temporalio / temporalio/features

[Feature Request] Worker Pause

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enhancement
Dominant language
Go
Stars
32
Forks
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Avg merge
1d 9h
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Description

Describe the solution you'd like

People want to be able to ask a worker to stop polling but don't want to shutdown the worker (and then they want to unpause to resume polling). This is likely just a pause() and unpause() on the worker, maybe with something that lets you know whether it's paused.

  • Go
  • Java
  • Core
  • TypeScript (after core)
  • Python (after core)
  • .NET (after core)

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Research direction

No files or tests are named. Start by defining the core worker polling lifecycle and the pause()/unpause() API contract, then determine how the Go, Java, TypeScript, Python, and .NET implementations should follow it. Done means workers can stop and resume polling without shutdown, with paused-state visibility if included in the final contract.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go, java, python, typescript
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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