A better job queue with Temporal Standalone Activities
Sep 21, 2026Phil Prasek

Summary
This post announces the General Availability of Standalone Activities across multiple SDKs, positioning them as a robust replacement for custom job queues. It details how Standalone Activities provide durable execution, visibility, and control for background jobs, contrasting them with traditional queues. Key features highlighted include Activity ID, Conflict/Reuse Policies, Heartbeating, Search Attributes, Start Delay, and Priority/Fairness for worker capacity sharing. The post also touches on the integration of Standalone Activities within larger Temporal Workflows and provides a migration example from Coinbase.