#3627 [Core feature] Flytekit: Add support for ReferenceEntities in FlyteRemode.execute() Issue created by tomasz-sodzawiczny Motivation: Why do you think this is important? If I have a ReferenceEntity, e.g. @reference_task( project="flytesnacks", domain="development", name="recipes.aaa.simple.join_strings", version="553018f39e519bdb2597b652639c30ce16b99c79", ) def ref_t1(a: typing.List[str]) -> str: ... I would like to be able to call it with FlyteRemote.execute:

flyte_remote.execute(ref_t1, dict(a=["foo", "bar"]))

Currently this code runs (because RemoteTask extends PythonTask and is treated as such), but ignores the version (and probably domain and project) - runs with the latest registered version of that task. Goal: What should the final outcome look like, ideally? Ideally I'd want to run any ReferenceEntity with flyte_remote.execute(ref_entity, inputs=...) And execute would respect all set values. For consistency with the other types, methods like

FlyteRemote.execute_reference_X()

would have to be introduced too. Describe alternatives you've considered This is a working work-around: flyte_remote.execute(ref_entity, version=ref_entity.id.version, inputs=...) (Not considering project/domain, but same thing should work). Propose: Link/Inline OR Additional context Note: I'm happy to create a PR to flytekit if this change is reasonable. Are you sure this issue hasn't been raised already? • Yes Have you read the Code of Conduct? • Yes flyteorg/flyte