temporalio / temporalio/features

[Feature Request] Consider higher-level activity options for some languages

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enhancement
Dominant language
Go
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32
Forks
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Avg merge
1d 9h
Merged PRs (30d)
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Description

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TypeScript and Java both support setting activity options at the workflow level for all activities of a type. Java even supports setting default activity options for all activities. Go and Python support neither of these.

Outstanding questions:

  • Should we support workflow-activity-type-level options in Python or is it expressive enough that they can pass options around?
  • Should we support workflow-activity-type-level options in Go, or is there concern about how it would merge given zero-types of some values?
  • Should we support workflow-level default activity options for TypeScript, Python, and Go?

This intentionally doesn't discuss contextual activity options like only Go has or invocation time options like only Python has

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Research direction

Start by comparing the existing workflow-level and activity-type-level options in the TypeScript and Java SDKs with the capabilities described for Go and Python. Define the desired behavior and option-merging rules for workflow-activity-type-level and workflow-level defaults, with the outstanding questions resolved for each SDK.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go, java, python, typescript
Domain
backend
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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