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If I cancel a flow `A` which is run via `run_deployment`, and that flow has a number of subflows also triggered via `run_deployment`, will those subflows also be cancelled?

Hey <@U05PDSAJKLP>! Yes, sub-flow runs of a canceled flow run will also be canceled.

Great thanks! Also I saw in the docs that you can cancel a flow run via the python SDK, though I'm not sure where that lives?

I know both the flow name and the flow_run_name

Any chance it's this? <https://docs.prefect.io/latest/api-ref/prefect/client/orchestration/#prefect.client.orchestration.PrefectClient.set_flow_run_state>

<@U02GE39K551>, is there a way I can retrieve the UUID for a flow run from within the flow run itself in python?

nvmd p sure i got it :sunglasses:
<https://docs.prefect.io/latest/guides/runtime-context/#accessing-runtime-information>

<@U05PDSAJKLP>, if this helps: I had to do cancel operation through prefect CLI with python `subprocess` library

```        command = f"prefect flow-run cancel     '{running_flow_id}'"

        process = subprocess.Popen(
            command,
            shell=True,
            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
        )

output, error = process.communicate()

        if output:
            print(f"Output: {output.decode()}")
        if error:
            print(f"Error: {error.decode()}")```


Thanks Jack! I managed to find a workaround using redis and the prefect runtime context :smile: