Rust Implementation of Apache Burr
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**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
I’d like to use Burr’s state-machine / action-graph approach in environments where Rust is the primary deployment/runtime (e.g., Rust microservices, single-binary distribution, memory-safety requirements, low-latency workloads, WASM targets, etc.).
Currently this means either running Burr as a separate Python service, embedding Python, or re-implementing similar functionality ad-hoc, each of which adds operational complexity and makes it harder to standardize on Burr as a core orchestration primitive across a Rust-heavy stack.
**Describe the solution you'd like**
I’d like to propose (and happily help implement) an officially supported or officially endorsed Rust implementation of Burr with the goal of full functional parity with the existing Python implementation, including:
* **Core runtime parity:** actions, transitions, state semantics, sync/async execution, parallelism features, hooks, typing system behavior, etc.
* **Persistence & tracking parity:** same data model and on-disk formats where applicable, so recorded runs are comparable/portable.
* **Telemetry/observability parity:** compatible tracing/metrics behavior (and the same conceptual execution events).
* **Tracking server + UI parity:** ideally, the existing UI can be used unchanged by matching the server API contract.
* **CLI parity:** equivalent commands/subcommands and behavior, or a clearly documented mapping.
Proposed Implementation approach:
* Define the spec as golden/characterization tests derived from the reference implementation (recorded runs + normalized outputs).
* Develop the test suite with a complete Rust project skeleton first.
* Develop subsystem-by-subsystem until all goldens pass and expanding coverage until parity is reached.
Questions for maintainers:
* Would this be welcome as an official multi-language implementation or preferred as a community project first?
* If official, should it live in this repo (subdir/workspace) or in a separate repo?
**Describe alternatives you've considered**
* **Rust wrapper around Python Burr** (PyO3 / embedding Python) to reuse existing behavior but with Rust entry-points.
* **Running Burr as a separate Python service** and integrating over HTTP/IPC from Rust (keeps Burr unchanged, but adds runtime/ops overhead).
* **Partial Rust port** (core runtime only) while keeping the existing tracking server/UI and/or persistence layer in Python.
* **Implementing only server/API compatibility** in Rust while leaving runtime execution to Python (or vice versa).
* Using other Rust state-machine/workflow crates instead of Burr (but that forfeits Burr’s model, tooling, and existing ecosystem).
Guia de contribuição
Direção de pesquisa
Comece revisando a implementação Python existente e definindo os golden/characterization tests propostos com base em execuções registradas e saídas normalizadas. Construa o esqueleto do projeto Rust mencionado e, em seguida, avalie cada subsistema—runtime, persistence, telemetry, server/UI API e CLI—em relação ao objetivo de paridade estabelecido; considera-se concluído quando os goldens acordados passam e o escopo do projeto e sua localização no repositório estão decididos.
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Avaliação
- Stack de tecnologia
- python, rust, wasm
- Domínio
- api, backend, observability
- Tipo de issue
- Funcionalidade
- Dificuldade
- 5/5
- Tempo estimado
- Mais de uma semana
- Status de atividade
- Estagnada
- Clareza
- Precisa de esclarecimento
- Facilidade para iniciantes
- 25/100