Interrupt a Workflow - PHP SDK

Cancel an Activity from a Workflow

Canceling an Activity from within a Workflow requires that the Activity Execution sends Heartbeats and sets a Heartbeat Timeout. If the Heartbeat is not invoked, the Activity cannot receive a cancellation request. When any non-immediate Activity is executed, the Activity Execution should send Heartbeats and set a Heartbeat Timeout to ensure that the server knows it is still working.

When an Activity is canceled, an error is raised in the Activity at the next available opportunity. If cleanup logic needs to be performed, it can be done in a finally clause or inside a caught cancel error. However, for the Activity to appear canceled the exception needs to be re-raised.

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Unlike regular Activities, Local Activities can be canceled if they don't send Heartbeats. Local Activities are handled locally, and all the information needed to handle the cancellation logic is available in the same Worker process.

Reset a Workflow Execution

Resetting a Workflow Execution terminates the current Workflow Execution and starts a new Workflow Execution from a point you specify in its Event History. Use reset when a Workflow is blocked due to a non-deterministic error or other issues that prevent it from completing.

When you reset a Workflow, the Event History up to the reset point is copied to the new Workflow Execution, and the Workflow resumes from that point with the current code. Reset only works if you've fixed the underlying issue, such as removing non-deterministic code. Any progress made after the reset point will be discarded. Provide a reason when resetting, as it will be recorded in the Event History.

Web UI

1. Navigate to the Workflow Execution details page,
2. Click the Reset button in the top right dropdown menu,
3. Select the Event ID to reset to,
4. Provide a reason for the reset,
5. Confirm the reset.

The Web UI shows available reset points and creates a link to the new Workflow Execution after the reset completes.

Temporal CLI

Use the temporal workflow reset command to reset a Workflow Execution:

temporal workflow reset \
    --workflow-id <workflow-id> \
    --event-id <event-id> \
    --reason "Reason for reset"

For example:

temporal workflow reset \
    --workflow-id my-background-check \
    --event-id 4 \
    --reason "Fixed non-deterministic code"

By default, the command resets the latest Workflow Execution in the default Namespace. Use --run-id to reset a specific run. Use --namespace to specify a different Namespace:

temporal workflow reset \
    --workflow-id my-background-check \
    --event-id 4 \
    --reason "Fixed non-deterministic code" \
    --namespace my-namespace \
    --tls-cert-path /path/to/cert.pem \
    --tls-key-path /path/to/key.pem

Monitor the new Workflow Execution after resetting to ensure it completes successfully.