how do you handle a task failure in a workflow can you just

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how do you handle a task failure in a workflow can you just use try catch

Yee · Answer

no unfortunately not sorry it s in the <https github com flyteorg flyteidl blob b24a555934138df9fb3d710fbbf77084cc395821 protos flyteidl core workflow proto L197|IDL> and it s been implemented in the backend but the piping syntax for it hasn t been implemented yet in flytekit

Quinn Romanek · Answer

good to know thanks

Quinn Romanek · Answer

any idea when that will be landing

Yee · Answer

cc < Ketan kumare3 > if you had a timeline you were thinking of

Ketan (kumare3) · Answer

We have not had too many requests for it but would love to get a contribution relieved

George Snelling · Answer

Quinn can you tell us a little more about what you re trying to accomplish at a high level There are likely other solutions

Quinn Romanek · Answer

sorry for the late reply but in general looking to be able to handle a failure in a workflow and e g send a discord message or something

Quinn Romanek · Answer

I think my stand in solution would be returning some sort of Result object from a task

Yee · Answer

there are already email notifications does discord have an email endpoint you can hit

Quinn Romanek · Answer

don t think so