Workflows - Code change between runs

Question

Hi all

I triggered a workflow. It has got several tasks yet to complete within the workflow.

I changed the code of the same workflow due to some reasons, deployed the workflow, and triggered a new run.

I notice the workflow instance which was started already is somehow making use of few variables from the “old/previous version” of the code. Is it expected behavior? If yes, does that mean we should halt/kill all workflows which were not complete before deploying new changes.

adityapawar · Answer

Yes @noor.shaik , All the previous instances of the workflow will refer to old version so we should cancel already existing workflow instances before deploying new version. This is expected behaviour.

arthurburkhardt · Answer

Hum, interesting… I assumed the configuration variables were instantiated at the start of the workflow and not changed after. Do you have a test use case to demonstrate this issue?

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