How to resume bookmark - IWorkflowClient?

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I'm really struggling with the simple task of resuming a bookmark in a simple standlone console app.
Every bit of documentation and other reference material is out of date as everything is marks as "obsolete" or "deprecated".

I'm running a simple console application that loads a JSON workflow. Is this scenario no longer supported?
The reason I ask is that all the methods now are pointing towards an undocumented IWorkflowClient class that doesn't appear to support loading a workflow from a JSON definition.

If I try to use the old WorkflowRunner then a majority of methods are flagged as deprecated (many specifically referencing the magic workflowruntime.cerateClientAsync as the new preferred option. But this seems exclusively geared towards a full elsa server (which is not currently part of my use case).

Is this scenario supported?

I would paste code but I'm essentially just using the https://docs.elsaworkflows.io/getting-started/hello-world console application with the activity creating a bookmark.

[RalfvandenBurg]

I don't know the "official" way but, we use IBookmarkQueue but i can imaging that this doesn't work in the case you don't have a server process running (which processes the queue). I think you have more luck with the following snippet (which uses the IWorkflowClient):
IWorkflowClient client = await workflowRuntime.CreateClientAsync(request.WorkflowInstanceId, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);

        RunWorkflowInstanceRequest runRequest =  new RunWorkflowInstanceRequest()
        {
            Input = [],
            BookmarkId = request.BookMarkId,
            Properties = []
        };
        RunWorkflowInstanceResponse result = await client.RunInstanceAsync(runRequest, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);

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Ok - I've no idea if this is considered correct but it compiles, works and doesn't have any warnings on deprecation or obsolete methods:

// add elsa services
services.AddElsa();

// get reference to service provider
var serviceProvider = services.BuildServiceProvider();

// populate registries
await serviceProvider.PopulateRegistriesAsync();

// import workflow from JSON
var workflowJson = await File.ReadAllTextAsync("workflow-1.json");

// Deserialize json into workflow definition model
var serializer = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IActivitySerializer>();
var workflowDefinitionModel = serializer.Deserialize<WorkflowDefinitionModel>(workflowJson);

// map workflow definition model to workflow
var workflowDefinitionMapper = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<WorkflowDefinitionMapper>();
var workflow = workflowDefinitionMapper.Map(workflowDefinitionModel);

// get reference to workflow registry and register the workflow
var workflowRegistry = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IWorkflowRegistry>();
await workflowRegistry.RegisterAsync(workflow);

// optional - get the workflow from the workflow store by name
var populator = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IWorkflowDefinitionStorePopulator>();
var store = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IWorkflowDefinitionStore>();

var workflowSearch = await store.FindAsync(new WorkflowDefinitionFilter()
{
    Name = "Workflow 1"    
});

// get reference to workflow runtime
var workflowRuntime = serviceProvider.GetRequiredService<IWorkflowRuntime>();

// create a runtime client and create a workflow instance.
var client = await workflowRuntime.CreateClientAsync();
var test = await client.CreateInstanceAsync(new CreateWorkflowInstanceRequest()
{
    Name = workflow.Name,
    WorkflowDefinitionHandle = workflow.DefinitionHandle
});

// run the workflow instance - will pause at a bookmark
RunWorkflowInstanceResponse testResult = await client.RunInstanceAsync();

// get the first boommark
var testBookmark = testResult.Bookmarks.FirstOrDefault();

// resume the workflow
testResult = await client.RunInstanceAsync(new RunWorkflowInstanceRequest()
{
    BookmarkId = testBookmark!.Id,
});