temporalio / temporalio/temporal
Add command: DescribeExternalWorkflowExecution
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
In order to describe an external workflow, you currently need to call workflow.describe() using a client in an activity.
Describe the solution you'd like
Being able to describe an external workflow from inside a workflow.
Additional context
User request: https://github.com/temporalio/features/issues/590
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the workflow.describe() call and the client-in-an-activity approach described in the issue, then trace how workflow commands are represented and executed. Done means a workflow can issue DescribeExternalWorkflowExecution directly and obtain an external workflow description without using an activity client; the issue names no files or tests.
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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
- 32/100