XDC replication into the new cluster for the in-flight workflows

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Hi, I have a question around the XDC replication in the following scenario

  1. We have a long running WF in Cluster-A which does something and goes to sleep/wait for the event.
  2. We are adding the Cluster-B in the loop on some stage while the WF is still running on the Cluster-A and setting up XDC between the Cluster-A and the Cluster-B.
  3. We are transferring the namespace hosting the WF from the Cluster-A to the Cluster-B

What would happen with the state and the visibility of the WF for the events which have occurred during the timeline when the Cluster-B didn’t existed?

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Hi @Andrey_Dubnik
asked server team to help with your questions and will get back to you asap.

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Replication works by shipping over workflow updates from active cluster to standby cluster.
ClusterB won’t know anything about a workflow if there is no state transition for a given workflow since they are connected.
You can force a replication for a given workflow by sending a dummy signal to it.

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Thanks! I will definitely add this into the new cluster bootstrap.