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title: Temporal Cloud Actions
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sidebar_label: Actions
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description: Temporal Cloud offers flexible, predictable pricing for Workflows, Activities, Workers, and Storage. Pay for what you use with volume discounts and credit savings.
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Temporal Cloud offers flexible, predictable pricing for Workflows, Activities, Workers, and Storage. Pay for what you
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use with volume discounts and credit savings.
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Actions track both the progress of a workflow (such as Workflow Start, Schedule Started, Workflow reset) and broader capabilities
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enabled by Temporal Cloud.
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Actions track both the progress of a workflow (such as Workflow Start, Schedule Started, Workflow reset) and broader
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capabilities enabled by Temporal Cloud.
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Temporal Cloud Actions are the primary unit of consumption-based pricing for Temporal Cloud.
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They track billable operations within the Temporal Cloud Service, such as starting Workflows, recording a Heartbeat, or sending messages.
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Temporal Cloud Actions are the primary unit of consumption-based pricing for Temporal Cloud. They track billable
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operations within the Temporal Cloud Service, such as starting Workflows, recording a Heartbeat, or sending messages.
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The following result in an action on Temporal Cloud:
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## Workflows
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-**Workflow started**.
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Occurs via client start, [Continue-As-New](/workflow-execution/continue-as-new), [Child Workflow](/child-workflows) start.
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If a Workflow start fails, an Action is not recorded.
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De-duplicated Workflow starts that share a Workflow ID do _not_ count as an Action.
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-**Workflow reset**.
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Occurs when a [Workflow](/workflows) is reset.
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(Actions that occur before a [Reset](/workflow-execution/event#reset) are counted even if they are no longer visible in [Event History](/workflow-execution/event#event-history).)
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-**Timer started**.
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Includes implicit Timers that are started by a Temporal SDK when timeouts are set, such as `AwaitWithTimeout` in Go or `condition` in TypeScript.
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-**Search Attribute upsert requested**.
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Occurs for each invocation of `UpsertSearchAttributes` command.
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Multiple Search Attributes updated in a single `UpsertSearchAttributes` command count as one Action.
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Search Attributes specified during Workflow start are _excluded_ from Action counts.
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The `TemporalChangeVersion` Search Attribute, used for Workflow versioning, is also exempt from Action counting.
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-**Signal sent**.
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An Action occurs for every [Signal](/sending-messages#sending-signals), whether sent from a Client or from a Workflow. Also, one total action occurs for any [Signal-With-Start](/sending-messages#signal-with-start), regardless of whether the Workflow starts.
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-**Query received by Worker**.
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An Action occurs for every [Query](/sending-messages#sending-queries), including viewing the call stack in the Temporal Cloud UI, which results in a Query behind the scenes.
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-**Update received by Worker**.
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An Action occurs for every successful [Update](/sending-messages#sending-updates) and every [rejected](/handling-messages#update-validators) Update. This includes [Update-With-Start](/sending-messages#update-with-start), and is in addition to the start Action in the case when the Workflow starts as well.
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De-duplicated Updates that share an Update ID do _not_ count as an Action.
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-**Side Effect recorded**.
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For a mutable [Side Effect](/workflow-execution/event#side-effect), an Action occurs only when the value changes.
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-**Workflow Execution Options updated.** An Action occurs for every [Workflow-Execution-Options-Updated](/references/events#workflowexecutionoptionsupdated) event.
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This includes attaching a Workflow completion callback or modifying a Workflow versioning override.
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-**Workflow started**. Occurs via client start, [Continue-As-New](/workflow-execution/continue-as-new),
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[Child Workflow](/child-workflows) start. If a Workflow start fails, an Action is not recorded. De-duplicated Workflow
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starts that share a Workflow ID do _not_ count as an Action.
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-**Workflow reset**. Occurs when a [Workflow](/workflows) is reset. (Actions that occur before a
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[Reset](/workflow-execution/event#reset) are counted even if they are no longer visible in
-**Timer started**. Includes implicit Timers that are started by a Temporal SDK when timeouts are set, such as
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`AwaitWithTimeout` in Go or `condition` in TypeScript.
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-**Search Attribute upsert requested**. Occurs for each invocation of `UpsertSearchAttributes` command. Multiple Search
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Attributes updated in a single `UpsertSearchAttributes` command count as one Action. Search Attributes specified
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during Workflow start are _excluded_ from Action counts. The `TemporalChangeVersion` Search Attribute, used for
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Workflow versioning, is also exempt from Action counting.
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-**Signal sent**. An Action occurs for every [Signal](/sending-messages#sending-signals), whether sent from a Client or
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from a Workflow. Also, one total action occurs for any [Signal-With-Start](/sending-messages#signal-with-start),
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regardless of whether the Workflow starts.
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-**Query received by Worker**. An Action occurs for every [Query](/sending-messages#sending-queries), including viewing
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the call stack in the Temporal Cloud UI, which results in a Query behind the scenes.
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-**Update received by Worker**. An Action occurs for every successful [Update](/sending-messages#sending-updates) and
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every [rejected](/handling-messages#update-validators) Update. This includes
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[Update-With-Start](/sending-messages#update-with-start), and is in addition to the start Action in the case when the
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Workflow starts as well. De-duplicated Updates that share an Update ID do _not_ count as an Action.
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-**Side Effect recorded**. For a mutable [Side Effect](/workflow-execution/event#side-effect), an Action occurs only
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when the value changes.
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-**Workflow Execution Options updated.** An Action occurs for every
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[Workflow-Execution-Options-Updated](/references/events#workflowexecutionoptionsupdated) event. This includes
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attaching a Workflow completion callback or modifying a Workflow versioning override.
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## Child Workflows
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-**Start Child Workflow** and **Child Workflow Execution**.
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one for starting the Workflow, and another for the attempted Execution.
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-**Start Child Workflow** and **Child Workflow Execution**. When the parent Workflow durably records the intent to
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start a Child Workflow, it results in two Actions, one for starting the Workflow, and another for the attempted
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Execution.
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## Activities
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-**Activity started or retried**.
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Occurs each time an Activity is started or retried.
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-**Local Activity started**.
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All [Local Activities](/local-activity) associated with one Workflow Task count as a single Action.
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That's because Temporal Cloud counts all [RecordMarkers](/references/commands#recordmarker) from each Workflow Task as one action, and not _N_ actions.
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-**Activity started or retried**. Occurs each time an Activity is started or retried.
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-**Local Activity started**. All [Local Activities](/local-activity) associated with one Workflow Task count as a
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single Action. That's because Temporal Cloud counts all [RecordMarkers](/references/commands#recordmarker) from each
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Workflow Task as one action, and not _N_ actions. Please note:
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- Each additional Workflow Task heartbeat after counts as an additional Action.
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- Local Activities retried following a Workflow Task heartbeat count as one Action (capped at 100 Actions).
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-**Activity Heartbeat recorded**.
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A Heartbeat call from Activity code counts as an Action only if it reaches the [Temporal Server](/temporal-service/temporal-server).
[Activity Heartbeats](/encyclopedia/detecting-activity-failures#activity-heartbeat). The default throttle is 80% of
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the [Heartbeat Timeout](/encyclopedia/detecting-activity-failures#heartbeat-timeout). Heartbeats don't apply to Local
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Activities.
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## Schedules
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[Schedules](/schedule) allows you to schedule a Workflow to start at a particular time.
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Each execution of a Schedule accrues three actions:
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[Schedules](/schedule) allows you to schedule a Workflow to start at a particular time. Each execution of a Schedule
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accrues three actions:
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-**Schedule Start**.
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This accounts for two actions.
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-**Workflow started**.
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This is a single action to start the target Workflow.
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It includes initial Search Attributes as part of the start request.
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-**Schedule Start**. This accounts for two actions.
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-**Workflow started**. This is a single action to start the target Workflow. It includes initial Search Attributes as
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## Export
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[Workflow History Export](/cloud/export) enables you to export closed Workflow Histories to a cloud storage sink of your choice.
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[Workflow History Export](/cloud/export) enables you to export closed Workflow Histories to a cloud storage sink of your
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choice.
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-**Workflow exported**.
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Each Workflow exported accrues a single action.
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-**Workflow exported**. Each Workflow exported accrues a single action.
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- Excluded from APS calculations.
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## Temporal Nexus
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- For [Nexus Operation scheduled](/references/events#nexusoperationscheduled), the caller Workflow starting a Nexus Operation results in one Action on the caller Namespace.
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- For [Nexus Operation canceled](/references/events#nexusoperationcanceled), the caller Workflow canceling a Nexus Operation results in one Action on the caller Namespace.
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- The underlying Temporal primitives (such as Workflows, Activities, and Signals) created by a Nexus Operation handler (directly or indirectly) result in the normal Actions for those primitives billed to the handler’s Namespace.
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This includes retries for underlying Temporal primitives like Activities but _not_ for handling the Nexus Operation itself or a retry of the Nexus Operation itself.
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- For [Nexus Operation scheduled](/references/events#nexusoperationscheduled), the caller Workflow starting a Nexus
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Operation results in one Action on the caller Namespace.
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- For [Nexus Operation canceled](/references/events#nexusoperationcanceled), the caller Workflow canceling a Nexus
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Operation results in one Action on the caller Namespace.
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- The underlying Temporal primitives (such as Workflows, Activities, and Signals) created by a Nexus Operation handler
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or a retry of the Nexus Operation itself.
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## Capacity
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- For Namespace Capacity Temporal Resource Units (TRUs), Actions are generated up to the included hourly allocation for TRUs in any hour where TRUs are set and actual usage falls beneath the included hourly Action allocation.
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- For Namespace Capacity Temporal Resource Units (TRUs), Actions are generated up to the included hourly allocation for
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TRUs in any hour where TRUs are set and actual usage falls beneath the included hourly Action allocation.
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## Usage
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Actions usage is tracked across an account in the [usage dashboard](https://cloud.temporal.io/usage) and is visible to Account Owners, Finance Admin and Global Admin.
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For individual namespaces, usage can be seen in the [namespace summary](https://cloud.temporal.io/namespaces/) for a specific namespace.
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Actions usage is tracked across an account in the [usage dashboard](https://cloud.temporal.io/usage) and is visible to
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Account Owners, Finance Admin and Global Admin. For individual namespaces, usage can be seen in the
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[namespace summary](https://cloud.temporal.io/namespaces/) for a specific namespace.
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