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## Warnings

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## Title

    [Temporal TypeScript SDK] DeterminismViolationError in workflow isolate: "WeakRef cannot be used in Workflows because v8 GC is non-deterministic" / "Query handlers should not return a Promise"

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): Workflow isolate overrides non-deterministic globals and requires synchronous query handlers.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Other error fragments:
    - Query handlers should not return a Promise
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/temporalio/sdk-typescript/7ae5c7fb6728fe93696e1fc2f0da97018f6f20cc/packages/workflow/src/global-overrides.ts (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): WeakRef is overridden to throw DeterminismViolationError.
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/temporalio/sdk-typescript/7ae5c7fb6728fe93696e1fc2f0da97018f6f20cc/packages/workflow/src/internals.ts (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Query handler returning a Promise is rejected with DeterminismViolationError.
    
    Search phrasings: temporal WeakRef cannot be used in Workflows; temporal Query handlers should not return a Promise
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

    {
      "observed_symptom": "Workflow task fails with DeterminismViolationError.",
      "context": "Product: Temporal TypeScript SDK\nComponent: @temporalio/workflow isolate globals / query handling\nOperation: Workflow or library code (e.g. an LLM SDK bundled into workflow) uses WeakRef, or an async query handler\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nException: DeterminismViolationError\nPackages: @temporalio/worker main at pinned SHA, @temporalio/workflow main at pinned SHA\nTrigger: WeakRef usage inside workflow code/bundled deps; async function registered as query handler.",
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      "symptom_signature": {
        "literal_error_text": "WeakRef cannot be used in Workflows because v8 GC is non-deterministic"
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## Support assessment

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