Standardized update failure exception

temporal-sdk/src/main/java/io/temporal/client/WorkflowStub.java

@@ -83,10 +83,11 @@ static <T> WorkflowStub fromTyped(T typed) {
    * @param <R> type of the update return value
    * @param args update method arguments
    * @return update result
-   * @throws WorkflowNotFoundException if the workflow execution doesn't exist or completed and
-   *     can't be signalled
+   * @throws WorkflowUpdateException if the update is rejected or failed during it's execution by
+   *     the workflow.
+   * @throws WorkflowNotFoundException if the workflow execution doesn't exist or is completed.
    * @throws WorkflowServiceException for all other failures including networking and service
-   *     availability issues
+   *     availability issues.
    */
   @Experimental
   <R> R update(String updateName, Class<R> resultClass, Object... args);
@@ -103,6 +104,9 @@ static <T> WorkflowStub fromTyped(T typed) {
    * @param <R> type of the update return value
    * @param args update method arguments
    * @return update handle that can be used to get the result of the update.
+   * @throws WorkflowNotFoundException if the workflow execution doesn't exist or completed.
+   * @throws WorkflowServiceException for all other failures including networking and service
+   *     availability issues.
    */
   @Experimental
   <R> WorkflowUpdateHandle<R> startUpdate(
@@ -116,6 +120,9 @@ <R> WorkflowUpdateHandle<R> startUpdate(
    * @param options options that will be used to configure and start a new update request.
    * @param args update method arguments
    * @return update handle that can be used to get the result of the update.
+   * @throws WorkflowNotFoundException if the workflow execution doesn't exist or completed.
+   * @throws WorkflowServiceException for all other failures including networking and service
+   *     availability issues.
    */
   @Experimental
   <R> WorkflowUpdateHandle<R> startUpdate(UpdateOptions<R> options, Object... args);

temporal-sdk/src/main/java/io/temporal/client/WorkflowUpdateHandle.java

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ public interface WorkflowUpdateHandle<T> {
    * Returns the result of the workflow update.
    *
    * @return the result of the workflow update
+   * @throws WorkflowUpdateException if the update was rejected or failed by the workflow.
    */
   T getResult();
 
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ public interface WorkflowUpdateHandle<T> {
    * @param timeout maximum time to wait and perform the background long polling
    * @param unit unit of timeout
    * @throws WorkflowUpdateTimeoutOrCancelledException if the timeout is reached.
+   * @throws WorkflowUpdateException if the update was rejected or failed by the workflow.
    * @return the result of the workflow update
    */
   T getResult(long timeout, TimeUnit unit);

temporal-sdk/src/main/java/io/temporal/internal/client/CompletedWorkflowUpdateHandleImpl.java

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 package io.temporal.internal.client;
 
 import io.temporal.api.common.v1.WorkflowExecution;
+import io.temporal.client.WorkflowUpdateException;
 import io.temporal.client.WorkflowUpdateHandle;
 import io.temporal.common.Experimental;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
@@ -31,12 +32,22 @@ public final class CompletedWorkflowUpdateHandleImpl<T> implements WorkflowUpdat
 
   private final String id;
   private final WorkflowExecution execution;
+  private final WorkflowUpdateException exception;
   private final T result;
 
   public CompletedWorkflowUpdateHandleImpl(String id, WorkflowExecution execution, T result) {
     this.id = id;
     this.execution = execution;
     this.result = result;
+    this.exception = null;
+  }
+
+  public CompletedWorkflowUpdateHandleImpl(
+      String id, WorkflowExecution execution, WorkflowUpdateException ex) {
+    this.id = id;
+    this.execution = execution;
+    this.exception = ex;
+    this.result = null;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -51,21 +62,29 @@ public String getId() {
 
   @Override
   public T getResult() {
+    if (exception != null) {
+      throw exception;
+    }
     return result;
   }
 
   @Override
   public T getResult(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) {
-    return result;
+    return getResult();
   }
 
   @Override
   public CompletableFuture<T> getResultAsync() {
+    if (exception != null) {
+      CompletableFuture<T> result = new CompletableFuture<>();
+      result.completeExceptionally(exception);
+      return result;
+    }
     return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(result);
   }
 
   @Override
   public CompletableFuture<T> getResultAsync(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) {
-    return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(result);
+    return getResultAsync();
   }
 }

temporal-sdk/src/main/java/io/temporal/internal/client/RootWorkflowClientInvoker.java

@@ -533,12 +533,15 @@ private <R> WorkflowUpdateHandle<R> toUpdateHandle(
               result.getUpdateRef().getWorkflowExecution(),
               resultValue);
         case FAILURE:
-          throw new WorkflowUpdateException(
-              result.getUpdateRef().getWorkflowExecution(),
+          return new CompletedWorkflowUpdateHandleImpl<>(
               result.getUpdateRef().getUpdateId(),
-              input.getUpdateName(),
-              dataConverterWithWorkflowContext.failureToException(
-                  result.getOutcome().getFailure()));
+              result.getUpdateRef().getWorkflowExecution(),
+              new WorkflowUpdateException(
+                  result.getUpdateRef().getWorkflowExecution(),
+                  result.getUpdateRef().getUpdateId(),
+                  input.getUpdateName(),
+                  dataConverterWithWorkflowContext.failureToException(
+                      result.getOutcome().getFailure())));
         default:
           throw new RuntimeException(
               "Received unexpected outcome from update request: "

temporal-sdk/src/test/java/io/temporal/workflow/updateTest/DynamicUpdateTest.java

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public void dynamicUpdate() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
         WorkflowUpdateException.class,
         () ->
             stub.startUpdate("reject", WorkflowUpdateStage.COMPLETED, String.class, "update input")
-                .getResultAsync());
+                .getResult());
 
     stub.startUpdate("complete", WorkflowUpdateStage.COMPLETED, Void.class).getResultAsync().get();
 

temporal-sdk/src/test/java/io/temporal/workflow/updateTest/UpdateInfoTest.java

@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@ public void testUpdateInfo() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
         WorkflowUpdateException.class,
         () ->
             stub.startUpdate(updateOptionsBuilder.setUpdateId("reject").build(), 0, "")
-                .getResultAsync());
-
+                .getResult());
     workflow.complete();
     String result =
         testWorkflowRule

temporal-sdk/src/test/java/io/temporal/workflow/updateTest/UpdateTest.java

@@ -199,7 +199,10 @@ public void testUpdateUntyped() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException
     // send a bad update that will be rejected through the sync path
     assertThrows(
         WorkflowUpdateException.class,
-        () -> workflowStub.startUpdate("update", ACCEPTED, String.class, 0, "Bad Update"));
+        () ->
+            workflowStub
+                .startUpdate("update", ACCEPTED, String.class, 0, "Bad Update")
+                .getResult());
 
     workflowStub.update("complete", void.class);
 

temporal-sdk/src/test/java/io/temporal/workflow/updateTest/UpdateWithStartTest.java

@@ -478,8 +478,8 @@ public void failWhenUpdatedIsRejected() {
             .build();
 
     assertThrows(
-        WorkflowServiceException.class,
-        () -> WorkflowClient.updateWithStart(workflow::execute, updateOp));
+        WorkflowUpdateException.class,
+        () -> WorkflowClient.updateWithStart(workflow::execute, updateOp).getResult());
   }
 
   @Test