The 4 Types of Timeouts in Temporal
CEO Maxim Fateev explains the 4 Types of Timeouts you see in Temporal. Transcript: https://docs.temporal.io/blog/activit...
Part of the benefit of moving business logic to Temporal is how it implements retries and timeouts for activities in a standardized way.
However, understanding the terminology can be a bit intimidating at first glance. This session will help give the mental model behind when to use each.
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:40 Lifecycle of an Activity
05:25 The 3 States of an Activity
06:15 StartToClose vs ScheduleToClose Timeouts
09:15 Heartbeat Timeout
11:55 When to use ScheduleToStart Timeout
16:45 Recap