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Summary

  • Adds documentation clarifying that synchronous workflow execution (waitForCompletion and waitForSeconds parameters) is an Enterprise-only feature
  • Explains that Conductor OSS executes all workflows asynchronously

Context

Addresses #581 where users expect waitForCompletion and waitForSeconds parameters to work in OSS, but these features are only available in Orkes Conductor (Enterprise).

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  • Added new "Synchronous Execution" section to docs/docs/gettingstarted/startworkflow.md
  • Clearly marks sync execution as an Enterprise feature
  • Explains that OSS is asynchronous-only and requires polling

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Addresses #581 where users expect waitForCompletion and waitForSeconds
parameters to work in OSS. These features are only available in Orkes
Conductor (Enterprise).

Added new "Synchronous Execution" section to startworkflow.md that:
- Clearly marks sync execution as an Enterprise feature
- Explains OSS is asynchronous-only

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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We will push this back to OSS -- i'll update this documentation to mention when this will work in OSS.

@nthmost-orkes nthmost-orkes merged commit c4a66a8 into main Nov 18, 2025
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Fail-first is not working in oss conductor

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