v0.26.0

This is a follow-up alpha release for Temporal v0.25.0 (which has enum default value bug). Please use this release instead of 0.25.0.
We still have a few planned breaking changes in pipeline so please do not use it for production workload.

Release Highlights

Major updates

2020-06-27 - 88b3049 - Set ParentClosePolicy default value (#481)
2020-06-27 - c16eef6 - Rename task list to task queue (#480)

tctl improvements

2020-06-25 - 955587f - Add execution filter to tasklist tasks CLI command (#462)
2020-06-27 - 172fa9f - Remove executable permission from JSON files (#483)

Helpful links to get you started with Temporal

Temporal Docs
Server
Java SDK
Java Samples
Go SDK
Go Samples
Helm Chart

Docker images for this alpha release (use tag 0.26.0):

Server
Server With Auto Setup
CLI (tctl)
Admin-Tools

Things we are still working on

1. We are still working and cleaning some internal API contracts. So more breaking changes are coming. So please don't use this for production setup yet.
2. Stress and Performance testing.

v0.25.0

UPDATE: Please don't use this release, but use v0.26.0 instead.

This is a refresh to alpha release for Temporal. We still have a few planned breaking changes in pipeline so please do not use it for production workload.

Release Highlights

Major updates

2020-05-26 - 6b90e13 - Use Failure and FailureInfo for errors (#397)
2020-06-04 - 4e0c4e0 - Save last RetryStatus for retryable failures (#432)
2020-06-05 - 198aeb1 - Set proper timeout for workflows (#398)
2020-06-09 - ef84229 - Prefix enums with type and convert to upper case (#440)
2020-06-11 - fe378c0 - Add UNSPECIFIED to every enum (#441)
2020-06-13 - 8786f00 - Remove query consistency level from request (#452)

tctl improvements

2020-05-26 - 2fa70b3 - Create CLI command to describe shard by id (#370)
2020-05-31 - bd7a944 - Create CLI command to describe Timer Task (#408)
2020-06-02 - 6d91826 - Create CLI command to list Cluster Memberships (#423)
2020-06-03 - 8aa47f4 - Add consistency to CLI admin command names (#427)
2020-06-04 - b16833c - Create CLI command to list Ringpop Members (#426)
2020-06-04 - d06e307 - Create CLI command to describe Replication Task (#416)
2020-06-05 - 1e7c280 - Create CLI admin command to describe Transfer Task (#412)
2020-06-08 - 1786350 - Create CLI command to list Timer, Transfer, Replication tasks (#429)
2020-06-10 - 40c0eb9 - Create CLI util for list commands (#443)
2020-06-10 - 9ed264a - Create CLI command to list Tasks from Tasklist (#433)
2020-06-11 - ff979ef - Change CLI task commands to accept string task-type (#445)
2020-06-18 - 6789325 - Add table-view support for CLI list commands (#444)
2020-06-21 - 84ee85d - Create CLI command to list replication DLQ tasks (#456)
2020-06-22 - 7e70ded - Create admin CLI command to list namespaces (#463)
2020-06-22 - 927f01c - Replace CLI options to accept enum names instead of integers (#447)
2020-06-23 - 8d3896d - Fix CLI reuse policy flag type (#473)
2020-06-25 - 955587f - Add execution filter to tasklist tasks CLI command (#462)

Minor updates

2020-05-26 - af5440b - emit domain specific metrics in task processing
2020-05-27 - dc3c78f - Align dynamic config with proto enum (#417)
2020-06-05 - d287f11 - Remove workflow timeout type (#434)
2020-06-08 - e2bfe5a - Call cancel on context to prevent memory leak (#438)
2020-06-18 - 25f7c8d - Allow for empty postgres db password (#461)

Helpful links to get you started with Temporal

Temporal Docs
Server
Java SDK
Java Samples
Go SDK
Go Samples
Helm Chart

Docker images for this alpha release (use tag 0.25.0):

Server
Server With Auto Setup
CLI (tctl)
Admin-Tools

Things we are still working on

1. We are still working and cleaning some internal API contracts. So more breaking changes are coming. So please don't use this for production setup yet.
2. Stress and Performance testing.

v0.23.1

This is a follow-up release to alpha release v0.23.0 containing fixes for TLS enabled clusters and XDC replication.

Release Highlights

1. Temporal now has support for TLS configuration. Please checkout doc to learn more. Support for TLS in tctl and temporal-web is still in-progress.
2. Simplified workflow execution timeouts. Now all workflow timeouts are optional. Each workflow execution now has 3 timeouts: WorkflowExecutionTimeout, WorkflowRunTimeout, and WorkflowTaskTimeout.
3. Removed ExpirationInterval from RetryPolicy. Instead WorkflowExecutionTimeout is used to stop retries.
4. All payloads (workflow input, activity input, etc) send to Temporal now have both headers and data fields.

Helpful links to get you started with Temporal

Temporal Docs
Server
Java SDK
Java Samples
Go SDK
Go Samples
Helm Chart

Docker images for this alpha release (use tag 0.23.0):

Server
Server With Auto Setup
CLI (tctl)
Admin-Tools

Things we are still working on

1. We are still working and cleaning some internal API contracts. So more breaking changes are coming. So please don't use this for production setup yet.
2. Stress and Performance testing.

v0.23.0

This is a refresh to alpha release for Temporal. We still have a few planned breaking changes in pipeline so please do not use it for production workload.

Release Highlights

1. Temporal now has support for TLS configuration. Please checkout doc to learn more. Support for TLS in tctl and temporal-web is still in-progress.
2. Simplified workflow execution timeouts. Now all timeouts are optional. Each workflow execution now has 3 timeouts: WorkflowExecutionTimeout, WorkflowRunTimeout, and WorkflowTaskTimeout.
3. Removed ExpirationInterval from RetryPolicy. Instead WorkflowExecutionTimeout is used to stop retries.
4. All payloads (workflow input, activity input, etc) send to Temporal now have both headers and data fields.

Helpful links to get you started with Temporal

Temporal Docs
Server
Java SDK
Java Samples
Go SDK
Go Samples
Helm Chart

Docker images for this alpha release (use tag 0.23.0):

Server
Server With Auto Setup
CLI (tctl)
Admin-Tools

Things we are still working on

1. We are still working and cleaning some internal API contracts. So more breaking changes are coming. So please don't use this for production setup yet.
2. Stress and Performance testing.

v0.21.1 Alpha Release

Alpha release for Temporal Server.

Release Highlights

This release adds two fixes:

1. When using docker, BroadcastAddress can be configured via the TEMPORAL_BROADCAST_ADDRESS environment variable.
2. When using docker, MYSQL_TX_ISOLATION_COMPAT environment variable can be set as true in order to support setting up schemas with pre-5.7.20 MySQL installations.

Helpful links to get you started with Temporal

Temporal Docs
Server
Java SDK
Java Samples
Go SDK
Go Samples
Helm Chart

Docker images for this alpha release (use tag 0.21.1):

Server
Server With Auto Setup
CLI (tctl)
Admin-Tools

Things we are still working on

1. We are still working and cleaning some internal API contracts. So more breaking changes are coming. So please don't use this for production setup yet.
2. Stress and Performance testing.

v0.21.0 Alpha Release

Alpha release for Temporal Server.

Release Highlights

1. Temporal Web is now supported to work this release
2. Renamed Domain to Namespace
3. Simplified getting started experience to have docker pre baked with 'default' namespace
4. Use standard grpc health service endpoint
5. Other internal renaming

Helpful links to get you started with Temporal

Temporal Docs
Server
Java SDK
Java Samples
Go SDK
Go Samples
Helm Chart

Docker images for this alpha release (use tag 0.21.0):

Server
Server With Auto Setup
CLI (tctl)
Admin-Tools

Things we are still working on

1. We are still working and cleaning some internal API contracts. So more breaking changes are coming. So please don't use this for production setup yet.
2. Stress and Performance testing.

v0.20.0 Alpha Release

First alpha release for Temporal Server.

Release Highlights

1. Service contract is now protobuf over gRPC. Clients should be able to talk to temporal using native gRPC.
2. Thrift completely removed and protobuf payload goes all the way to database.
3. Ringpop bootstrap is removed and now cluster is bootstrapped through database.
4. Configuration cleanup.
5. Significantly improved SDK experience for both Java and Go.
6. Many critical fixes to Server, Go and Java SDKs.

Helpful links to get you started with Temporal

Temporal Docs
Server
Java SDK
Java Samples
Go SDK
Go Samples
Helm Chart

Docker images for this alpha release (use tag 0.20.0):

Server
Server With Auto Setup
CLI (tctl)
Admin-Tools

Things we are still working on

1. We are still working and cleaning some internal API contracts. So more breaking changes are coming. So please don't use this for production setup yet.
2. Stress and Performance testing.

Last Thrift version

This is the last release which exposes Thrift endpoints. Use it for old clients and backward compatibility checks.