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The Python SDK orchestration client is able to delete flow runs, but I want to cancel flow runs so that the information on what is run is not lost. Does anyone have an example to do this? In the docs I only see examples with the UI and CLI

Figured it out, there is a set_flow_run_state method in the client that can be used!

Nice find. This is a convenient option. I found an <https://discourse.prefect.io/t/cancelling-a-flow-run-in-the-ui/3297/2|example of implementing this> on the Prefect Discourse. The REST API supports this functionality too. <https://docs.prefect.io/latest/api-ref/rest-api-reference/#tag/Flow-Runs/operation/set_flow_run_state_flow_runs__id__set_state_post|Here> is a link to the docs for prefect Server, but the <https://app.prefect.cloud/api/docs?deviceId=1b02dada-be14-4f27-b5fc-80e07281f2e8#tag/Flow-Runs/operation/set_flow_run_state_api_accounts__account_id__workspaces__workspace_id__flow_runs__id__set_state_post|same works> for Prefect Cloud.