Hello, I am researching how to use manual time skipping when testing Workflow code. When I look at the documentation, I only see "Learn to skip time manually in the SDK of your choice." Could someone elaborate or point me to an example on how to use time skipping manually in Java? Thanks!

[image] maxim: skips the time automatically when the workflow under test is block What does the .sleep(duration Duration) function do then?

How is that different from “manually skipping time”?

I have the same question, and the docs in the Java SDK section need work here. The docs should not say “Learn to skip time manually in the SDK of your choice.” when I’m already looking at the “Java SDK” section. :slight_smile: [image] maxim: Java SDK doesn’t support manual time skipping. It ski…

The sleep function blocks the workflow code. So, the time is automatically moved forward to unblock the workflow. I wouldn’t call it “manual time skipping.”

After doing some local testing and looking through the source code, I think I understand how it works. I tested it locally with a simple workflow that looks like this: class TimeSkipWorkflowImpl : TimeSkipWorkflow { private val logger = wfLogger() private var cond: Boolean = false override…

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maxim July 20, 2023, 4:22pm 2

Java SDK doesn’t support manual time skipping. It skips the time automatically when the workflow under test is blocked.

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