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# Upgrade on Continue-as-New

This snippet demonstrates how a pinned Workflow can upgrade to a new Worker Deployment Version at Continue-as-New boundaries.

## Pattern

Long-running Workflows that use Continue-as-New can upgrade to newer Worker Deployment Versions without patching by:

1. Checking `GetContinueAsNewSuggested()` periodically
2. Looking for `ContinueAsNewSuggestedReasonTargetWorkerDeploymentVersionChanged`
3. Using `ContinueAsNewVersioningBehaviorAutoUpgrade` when continuing

## Use Cases

- Entity Workflows running for months or years
- Batch processing Workflows that checkpoint with Continue-as-New
- AI agent Workflows with long sleeps waiting for user input
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The features repo is for asserting conformance across languages. It's basically a test suite. There is no assertion aspect or even use of this workflow. I wonder if samples-go would fit what you're wanting a bit more.

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package upgrade_on_continue_as_new

import (
"time"

"go.temporal.io/sdk/workflow"
)

// @@@SNIPSTART upgrade-on-continue-as-new-go
// ContinueAsNewWithVersionUpgrade demonstrates how a pinned Workflow can
// upgrade to a new Worker Deployment Version at Continue-as-New boundaries.
// The Workflow checks for the TARGET_WORKER_DEPLOYMENT_VERSION_CHANGED reason
// and uses AutoUpgrade behavior to move to the new version.
func ContinueAsNewWithVersionUpgrade(ctx workflow.Context, attempt int) (string, error) {
if attempt > 0 {
// After continuing as new, return the version
return "v1.0", nil
}

// Check continue-as-new-suggested periodically
for {
err := workflow.Sleep(ctx, 10*time.Millisecond)
if err != nil {
return "", err
}

if info := workflow.GetInfo(ctx); info.GetContinueAsNewSuggested() {
for _, reason := range info.GetContinueAsNewSuggestedReasons() {
if reason == workflow.ContinueAsNewSuggestedReasonTargetWorkerDeploymentVersionChanged {
// A new Worker Deployment Version is available
// Continue-as-New with upgrade to the new version
return "", workflow.NewContinueAsNewErrorWithOptions(
ctx,
workflow.ContinueAsNewErrorOptions{
InitialVersioningBehavior: workflow.ContinueAsNewVersioningBehaviorAutoUpgrade,
},
"ContinueAsNewWithVersionUpgrade",
attempt+1,
)
}
}
}
}
}

// @@@SNIPEND
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