[WORKFLOW SDK BUG] Get workflow state raising exception for instances that do not exist

[ajstewart]

Expected Behavior

When I run:

state = wf_client.get_workflow_state(instance_id=my_id)

I expect to receive a None response when the instance does not exist, as defined by the docs:

The current state of the workflow instance, or None if the workflow instance does not exist.

Actual Behavior

I am getting an Exception when the instance does not exist:

== APP == grpc._channel._InactiveRpcError: <_InactiveRpcError of RPC that terminated with:
== APP == 	status = StatusCode.UNKNOWN
== APP == 	details = "error from internal actor: no such instance exists"
== APP == 	debug_error_string = "UNKNOWN:Error received from peer ipv4:127.0.0.1:55008 {grpc_message:"error from internal actor: no such instance exists", grpc_status:2, created_time:"2024-10-23T10:46:36.084357+01:00"}"

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

The following small app can reproduce by calling the endpoint

import dapr.ext.workflow as wf
import uvicorn

from fastapi import FastAPI


def hello_world(ctx: wf.WorkflowActivityContext):
    """Hello world workflow."""
    return "Hello world!"


def dummy_workflow(ctx: wf.DaprWorkflowContext):
    """Dummy workflow."""
    result = yield ctx.call_activity(hello_world)
    return result


wf_runtime = wf.WorkflowRuntime()
wf_runtime.register_workflow(dummy_workflow)
wf_runtime.register_activity(hello_world)

wf_client = wf.DaprWorkflowClient()

wf_runtime.start()


app = FastAPI()


@app.get("/workflow/{instance_id}")
def get_workflow_state(instance_id: str):
    """Get the workflow state."""
    state = wf_client.get_workflow_state(instance_id=instance_id)

    if state is None:
        return {"message": "Workflow not found"}

    return {"status": state.runtime_status}


if __name__ == "__main__":
    uvicorn.run(app, host="0.0.0.0", port=5001)

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