Update/trigger/etc activities via client

[dhiaayachi]

Describe the solution you'd like

Support updating activity options and/or triggering a backing-off activity from a client. This is a concept Temporal is actively considering and still designing, so details are not present yet. This is merely an issue for public issue visibility.

[dhiaayachi]

Thank you for the request. We are actively designing this feature and will announce details once they become available.

In the meantime, you can try working around it by using the temporal activity complete command to complete an Activity Execution from the Temporal CLI. For more information on the available options, check out the Temporal CLI activity command reference: https://docs.temporal.io/cli/activity.

[dhiaayachi]

Thanks for the feature request! We are actively considering and designing a way for clients to support updating activity options and/or triggering a backing-off activity.

In the meantime, there isn't a straightforward workaround to achieve this exact functionality. However, depending on your specific use case, you can explore alternative approaches, such as:

• Using Signals: You can send a Signal to your Workflow containing the updated activity options, and then have the Workflow handle the update and potentially trigger a new activity with the updated parameters.

• Implementing a dedicated "Activity Manager" Workflow: You could create a separate Workflow that manages activity options and handles backing-off behavior. Your primary Workflow would interact with this Activity Manager Workflow to update options and trigger necessary actions.

We appreciate your feedback and will continue to explore options for making this functionality more readily available in the future.