FAQ

Common questions about Cadence are grouped below.

📄️Bad Patterns and Best Practice Alternatives

This page covers common Cadence anti-patterns and best practices, including payload size limits, workflow determinism, idempotency, hot shards, spiky traffic, and unsuitable use cases.

📄️Cadence vs Temporal

This page explains the differences between Cadence and Temporal and helps you decide which one to use.

📄️Cadence FAQ

Answers to common questions about Cadence: what it is, how workflows and activities differ, how failures are handled, and when to use it instead of a message queue.

📄️Migrating from Temporal to Cadence

Practical guide for migrating Go or Java applications from Temporal to Cadence, covering SDK package mapping, concept renames, and client setup differences.

📄️How to add a new FAQ

This page explains how the Cadence FAQ grows based on community questions and how you can request a new entry via GitHub or Slack.