temporalio / temporalio/temporal

Add ability to transfer child workflows to new parent run when parent calls continue as new

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Description

Request: Add ability to transfer child workflows to new parent run when parent calls continue as new.

Currently the child workflow is not transferred and follows the parentClosePolicy.

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Research direction

Start by tracing the parent workflow's continue-as-new handling and how child workflows currently follow the parentClosePolicy. Done means a child workflow can be transferred to the new parent run instead of remaining with the old run, with behavior covered for the requested case.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
distributed-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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