temporalio / temporalio/sdk-java

Revisit local activity backpressure logic w/ no-max slot suppliers

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Description

Before slot supplier introduction, there was a backpressure semaphore for LAs sized at 2x the number of concurrent executions which, when the limit is reached, fails the WFT.

After suppliers, this behavior is the same, but for suppliers with no defined upper-limit on slots, there is no way to pick a reasonable number, so we default to 100. See if there's anything better to be done here.

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Research direction

Start by locating the local activity backpressure semaphore and the slot supplier handling described in this issue. Compare the fixed default of 100 for suppliers without an upper limit with the existing bounded-supplier behavior; done means determining and implementing a more appropriate approach, if one exists.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
backend, performance
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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