {
+        return "";
+      }
+
+      start = afterAsync;
+      while (isWhitespace(fnStr[start])) {
+        start++;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (!fnStr.startsWith("function", start)) {
+      return "";
+    }
+
+    start += "function".length;
+    while (isWhitespace(fnStr[start])) {
+      start++;
+    }
+
+    if (fnStr[start] === "*") {
+      start++;
+      while (isWhitespace(fnStr[start])) {
+        start++;
+      }
+    }
+
     const end = fnStr.indexOf("(", start);
+    if (end === -1) {
+      return "";
+    }
 
-    return fnStr.slice(start, end).trim() || "";
+    return fnStr.slice(start, end).trim();
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/durabletask-js/test/orchestration_executor.spec.ts b/packages/durabletask-js/test/orchestration_executor.spec.ts
index 599453f..0f1581f 100644
--- a/packages/durabletask-js/test/orchestration_executor.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/durabletask-js/test/orchestration_executor.spec.ts
@@ -1130,7 +1130,17 @@ describe("Orchestration Executor", () => {
     startTime?: Date,
   ) {
     const registry = new Registry();
-    const name = registry.addOrchestrator(orchestrator);
+    let name: string;
+    try {
+      name = registry.addOrchestrator(orchestrator);
+    } catch (e: unknown) {
+      if (!(e instanceof Error) || e.message !== "A non-empty orchestrator name is required.") {
+        throw e;
+      }
+      // Anonymous inline orchestrators in tests: register with a default name
+      name = "testOrchestrator";
+      registry.addNamedOrchestrator(name, orchestrator);
+    }
     const allEvents = [
       newOrchestratorStartedEvent(startTime),
       newExecutionStartedEvent(name, TEST_INSTANCE_ID, input !== undefined ? JSON.stringify(input) : undefined),
diff --git a/packages/durabletask-js/test/registry.spec.ts b/packages/durabletask-js/test/registry.spec.ts
index 748cf81..b0c4230 100644
--- a/packages/durabletask-js/test/registry.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/durabletask-js/test/registry.spec.ts
@@ -192,4 +192,93 @@ describe("Registry", () => {
       expect(registry.getEntity("myEntity")).toBe(entityFactory);
     });
   });
+
+  describe("_getFunctionName", () => {
+    let registry: Registry;
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      registry = new Registry();
+    });
+
+    it("should return the name of a named function", () => {
+      function myFunction() {}
+      expect(registry._getFunctionName(myFunction)).toBe("myFunction");
+    });
+
+    it("should return the name of a named generator function", () => {
+      function* myGenerator() {}
+      expect(registry._getFunctionName(myGenerator)).toBe("myGenerator");
+    });
+
+    it("should return the name of a named async generator function", () => {
+      async function* myAsyncGenerator() {
+        yield 1;
+      }
+      expect(registry._getFunctionName(myAsyncGenerator)).toBe("myAsyncGenerator");
+    });
+
+    it("should return empty string for anonymous generator function (not '*')", () => {
+      // This is the key bug fix: previously returned "*" for function*() {}
+      // which would silently register under the name "*"
+      const result = registry._getFunctionName(Function("return function*() {}")());
+      expect(result).toBe("");
+    });
+
+    it("should return empty string for anonymous async generator function (not '*')", () => {
+      // Previously returned "*" for async function*() {}
+      const result = registry._getFunctionName(Function("return async function*() {}")());
+      expect(result).toBe("");
+    });
+
+    it("should return empty string for anonymous arrow function (not garbage)", () => {
+      // Arrow functions don't contain "function" keyword, should return ""
+      // Previously could return garbage from string parsing
+      const result = registry._getFunctionName(Function("return (x) => x")());
+      expect(result).toBe("");
+    });
+
+    it("should return empty string for anonymous async arrow function (not garbage)", () => {
+      // Previously returned garbage like "x) =>" for async arrow functions
+      const result = registry._getFunctionName(Function("return async (x) => x")());
+      expect(result).toBe("");
+    });
+
+    it("should return empty string for arrow function with nested named function", () => {
+      const result = registry._getFunctionName(Function("return () => { function inner() {} }")());
+      expect(result).toBe("");
+    });
+
+    it("should return empty string for anonymous function expression", () => {
+      const result = registry._getFunctionName(Function("return function() {}")());
+      expect(result).toBe("");
+    });
+
+    it("should extract name from named function expression", () => {
+      const result = registry._getFunctionName(Function("return function namedExpr() {}")());
+      expect(result).toBe("namedExpr");
+    });
+
+    it("should extract name from named generator expression", () => {
+      const result = registry._getFunctionName(Function("return function* namedGen() {}")());
+      expect(result).toBe("namedGen");
+    });
+
+    it("should use fn.name when available (variable-assigned functions)", () => {
+      // When assigned to a variable, JS engines set fn.name automatically
+      const myOrchestrator = function* () {};
+      expect(registry._getFunctionName(myOrchestrator)).toBe("myOrchestrator");
+    });
+
+    it("addOrchestrator should throw for anonymous generator function", () => {
+      // With the fix, anonymous generators return "" which triggers the name validation
+      const anonGen = Function("return function*() {}")();
+      expect(() => registry.addOrchestrator(anonGen)).toThrow("A non-empty orchestrator name is required.");
+    });
+
+    it("addActivity should throw for anonymous arrow function", () => {
+      // With the fix, arrow functions return "" which triggers the name validation
+      const anonArrow = Function("return (x) => x")();
+      expect(() => registry.addActivity(anonArrow)).toThrow("A non-empty activity name is required.");
+    });
+  });
 });