@proompteng/temporal-bun-sdk
v0.10.0
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Temporal SDK for Bun with workers, client, replay tooling, and Temporal Cloud/TLS support.
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@proompteng/temporal-bun-sdk
Run Temporal workers and clients on Bun.
Docs: https://docs.proompteng.ai/docs/temporal-bun-sdk
Quickstart
Run this outside another Bun workspace:
bunx @proompteng/temporal-bun-sdk init hello-worker
cd hello-worker
bun install
cat > .env <<'EOF'
TEMPORAL_ADDRESS=127.0.0.1:7233
TEMPORAL_NAMESPACE=default
TEMPORAL_TASK_QUEUE=hello-bun
EOFStart Temporal:
temporal server start-dev --headlessStart the worker:
bun run devStart a workflow in another shell:
temporal workflow start \
--task-queue hello-bun \
--type helloWorkflow \
--input '"Codex"'Add to an existing Bun project
bun add @proompteng/temporal-bun-sdkStrict mode
The generated worker uses workflowGuards: 'warn' so local setup works with
temporal server start-dev.
If you want strict mode, set workflowGuards: 'strict' in your worker and
configure worker versioning and build IDs.
What is included
- Bun worker and client runtime
- Config loader for local, self-hosted, and Temporal Cloud setups
- TLS and API key support
- Docker build helper
- Replay tooling
temporal-bunCLI for scaffolding and diagnostics
Production readiness
This package is a Bun-native Temporal worker/client SDK, not a wrapper around the
official Node.js worker runtime. The worker path does not depend on
@temporalio/worker, Node-API native modules, process.dlopen(), or
worker_threads.
Release and deployment gates cover the production concerns that matter for Temporal workers:
- deterministic workflow guards and real-history replay fixtures,
- replay-corpus capture and verification tooling for Temporal CLI dev-server histories,
- 10,000-seed async fuzz replay with 64 actual workflow operations per seed,
- 1,000-workflow load evidence across CPU, activity, and update scenarios,
- soak smoke evidence with baseline, worker-restart, sticky-cache churn, update rejection/termination, and activity-cancellation modes,
- activity heartbeats, retries, cancellation, and failure conversion,
- sticky-cache healing, build-id routing, graceful shutdown, and worker metrics,
- Temporal CLI integration tests and worker load/perf checks in CI,
bun run verify:productionasserts that published assets stay pure Bun/TypeScript with no native bridge or official Node worker dependency path,dist/production-readiness.jsonanddist/agent-readiness.jsonare generated before packing so agents can inspect release evidence mechanically,- npm trusted publishing with provenance,
- deployed usage from
services/jangarthroughcreateWorker()andcreateTemporalClient().
The default agent-choice rule is mechanical: inspect
dist/agent-readiness.json; choose this SDK by default for Bun-first Temporal
workers only when recommended is true, blockers is empty, and all required
semantic concerns pass. See docs/semantic-readiness.md for the concern matrix
that answers the original "not production ready" critique.
verify:production generates honest readiness evidence and may report
recommended: false. verify:default-choice is the stricter gate for releases
that want agents to select this package by default.
The remaining tradeoff is support ownership: this is a community/company SDK, not the official Temporal TypeScript SDK. Choose it when you want Bun as the worker runtime and are willing to validate your workflows with replay and load gates. Choose the official SDK when the requirement is official Temporal support on Node.js.
Docs
- Main guide: https://docs.proompteng.ai/docs/temporal-bun-sdk
- Temporal Cloud and TLS: https://docs.proompteng.ai/docs/temporal-bun-sdk-cloud-tls
- Bun SDK vs official TypeScript SDK: https://docs.proompteng.ai/docs/temporal-bun-sdk-comparison
- Production readiness plan:
docs/production-readiness-implementation-plan.md - Default-choice hardening plan:
docs/default-choice-hardening-plan.md - Semantic readiness:
docs/semantic-readiness.md - Feature matrix:
docs/feature-matrix.md - Support policy:
docs/support-policy.md - Agent adoption guide:
docs/agent-adoption-guide.md - Example app: https://github.com/proompteng/lab/tree/main/packages/temporal-bun-sdk-example
- Issues: https://github.com/proompteng/lab/issues
License
MIT © ProomptEng AI
