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Adding Support for Suspend / Resume Workflows (dapr#1405)
* adding IT test Signed-off-by: salaboy <Salaboy@gmail.com> * adding initial version of suspend/resume example Signed-off-by: salaboy <Salaboy@gmail.com> * updating README Signed-off-by: salaboy <Salaboy@gmail.com> * Update README.md Signed-off-by: salaboy <Salaboy@gmail.com> * following Javi's suggestion Signed-off-by: salaboy <Salaboy@gmail.com> * fixing wrong year in headers Signed-off-by: salaboy <Salaboy@gmail.com> * fixing paths in one more README.md file Signed-off-by: salaboy <Salaboy@gmail.com> * adding output validation Signed-off-by: salaboy <Salaboy@gmail.com> * adding missing port Signed-off-by: salaboy <Salaboy@gmail.com> * fixing check conditions Signed-off-by: salaboy <Salaboy@gmail.com> --------- Signed-off-by: salaboy <Salaboy@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Cassie Coyle <cassie.i.coyle@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: sirivarma <siri.varma@outlook.com>
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‎examples/src/main/java/io/dapr/examples/workflows/README.md‎

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Start the workflow and client using the following commands:
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```sh
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dapr run --app-id demoworkflowworker --resources-path ./components/workflows -- java -jar target/dapr-java-sdk-examples-exec.jar io.dapr.examples.workflows.externalevent.DemoExternalEventWorker
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1. Each successful booking step adds its compensation action to an ArrayList
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2. If an error occurs, the list of compensations is reversed and executed in reverse order
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3. The workflow ensures that all resources are properly cleaned up even if the process fails
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4. Each activity simulates work with a short delay for demonstration purposes
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4. Each activity simulates work with a short delay for demonstration purposes
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### Suspend/Resume Pattern
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Workflow instances can be suspended and resumed. This example shows how to use the suspend and resume commands.
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For testing the suspend and resume operations we will use the same workflow definition used by the DemoExternalEventWorkflow.
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Start the workflow and client using the following commands:
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<!-- STEP
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name: Run Suspend/Resume workflow
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match_order: none
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output_match_mode: substring
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expected_stdout_lines:
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- "Waiting for approval..."
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- "Suspending Workflow Instance"
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- "Workflow Instance Status: SUSPENDED"
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- "Let's resume the Workflow Instance before sending the external event"
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- "Workflow Instance Status: RUNNING"
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- "Now that the instance is RUNNING again, lets send the external event."
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- "approval granted - do the approved action"
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- "Starting Activity: io.dapr.examples.workflows.externalevent.ApproveActivity"
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- "Running approval activity..."
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- "approval-activity finished"
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background: true
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sleep: 60
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timeout_seconds: 60
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-->
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```sh
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dapr run --app-id demoworkflowworker --resources-path ./components/workflows --dapr-grpc-port 50001 -- java -jar target/dapr-java-sdk-examples-exec.jar io.dapr.examples.workflows.suspendresume.DemoSuspendResumeWorker
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```
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```sh
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java -jar target/dapr-java-sdk-examples-exec.jar io.dapr.examples.workflows.suspendresume.DemoSuspendResumeClient
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```
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<!-- END_STEP -->
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The worker logs:
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```text
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== APP == 2023-11-07 16:01:23,279 {HH:mm:ss.SSS} [main] INFO io.dapr.workflows.WorkflowContext - Starting Workflow: io.dapr.examples.workflows.suspendresume.DemoExternalEventWorkflow
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== APP == 2023-11-07 16:01:23,279 {HH:mm:ss.SSS} [main] INFO io.dapr.workflows.WorkflowContext - Waiting for approval...
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== APP == 2023-11-07 16:01:23,324 {HH:mm:ss.SSS} [main] INFO io.dapr.workflows.WorkflowContext - approval granted - do the approved action
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== APP == 2023-11-07 16:01:23,348 {HH:mm:ss.SSS} [main] INFO i.d.e.w.e.ApproveActivity - Starting Activity: io.dapr.examples.workflows.externalevent.ApproveActivity
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== APP == 2023-11-07 16:01:23,348 {HH:mm:ss.SSS} [main] INFO i.d.e.w.e.ApproveActivity - Running approval activity...
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== APP == 2023-11-07 16:01:28,410 {HH:mm:ss.SSS} [main] INFO io.dapr.workflows.WorkflowContext - approval-activity finished
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```
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The client log:
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```text
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Started a new external-event model workflow with instance ID: 23410d96-1afe-4698-9fcd-c01c1e0db255
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workflow instance with ID: 23410d96-1afe-4698-9fcd-c01c1e0db255 completed.
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```

‎examples/src/main/java/io/dapr/examples/workflows/suspendresume/DemoSuspendResumeClient.java‎

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/*
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* Copyright 2025 The Dapr Authors
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* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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* You may obtain a copy of the License at
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* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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limitations under the License.
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*/
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package io.dapr.examples.workflows.suspendresume;
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import io.dapr.examples.workflows.externalevent.DemoExternalEventWorkflow;
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import io.dapr.workflows.client.DaprWorkflowClient;
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import io.dapr.workflows.client.WorkflowInstanceStatus;
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import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
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public class DemoSuspendResumeClient {
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/**
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* The main method to start the client.
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*
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* @param args Input arguments (unused).
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* @throws InterruptedException If program has been interrupted.
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*/
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public static void main(String[] args) {
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try (DaprWorkflowClient client = new DaprWorkflowClient()) {
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String instanceId = client.scheduleNewWorkflow(DemoExternalEventWorkflow.class);
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System.out.printf("Started a new external-event workflow with instance ID: %s%n", instanceId);
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System.out.printf("Suspending Workflow Instance: %s%n", instanceId );
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client.suspendWorkflow(instanceId, "suspending workflow instance.");
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WorkflowInstanceStatus instanceState = client.getInstanceState(instanceId, false);
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assert instanceState != null;
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System.out.printf("Workflow Instance Status: %s%n", instanceState.getRuntimeStatus().name() );
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System.out.printf("Let's resume the Workflow Instance before sending the external event: %s%n", instanceId );
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client.resumeWorkflow(instanceId, "resuming workflow instance.");
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instanceState = client.getInstanceState(instanceId, false);
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assert instanceState != null;
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System.out.printf("Workflow Instance Status: %s%n", instanceState.getRuntimeStatus().name() );
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System.out.printf("Now that the instance is RUNNING again, lets send the external event. %n");
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client.raiseEvent(instanceId, "Approval", true);
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client.waitForInstanceCompletion(instanceId, null, true);
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System.out.printf("workflow instance with ID: %s completed.", instanceId);
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} catch (TimeoutException | InterruptedException e) {
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throw new RuntimeException(e);
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}
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}
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}

‎examples/src/main/java/io/dapr/examples/workflows/suspendresume/DemoSuspendResumeWorker.java‎

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/*
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* Copyright 2025 The Dapr Authors
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* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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* You may obtain a copy of the License at
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* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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limitations under the License.
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*/
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package io.dapr.examples.workflows.suspendresume;
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import io.dapr.examples.workflows.externalevent.ApproveActivity;
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import io.dapr.examples.workflows.externalevent.DemoExternalEventWorkflow;
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import io.dapr.examples.workflows.externalevent.DenyActivity;
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import io.dapr.workflows.runtime.WorkflowRuntime;
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import io.dapr.workflows.runtime.WorkflowRuntimeBuilder;
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public class DemoSuspendResumeWorker {
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public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
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WorkflowRuntimeBuilder builder = new WorkflowRuntimeBuilder().registerWorkflow(DemoExternalEventWorkflow.class);
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builder.registerActivity(ApproveActivity.class);
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builder.registerActivity(DenyActivity.class);
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‎sdk-tests/src/test/java/io/dapr/it/testcontainers/workflows/DaprWorkflowsIT.java‎

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public void testSuspendAndResumeWorkflows() throws Exception {
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workflowClient.waitForInstanceStart(instanceId, Duration.ofSeconds(10), false);
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‎sdk-workflows/src/test/java/io/dapr/workflows/client/DaprWorkflowClientTest.java‎

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