temporalio / temporalio/features
Feature Request] Add delay to workflow start options
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- Go
- Stars
- 32
- Forks
- 28
- Avg merge
- 1d 9h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 7
Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Workflow start options are missing delay field:
https://typescript.temporal.io/api/interfaces/client.WorkflowOptions
Describe the solution you'd like
A new field named something like WorkflowOptions.delay or WorkflowOptions.delayStartBy
SDKs
- Go - https://github.com/temporalio/sdk-go/issues/1243
- Java - https://github.com/temporalio/sdk-java/issues/1863
- TypeScript - https://github.com/temporalio/sdk-typescript/issues/1262
- Python - https://github.com/temporalio/sdk-python/issues/404
- .NET - https://github.com/temporalio/sdk-dotnet/issues/145
- PHP
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Research direction
Read the delay field in request_response.proto and the linked SDK WorkflowOptions references first. Compare how the option is exposed across Go, Java, TypeScript, Python, and PHP; done means consistent workflow-start delay support with the relevant behavior and history compatibility coverage.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go, java, php, python, typescript
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100