HUMAN task: missing builder class

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Assessment

Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
92/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
java

Research direction

Start in conductor-client/…/def/tasks/ and compare the existing builder classes with the TaskType enum entry for HUMAN. Add the missing Human builder so new Human("human_approval_ref") can be created through the fluent SDK API; done means it represents a HUMAN task without requiring input parameters.

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Description

bug

Summary

TaskType.HUMAN exists in the SDK enum but there is no Human builder class in
conductor-client/…/def/tasks/. Users cannot create a HUMAN task using the fluent SDK API.

Server baseline

Conductor 3.32.0-rc.9

Evidence

Static: TaskType.HUMAN is in the enum; no Human.java file under
conductor-client/…/def/tasks/.

Live (2026-07-16): A raw WorkflowTask with "type": "HUMAN" was registered
and executed against Conductor OSS 3.32.0-rc.9. The workflow entered RUNNING state
awaiting human signal (expected behavior) — server accepts HUMAN tasks, gap is SDK-only.

Expected behaviour

new Human("human_approval_ref")

Proposed fix

public class Human extends Task<Human> {
    public Human(String taskReferenceName) {
        super(taskReferenceName, TaskType.HUMAN);
    }
}

No updateWorkflowTask override required — HUMAN has no required inputParameters.

Related

Discovered during systematic SDK audit against Conductor OSS 3.32.0-rc.9.

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Java
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