temporalio / temporalio/sdk-typescript
[Feature Request] Run Temporal worker without bunded workflows
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
The TypeScript SDK requires a bundled workflow, either one that has been pre-bundled or one that Temporal will bundle at runtime.
Bundling is awkward and heavyweight (e.g. #933).
Describe the solution you'd like
I would like to be able to run by workflow without a bundling step.
Additional context
This is supported by every Temporal SDK except TypeScript.
While bundling and running as a V8 isolate can be helpful, it's not a requirement to use Temporal (no other SDK has V8 isolates). For me, it causes more problems than it solves.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing how the TypeScript SDK currently requires a pre-bundled workflow or runtime bundling for a Temporal worker. Compare that requirement with the other SDKs referenced in the issue, then define what worker setup without a bundling step should support. Done means a worker can run workflows without bundling while preserving the existing bundled options.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- distributed-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100