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## Warnings

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## Title

    [Temporal Google GenAI plugin] "genai.Client is configured with http_options.retry_options, but Temporal owns retries for durable execution."

## Body

    Cause (Documented platform behavior): Model calls run as activities; retries must be governed by Temporal retry policies, and only the async client is supported.
    
    Fix status: documented_behavior
    
    Other error fragments:
    - Per-request http_options.retry_options is not supported in Temporal workflows.
    - Synchronous requests are not supported in Temporal workflows. Use TemporalAsyncClient instead.
    
    Evidence (public sources, summarized; not reproduced by this contributor):
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/temporalio/sdk-python/eb642b14947bd8bcdf8816cffb6a63869803f5c6/temporalio/contrib/google_genai/_google_genai_plugin.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Plugin rejects clients configured with retry_options.
    - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/temporalio/sdk-python/eb642b14947bd8bcdf8816cffb6a63869803f5c6/temporalio/contrib/google_genai/_temporal_api_client.py (official_docs, unknown, documented_behavior): Per-request retry_options and synchronous requests are rejected in workflows.
    
    Search phrasings: temporal genai.Client retry_options Temporal owns retries; temporal gemini plugin synchronous requests not supported
    
    Evidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): public_source.

## Attribution and provenance

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## Structured fields

    {
      "observed_symptom": "Plugin/worker setup or in-workflow Gemini calls fail.",
      "context": "Product: Temporal Python SDK Google GenAI integration\nComponent: temporalio.contrib.google_genai GoogleGenAIPlugin\nOperation: Registering a genai.Client with retry_options in the Temporal Gemini plugin\nAffected versions: unknown\nEnvironment: unknown\nException: ValueError, GoogleGenAIError, RuntimeError\nPackages: temporalio main at pinned SHA (contrib.google_genai), google-genai unknown\nTrigger: Client-level or per-request retry_options, or synchronous genai client usage inside workflows.",
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      "symptom_signature": {
        "literal_error_text": "is configured with http_options.retry_options, but Temporal owns retries for durable execution."
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## Support assessment

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        "body": "Recommended action: Remove retry_options from the genai client; set ActivityConfig(retry_policy=...) via TemporalAsyncClient(activity_config=...); use the async client in workflows.\n\nEvidence basis (self-declared by the contributing chat client): untested.",
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