temporalio / temporalio/temporal

Do not load all persistence libraries unless needed

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Description

Currently, we load all persistence libraries no matter what persistence the server is configured to run with.
With recent added auth plugin, we are now also pull in aws libraries for "rds-iam-auth". This will quickly become unsustainable.

We need a better way to be able to load only needed libraries.
Few options I can think of:

  • Build plugins as library and load dynamically at runtime based on persistence config.
  • Use different build flag to include only needed libraries at build time for persistence used. This will result in different binaries for different persistence.

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Research direction

No files or tests are identified in the issue. Start by tracing how persistence configuration currently loads libraries and how the rds-iam-auth plugin brings in AWS dependencies; define completion as loading only the libraries required by the configured persistence backend without breaking supported build or runtime configurations.

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Assessment

Tech stack
aws, go
Domain
backend, build-system, databases
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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