Temporal

Task Queue Commands

View task queue statistics, active workers, and backlog information. Essential for monitoring and troubleshooting workflow execution.

3 commands

Pro Tips

Monitor ApproximateBacklogCount to detect when workers are overwhelmed.

Use --report-reachability to check Build ID deployment status for versioning.

LastAccessTime shows when workers last polled. Times over 1 minute may indicate worker issues.

Large backlog counts indicate insufficient workers or slow task processing.

$ temporal task-queue describe --task-queue my-queue

Show active workers, backlog, and statistics.

$ temporal task-queue describe --task-queue my-queue --select-build-id v1.2.3 --report-reachability

Check Build ID reachability for versioning.

$ temporal task-queue list-partition --task-queue my-queue

Display partition assignments and matching nodes.