temporalio / temporalio/features
[Feature Request] Friendly version of `getWorkflowExecutionHistory`
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Instead of:
const { history } = await conn.workflowService.getWorkflowExecutionHistory({
namespace: 'default',
execution: {
workflowId: 'calc',
},
});
and throwing errors like:

Describe the solution you'd like
const history = await workflowHandle.getHistory()
and throwing WorkflowNotFoundError
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Research direction
Start by comparing the existing conn.workflowService.getWorkflowExecutionHistory call with the requested workflowHandle.getHistory() API. Check how the TypeScript SDK represents workflow handles and errors, then define the behavior for returning history and throwing WorkflowNotFoundError. Done means the friendly method and error behavior are covered by the repository's compatibility tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- api
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100