Container for the parameters to the RespondActivityTaskFailed operation. Used by workers to tell the service that the
ActivityTask identified by the
taskToken has failed with
reason (if specified). The
reason and
details appear in the
ActivityTaskFailed event added to the workflow history.
A task is considered open from the time that it is scheduled until it is closed. Therefore a task is reported as open while a worker is processing it. A task is closed after it has been specified in a call to RespondActivityTaskCompleted, RespondActivityTaskCanceled, RespondActivityTaskFailed, or the task has timed out.
Access Control
You can use IAM policies to control this action's access to Amazon SWF resources as follows:
- Use a
Resource element with the domain name to limit the action to only specified domains. - Use an
Action element to allow or deny permission to call this action. - You cannot use an IAM policy to constrain this action's parameters.
If the caller does not have sufficient permissions to invoke the action, or the parameter values fall outside the specified constraints, the action fails. The associated event attribute's cause parameter will be set to OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED. For details and example IAM policies, see Using IAM to Manage Access to Amazon SWF Workflows.
