Hi all, We’re considering using Temporal for a use case in which we’ll have 500k-1M workflows running a polling loop at variable rates ranging from once every few minutes to once every few seconds - so maybe an average of 2 polls per workflow per minute. On each iteration, a workflow would run a si…

There is no need to use continue-as-new for simple polling: [image] What is the best practice for a polling activity? Community Support It depends on how frequently you want to poll. For infrequent polls (every minute or slower) use the server side retry. Specify a Ret…

Continue-as-new overhead, suitability of using Temporal

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maxim March 5, 2024, 3:53pm 2

There is no need to use continue-as-new for simple polling:

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Continue-as-new overhead, suitability of using Temporal

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