Start Event Execution Listeners - Release

[bpmnenthusiast]

Hello,

I would like to ask if Start Event Execution Listeners have also been moved from Release 8.7 to 8.8 as some other features? Or are they on track for the 8.7 Release in April?

Many thanks and kind regards
bpmnenthusiast

[GotnOGuts]

Does this page help?

Camunda 8.7 and 8.8 Release Update

[bpmnenthusiast]

Thanks, @GotnOGuts, but unfortunately no, this page doesn’t contain this exact piece of information. This is the page from which I learned about the change in the releases and thus asked my question.

[nathan.loding]

Hi @bpmnenthusiast - start event execution listeners were not on the roadmap for 8.7 originally. User task execution listeners were scheduled for 8.7 but are now scheduled for 8.8, so perhaps there’s some confusion there? (If there is a source where it was said that start event execution listeners were in development for 8.7, could you please share that too so I can track down the confusion?)

Can you share more about your use case for a start event execution listener? I’d love to share this feedback with our product team.

I’m also curious if you’ve considered the current recommendations for using a start event listener? There are two ways to achieve a similar result with execution listeners in 8.6:

• you can use a start execution listener on the process instance (see screenshot below). In Modeler, if you click the canvas and not a specific symbol, the properties panel shows the process properties and you can define the listener there.
• you can place a start execution listener on a subprocess, which behaves in a similar way.

[bpmnenthusiast]

Hi @nathan.loding ,

thank you for your quick and helpful response.

You are right, I couldn’t find the docs that I thought had mentioned Start Event Execution Listeners.

Thank you for pointing out the process and subprocess execution listeners - they will cover my use case.

Many thanks and kind regards
bpmnenthusiast