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Timer Boundary doesn't fire when connected to ServiceTask

sean-kmd — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 03:56:28 GMT

I have a Timer Boundary on a UserTask set to PT10S. When the Timer is connected to an EndEvent or another UserTask, the Timer fires. However, when the Timer is connected to a ServiceTask, the Timer never fires. Any thoughts?

Re: Timer Boundary doesn't fire when connected to ServiceTask

trademak — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:45:49 GMT

Hi,

Yes, the service task executes in a synchronous manner. So a timer can never fire.
For a user task a timer can fire, because it's not executing in a synchronous manner.

Best regards,

Re: Timer Boundary doesn't fire when connected to ServiceTask

sean-kmd — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:12:26 GMT

Thanks for the prompt reply! I have spent a lot of time researching this issue with no luck. Can you point me to the documentation that explains this synchronization?

Also, is this considered a "limitation" that will be fixed in future versions? Or is this somehow a "feature"? Can you recommend a workaround?

Thanks!