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Hi, I found the following strange naming convention.

Main Flow run names and sub flow run names are not the same in the Prefect Server UI.

Example:

MainFlow() has a subflow called SubFlow().

When I call MainFlow(), the Prefect Server created a MainFlow() name called `Persimmon-python`. In the timeline, it launched something called `quartz-copperhead` . And then in the log it says it launched a flow run for the SubFlow() called `debonair-dog`.

So I understand that the flow name for the MainFlow() is `Persimmon-python`, and that the SubFlow() name is `debonair-dog`. Then what is `quartz-copperhead`? It’s a blue bar in the timeline view when I clicked on the MainFlow()’s `Persimmon-python`

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Walkthrough:
1. My MainFlow() started a flow run called `flying-pug`
2. The MainFlow() calles a subflow. As you can see it’s called `tuscan-lynx` in the log on the bottom of the screen shot.
3. On the upper right corner, you can see that the very first green bar in the timeline, my MainFlow() created a run called `attractive-trout`
4. So, in summary, MainFlow = `flying-pug` and the subflow is called `tuscan-lynx`. So what exactly is `attractive-trout`?