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activity-core/docs/conventions.md
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Phase 0 contracts (event envelope, ActivityDefinition, idempotency doc,
naming conventions) and Phase 1 Temporal cluster setup (docker-compose.dev.yml,
Temporal dynamic config) are complete. Includes Pydantic models, JSON schemas,
wiki architecture docs, and ADR-001 workplan files for both workstreams.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-04 22:45:40 +01:00

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# Temporal Conventions
## Namespace
| Environment | Namespace |
|---|---|
| Dev (Docker Compose) | `default` |
| Production | `activity-core-prod` |
Use the `default` namespace for all dev and test work. The production namespace is
created via the Temporal admin API as part of the Kubernetes deployment (EP-custodian,
extension point `af654abb`).
---
## Task Queues
| Queue name | Registered workers |
|---|---|
| `orchestrator-tq` | `RunActivityWorkflow` and all its activities (`load_activity_definition`, `resolve_context`, `log_run`) |
| `task-execution-tq` | `TaskExecutorWorkflow` and all concrete task type workflows |
**Rule:** a workflow and its activities must be registered on the same task queue.
Cross-queue activity calls require an explicit `task_queue` argument on
`workflow.execute_activity()`.
---
## Workflow ID conventions
See `docs/idempotency.md` for the full workflow ID strategy.
Summary:
- `RunActivityWorkflow`: `activity-{activity_id}:{trigger_key}`
- `TaskExecutorWorkflow`: `task-{run_id}:{task_type}:{index}`
- Temporal Schedules: `activity-schedule-{activity_id}`
---
## Schedule ID conventions
Temporal Schedules are identified by `schedule_id`. The convention:
```
activity-schedule-{activity_definition.id}
```
This makes it trivial to look up the schedule for a given ActivityDefinition
without a separate mapping table.
---
## Worker registration
Each worker process registers:
- **Workflows**: `worker.register_workflow(WorkflowClass)`
- **Activities**: `worker.register_activity(activity_function)`
A single process may run workers for multiple task queues, but each `Worker`
instance is bound to one task queue. Use separate `Worker` instances for
`orchestrator-tq` and `task-execution-tq`.
---
## Search attributes
`RunActivityWorkflow` sets the following search attributes (requires Elasticsearch
visibility, enabled in the dev docker-compose):
| Attribute | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| `ActivityId` | `Keyword` | The `ActivityDefinition.id` UUID |
| `ActivityName` | `Keyword` | The `ActivityDefinition.name` |
These allow filtering workflow runs by activity in the Temporal UI.
---
## Retry policy defaults
Unless overridden, all activities use:
```python
RetryPolicy(
initial_interval=timedelta(seconds=1),
backoff_coefficient=2.0,
maximum_interval=timedelta(minutes=5),
maximum_attempts=10,
)
```
Long-running context-resolution activities that call external services should set
`heartbeat_timeout` to detect stalls.