So we have an order use-case and an external system is expected to process payment, the customer has X days to settle payment using the external system (the amount varies by types from 2-0 days) during this time the order status is Pending-Payment … I was planning to create a workflow that will po…

Sorry, I don’t understand your concerns. After poll timeout is reached the activity will complete/timeout and the workflow can execute whatever cleanup logic is needed. What is not elegant about performing the cleanup logic in a finally block?

Long polling inside workflows or activities

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maxim March 13, 2024, 5:11am 2

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