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Enumeration: EventType

Whenever this list of events is changed do change the function shouldBufferEvent in mutableStateBuilder.go to make sure to do the correct event ordering

Enumeration Members​

EVENT_TYPE_ACTIVITY_PROPERTIES_MODIFIED_EXTERNALLY​

EVENT_TYPE_ACTIVITY_PROPERTIES_MODIFIED_EXTERNALLY: 45

Some property or properties of an already-scheduled activity have changed by non-workflow code. The distinction of external vs. command-based modification is important so the SDK can maintain determinism when using the command-based approach.

EVENT_TYPE_ACTIVITY_TASK_CANCEL_REQUESTED​

EVENT_TYPE_ACTIVITY_TASK_CANCEL_REQUESTED: 15

A request to cancel the Activity has occurred The SDK client will be able to confirm cancellation of an Activity during an Activity heartbeat

EVENT_TYPE_ACTIVITY_TASK_CANCELED​

EVENT_TYPE_ACTIVITY_TASK_CANCELED: 16

Activity has been cancelled

EVENT_TYPE_ACTIVITY_TASK_COMPLETED​

EVENT_TYPE_ACTIVITY_TASK_COMPLETED: 12

Activity Task has finished successfully The SDK client has picked up and successfully completed the Activity Task This event type contains Activity execution results

EVENT_TYPE_ACTIVITY_TASK_FAILED​

EVENT_TYPE_ACTIVITY_TASK_FAILED: 13

Activity Task has finished unsuccessfully The SDK picked up the Activity Task but unsuccessfully completed it This event type contains Activity execution errors

EVENT_TYPE_ACTIVITY_TASK_SCHEDULED​

EVENT_TYPE_ACTIVITY_TASK_SCHEDULED: 10

Activity Task was scheduled The SDK client should pick up this activity task and execute This event type contains activity inputs, as well as activity timeout configurations

EVENT_TYPE_ACTIVITY_TASK_STARTED​

EVENT_TYPE_ACTIVITY_TASK_STARTED: 11

Activity Task has started executing The SDK client has picked up the Activity Task and is processing the Activity invocation

EVENT_TYPE_ACTIVITY_TASK_TIMED_OUT​

EVENT_TYPE_ACTIVITY_TASK_TIMED_OUT: 14

Activity has timed out according to the Temporal Server Activity did not complete within the timeout settings

EVENT_TYPE_CHILD_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_CANCELED​

EVENT_TYPE_CHILD_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_CANCELED: 34

Child Workflow execution has been cancelled

EVENT_TYPE_CHILD_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_COMPLETED​

EVENT_TYPE_CHILD_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_COMPLETED: 32

Child Workflow execution has successfully completed

EVENT_TYPE_CHILD_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_FAILED​

EVENT_TYPE_CHILD_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_FAILED: 33

Child Workflow execution has unsuccessfully completed

EVENT_TYPE_CHILD_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_STARTED​

EVENT_TYPE_CHILD_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_STARTED: 31

Child Workflow execution has successfully started/triggered

EVENT_TYPE_CHILD_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_TERMINATED​

EVENT_TYPE_CHILD_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_TERMINATED: 36

Child Workflow execution has been terminated

EVENT_TYPE_CHILD_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_TIMED_OUT​

EVENT_TYPE_CHILD_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_TIMED_OUT: 35

Child Workflow execution has timed out by the Temporal Server

EVENT_TYPE_EXTERNAL_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_CANCEL_REQUESTED​

EVENT_TYPE_EXTERNAL_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_CANCEL_REQUESTED: 24

Temporal Server has successfully requested the cancellation of the target Workflow

EVENT_TYPE_EXTERNAL_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_SIGNALED​

EVENT_TYPE_EXTERNAL_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_SIGNALED: 39

Temporal Server has successfully Signaled the targeted Workflow

EVENT_TYPE_MARKER_RECORDED​

EVENT_TYPE_MARKER_RECORDED: 25

A marker has been recorded. This event type is transparent to the Temporal Server The Server will only store it and will not try to understand it.

EVENT_TYPE_NEXUS_OPERATION_CANCEL_REQUEST_COMPLETED​

EVENT_TYPE_NEXUS_OPERATION_CANCEL_REQUEST_COMPLETED: 56

A cancellation request for a Nexus operation was successfully delivered to the Nexus handler.

EVENT_TYPE_NEXUS_OPERATION_CANCEL_REQUEST_FAILED​

EVENT_TYPE_NEXUS_OPERATION_CANCEL_REQUEST_FAILED: 57

A cancellation request for a Nexus operation resulted in an error.

EVENT_TYPE_NEXUS_OPERATION_CANCEL_REQUESTED​

EVENT_TYPE_NEXUS_OPERATION_CANCEL_REQUESTED: 54

A Nexus operation was requested to be canceled using a RequestCancelNexusOperation command.

EVENT_TYPE_NEXUS_OPERATION_CANCELED​

EVENT_TYPE_NEXUS_OPERATION_CANCELED: 52

A Nexus operation completed as canceled.

EVENT_TYPE_NEXUS_OPERATION_COMPLETED​

EVENT_TYPE_NEXUS_OPERATION_COMPLETED: 50

A Nexus operation completed successfully.

EVENT_TYPE_NEXUS_OPERATION_FAILED​

EVENT_TYPE_NEXUS_OPERATION_FAILED: 51

A Nexus operation failed.

EVENT_TYPE_NEXUS_OPERATION_SCHEDULED​

EVENT_TYPE_NEXUS_OPERATION_SCHEDULED: 48

A Nexus operation was scheduled using a ScheduleNexusOperation command.

EVENT_TYPE_NEXUS_OPERATION_STARTED​

EVENT_TYPE_NEXUS_OPERATION_STARTED: 49

An asynchronous Nexus operation was started by a Nexus handler.

EVENT_TYPE_NEXUS_OPERATION_TIMED_OUT​

EVENT_TYPE_NEXUS_OPERATION_TIMED_OUT: 53

A Nexus operation timed out.

EVENT_TYPE_REQUEST_CANCEL_EXTERNAL_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_FAILED​

EVENT_TYPE_REQUEST_CANCEL_EXTERNAL_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_FAILED: 23

Temporal Server could not cancel the targeted Workflow This is usually because the target Workflow could not be found

EVENT_TYPE_REQUEST_CANCEL_EXTERNAL_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_INITIATED​

EVENT_TYPE_REQUEST_CANCEL_EXTERNAL_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_INITIATED: 22

Workflow has requested that the Temporal Server try to cancel another Workflow

EVENT_TYPE_SIGNAL_EXTERNAL_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_FAILED​

EVENT_TYPE_SIGNAL_EXTERNAL_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_FAILED: 38

Temporal Server cannot Signal the targeted Workflow Usually because the Workflow could not be found

EVENT_TYPE_SIGNAL_EXTERNAL_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_INITIATED​

EVENT_TYPE_SIGNAL_EXTERNAL_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_INITIATED: 37

Temporal Server will try to Signal the targeted Workflow Contains the Signal name, as well as a Signal payload

EVENT_TYPE_START_CHILD_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_FAILED​

EVENT_TYPE_START_CHILD_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_FAILED: 30

Child Workflow execution cannot be started/triggered Usually due to a child Workflow ID collision

EVENT_TYPE_START_CHILD_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_INITIATED​

EVENT_TYPE_START_CHILD_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_INITIATED: 29

Temporal Server will try to start a child Workflow

EVENT_TYPE_TIMER_CANCELED​

EVENT_TYPE_TIMER_CANCELED: 19

A time has been cancelled

EVENT_TYPE_TIMER_FIRED​

EVENT_TYPE_TIMER_FIRED: 18

A timer has fired

EVENT_TYPE_TIMER_STARTED​

EVENT_TYPE_TIMER_STARTED: 17

A timer has started

EVENT_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED​

EVENT_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED: 0

Place holder and should never appear in a Workflow execution history

EVENT_TYPE_UPSERT_WORKFLOW_SEARCH_ATTRIBUTES​

EVENT_TYPE_UPSERT_WORKFLOW_SEARCH_ATTRIBUTES: 40

Workflow search attributes should be updated and synchronized with the visibility store

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_CANCEL_REQUESTED​

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_CANCEL_REQUESTED: 20

A request has been made to cancel the Workflow execution

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_CANCELED​

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_CANCELED: 21

SDK client has confirmed the cancellation request and the Workflow execution has been cancelled

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_COMPLETED​

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_COMPLETED: 2

Workflow execution has successfully completed and contains Workflow execution results

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_CONTINUED_AS_NEW​

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_CONTINUED_AS_NEW: 28

Workflow has successfully completed and a new Workflow has been started within the same transaction Contains last Workflow execution results as well as new Workflow execution inputs

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_FAILED​

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_FAILED: 3

Workflow execution has unsuccessfully completed and contains the Workflow execution error

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_OPTIONS_UPDATED​

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_OPTIONS_UPDATED: 55

Workflow execution options updated by user.

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_PAUSED​

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_PAUSED: 58

An event that indicates that the workflow execution has been paused.

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_SIGNALED​

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_SIGNALED: 26

Workflow has received a Signal event The event type contains the Signal name, as well as a Signal payload

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_STARTED​

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_STARTED: 1

Workflow execution has been triggered/started It contains Workflow execution inputs, as well as Workflow timeout configurations

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_TERMINATED​

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_TERMINATED: 27

Workflow execution has been forcefully terminated This is usually because the terminate Workflow API was called

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_TIME_SKIPPING_TRANSITIONED​

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_TIME_SKIPPING_TRANSITIONED: 60

An event that indicates time skipping advanced time or was disabled automatically after a bound was reached.

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_TIMED_OUT​

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_TIMED_OUT: 4

Workflow execution has timed out by the Temporal Server Usually due to the Workflow having not been completed within timeout settings

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_UNPAUSED​

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_UNPAUSED: 59

An event that indicates that the previously paused workflow execution has been unpaused.

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_UPDATE_ACCEPTED​

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_UPDATE_ACCEPTED: 41

An update was accepted (i.e. passed validation, perhaps because no validator was defined)

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_UPDATE_ADMITTED​

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_UPDATE_ADMITTED: 47

An update was admitted. Note that not all admitted updates result in this event. See UpdateAdmittedEventOrigin for situations in which this event is created.

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_UPDATE_COMPLETED​

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_UPDATE_COMPLETED: 43

An update completed

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_UPDATE_REJECTED​

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_UPDATE_REJECTED: 42

This event is never written to history.

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_PROPERTIES_MODIFIED​

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_PROPERTIES_MODIFIED: 46

Workflow properties modified by user workflow code

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_PROPERTIES_MODIFIED_EXTERNALLY​

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_PROPERTIES_MODIFIED_EXTERNALLY: 44

Some property or properties of the workflow as a whole have changed by non-workflow code. The distinction of external vs. command-based modification is important so the SDK can maintain determinism when using the command-based approach.

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_TASK_COMPLETED​

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_TASK_COMPLETED: 7

Workflow Task has completed The SDK client picked up the Workflow Task and processed new history events SDK client may or may not ask the Temporal Server to do additional work, such as: EVENT_TYPE_ACTIVITY_TASK_SCHEDULED EVENT_TYPE_TIMER_STARTED EVENT_TYPE_UPSERT_WORKFLOW_SEARCH_ATTRIBUTES EVENT_TYPE_MARKER_RECORDED EVENT_TYPE_START_CHILD_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_INITIATED EVENT_TYPE_REQUEST_CANCEL_EXTERNAL_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_INITIATED EVENT_TYPE_SIGNAL_EXTERNAL_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_INITIATED EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_COMPLETED EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_FAILED EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_CANCELED EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_EXECUTION_CONTINUED_AS_NEW

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_TASK_FAILED​

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_TASK_FAILED: 9

Workflow Task encountered a failure Usually this means that the Workflow was non-deterministic However, the Workflow reset functionality also uses this event

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_TASK_SCHEDULED​

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_TASK_SCHEDULED: 5

Workflow Task has been scheduled and the SDK client should now be able to process any new history events

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_TASK_STARTED​

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_TASK_STARTED: 6

Workflow Task has started and the SDK client has picked up the Workflow Task and is processing new history events

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_TASK_TIMED_OUT​

EVENT_TYPE_WORKFLOW_TASK_TIMED_OUT: 8

Workflow Task encountered a timeout Either an SDK client with a local cache was not available at the time, or it took too long for the SDK client to process the task