is there a way to make a group of tasks all execute in the same pod?

Yes use pod templates

hm I think we may be talking past each other, I mean I want tasks 1-3 of a workflow to all execute without spinning more than 1 pod up. I can see how pod templates would allow me to make sure those tasks all have identical pods, but I don't see how they would help me control when flyte creates pods

ohh this is available in Union today - called Actors. this is not available in Flyte https://docs.union.ai/serverless/guide/core-concepts/actors

ah good to know, who can I talk to about our use case? i think we have some questions wrt deployment of union before we make the switch (we love flyte)

@prehistoric-leather-97354 I'll shoot you a DM

@prehistoric-leather-97354 very kind, thank you for being a community member