temporalio / temporalio/temporal

Simple configuration structure

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

The current server configuration takes a directory and an environment name, supports merging multiple files and requires separate files for static and dynamic config.

This complexity hurts the developer experience and is the reason we don't expose server configuration in the Temporal CLI.

Describe the solution you'd like

Come up with a clean config structure that can be contained in a single file.

Additional context

Extra care should be taken if we migrate to a new format to avoid breaking existing users.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by tracing how the server currently consumes a directory, environment name, merged files, and separate static and dynamic configuration. Then examine how the Temporal CLI could expose that configuration. Done means a defined single-file structure with a migration approach that avoids breaking existing users.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
backend, cli, developer-experience
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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