Azure / Azure/azure-functions-durable-python

Support starting a new orchestration from within orchestrators

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Enhancement
Dominant language
Python
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Forks
70
Avg merge
2d 10h
Merged PRs (30d)
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Description

Related - https://github.com/Azure/azure-functions-durable-js/issues/328

Usually, orchestrations are only to be invoked by a durable client, but in dotnet users have the ability to start orchestrations within another orchestrations.

The dotnet API for this is here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.azure.webjobs.extensions.durabletask.idurableorchestrationcontext.startneworchestration?view=azure-dotnet#microsoft-azure-webjobs-extensions-durabletask-idurableorchestrationcontext-startneworchestration(system-string-system-object-system-string)

We should implement similar functionality

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing Python orchestration context API and the related issue #328, then compare its capabilities with the linked .NET StartNewOrchestration API. Done means defining and implementing equivalent behavior for starting an orchestration from another orchestration, with the supported arguments and expected behavior established by that comparison.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
api, backend, distributed-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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