Hi there! I’m working on a temporal workflow with the Java SDK, and I’d like to optionally delay starting execution of the workflow – potentially for a long period of time (on the order of days or weeks). The first thing I found and tried was Workflow.sleep at the beginning of the workflow implement…

Delayed execution of workflow

rav223 April 17, 2024, 7:36am 3

In the latest version of the Temporal SDK and with the latest Temporal server, you can use WorkflowOptions to specify the start delay.

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