temporalio / temporalio/sdk-python
[Feature Request] Provide "workflow local"
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- Python
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Description
Describe the solution you'd like
Users need a workflow-local var that is scoped only to the current workflow when accessed via code. See https://github.com/temporalio/features/issues/571.
Rough sketch: a user can have myValue = workflow.LocalVar("myValue"), and all methods and typesafety and such work like contextvars.ContextVar.
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the linked Temporal feature request and the proposed workflow.LocalVar API, comparing its required methods and type-safety with Python's contextvars.ContextVar. Define the workflow-only scoping behavior and the API contract; done means the feature is specified well enough to implement and verify.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100