temporalio / temporalio/features

GetWorkflowHistory payload size exceeds limit for a single page

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enhancement
Dominant language
Go
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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

A workflow page with large payloads can exceed the GRPC limit.
For example, a user might have a proxy that has a 4MB limit and when downloading a page of history with GetWorkflowHistory that has large payloads in it (such as activity args), it could be larger than that limit.

This gets the workflow into a state that's difficult-to-impossible to recover from.

Describe the solution you'd like

Dunno. Try pagination through smaller pages if there's a size problem? Implement a payload store?

Additional context
Per-SDK Tickets
  • Go -
  • Java -
  • Core -
  • TypeScript -
  • Python -
  • .NET -
  • PHP -
  • Temporal CLI -

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the GetWorkflowHistory API and the stated 4MB proxy-limit scenario. The issue does not identify files, tests, or a chosen solution; first clarify whether smaller pagination or a payload store is intended, then determine the required work across the listed Go, Java, Core, TypeScript, Python, .NET, PHP, and Temporal CLI tickets.

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Assessment

Tech stack
grpc
Domain
api
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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