error：both MaximumAttempts and ExpirationIntervalInSeconds on retry policy are not set, at least one of them must be set

[Johnite]

I created a workflow that consists of three stages, but, only two activitys, the first of which is SQL statement parsing, the second is an activity, do SQL query, and the third stage is another activity, do json coding,but I got this error. Can you help me?

[zhangkyou]

The answer is obviously in the error report. You must set either MaximumAttempts or ExpirationIntervalInSeconds parameters in ActivityOptions's RetryPolicy config.That two parameters decide your activity execute retry end with MaximumAttempts times or timeout with ExpirationIntervalInSeconds.

[longquanzheng]

Some tips on using retry policy and timeout https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65139178/how-to-set-proper-timeout-values-for-cadence-activitieslocal-and-regular-activi/65139179#65139179