Hi! The folder in .prefect is steadily growing in ...
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Stefan
03/02/2023, 9:59 AMHi! The folder in .prefect is steadily growing in size - is this the default space for the database or is it some temp files that are not deleted?
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Tim-Oliver
03/02/2023, 10:00 AMstorages
Stefan
03/02/2023, 10:02 AMOh. For representation in the UI or API, or for what purpose? They are wildly varying in size.
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Tim-Oliver
03/02/2023, 10:35 AMTim-Oliver
03/02/2023, 10:35 AMA task is only executed if the result does not exist yet.
Tim-Oliver
03/02/2023, 10:36 AMIf you run the same flow twice with the same parameters and with persisting results on the second run will use the cached results.
Tim-Oliver
03/02/2023, 10:37 AMBy default prefect uses pickle to save the returned values of a task as binary blob. The size of the files you see in
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Stefan
03/02/2023, 11:42 AMOK I see. It's the storage of retries, results etc. How long are they persisted? Should we clean the folder?
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Tim Galvin
03/02/2023, 2:41 PMIs the persistent cache the default behaviour? In other words, are these binary blobs containing task run results unless told otherwise?
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Christopher Boyd
03/02/2023, 3:20 PMt
Tim Galvin
03/03/2023, 1:36 AMPerfect! Thanks @Christopher Boyd
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