rm the flexibility of disable propagation for simplicity

and add propagated_skipped_duration to propagate virtual time

Author: feiyang3cat

openapi/openapiv2.json

@@ -17961,6 +17961,10 @@
         "priority": {
           "$ref": "#/definitions/v1Priority",
           "title": "Priority metadata"
+        },
+        "timeSkippingConfig": {
+          "$ref": "#/definitions/v1TimeSkippingConfig",
+          "description": "The propagated time-skipping config for the child workflow."
         }
       }
     },
@@ -18349,11 +18353,11 @@
       "properties": {
         "enabled": {
           "type": "boolean",
-          "description": "Enables or disables time skipping for this workflow execution.\nBy default, this field is propagated to transitively related workflows (child workflows/start-as-new/reset) \nat the time they are started.\nChanges made after a transitively related workflow has started are not propagated."
+          "description": "Enables or disables time skipping for this workflow execution."
         },
-        "disablePropagation": {
-          "type": "boolean",
-          "description": "If set, the enabled field is not propagated to transitively related workflows."
+        "propagatedSkippedDuration": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "description": "If this execution was started by a previous execution that already skipped some time,\nit inherits the virtual time through the propagated skipped duration."
         },
         "maxSkippedDuration": {
           "type": "string",

openapi/openapiv3.yaml

@@ -15553,6 +15553,10 @@ components:
           allOf:
             - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Priority'
           description: Priority metadata
+        timeSkippingConfig:
+          allOf:
+            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/TimeSkippingConfig'
+          description: The propagated time-skipping config for the child workflow.
     StartNexusOperationExecutionRequest:
       type: object
       properties:
@@ -16239,10 +16243,13 @@ components:
       properties:
         enabled:
           type: boolean
-          description: "Enables or disables time skipping for this workflow execution.\n By default, this field is propagated to transitively related workflows (child workflows/start-as-new/reset) \n at the time they are started.\n Changes made after a transitively related workflow has started are not propagated."
-        disablePropagation:
-          type: boolean
-          description: If set, the enabled field is not propagated to transitively related workflows.
+          description: Enables or disables time skipping for this workflow execution.
+        propagatedSkippedDuration:
+          pattern: ^-?(?:0|[1-9][0-9]{0,11})(?:\.[0-9]{1,9})?s$
+          type: string
+          description: |-
+            If this execution was started by a previous execution that already skipped some time,
+             it inherits the virtual time through the propagated skipped duration.
         maxSkippedDuration:
           pattern: ^-?(?:0|[1-9][0-9]{0,11})(?:\.[0-9]{1,9})?s$
           type: string

temporal/api/history/v1/message.proto

@@ -770,6 +770,9 @@ message StartChildWorkflowExecutionInitiatedEventAttributes {
     bool inherit_build_id = 19 [deprecated = true];
     // Priority metadata
     temporal.api.common.v1.Priority priority = 20;
+
+    // The propagated time-skipping config for the child workflow.
+    temporal.api.workflow.v1.TimeSkippingConfig time_skipping_config = 21;
 }
 
 message StartChildWorkflowExecutionFailedEventAttributes {

temporal/api/workflow/v1/message.proto

@@ -592,28 +592,28 @@ message WorkflowExecutionOptions {
 // User timers are not classified as in-flight work and will be skipped over.
 // When time advances, it skips to the earlier of the next user timer or the configured bound, if either exists.
 message TimeSkippingConfig {
+    reserved 2;
+    reserved "disable_propagation";
 
     // Enables or disables time skipping for this workflow execution.
-    // By default, this field is propagated to transitively related workflows (child workflows/start-as-new/reset) 
-    // at the time they are started.
-    // Changes made after a transitively related workflow has started are not propagated.
     bool enabled = 1;
 
-    // If set, the enabled field is not propagated to transitively related workflows.
-    bool disable_propagation = 2;
+    // If this execution was started by a previous execution that already skipped some time,
+    // it inherits the virtual time through the propagated skipped duration.
+    google.protobuf.Duration propagated_skipped_duration = 3;
 
-    // Optional bound that limits how long time skipping remains active.
-    // Once the bound is reached, time skipping is automatically disabled.
-    // It can later be re-enabled via UpdateWorkflowExecutionOptions.
+    // Optional bound that limits how far virtual time can advance while time skipping is active.
+    // Once the bound is reached, time skipping is automatically disabled,
+    // but can be re-enabled via UpdateWorkflowExecutionOptions.
     //
-    // This is particularly useful in testing scenarios where workflows
-    // are expected to receive signals, updates, or other events while
-    // timers are in progress.
+    // This is useful in testing scenarios where a workflow is expected to receive
+    // signals, updates, or other external events while timers are in progress.
     //
-    // This bound is not propagated to transitively related workflows. 
-    // When bound is also needed for transitively related workflows,
-    // it is recommended to set disable_propagation to true 
-    // and configure TimeSkippingConfig explicitly for transitively related workflows.
+    // Bound scope:
+    // - Each bound is independent for each workflow execution.
+    //   When a bound is propagated to a child workflow, the child's bound is only applied to that child execution.
+    // - Continue-as-new is an exception: continued workflow executions are treated as extensions of the
+    //   original execution, so the bound is shared across all executions in the chain.
     oneof bound {
 
         // Maximum total virtual time that can be skipped.