Yes, it is possible to force a task to a specific state after it runs in both Prefect 2.x and 3.x. ### For Prefect 2.x: You can manually set the state of a task by returning a state object from the task. Here's an example that sets a task's state to

Completed

or

Failed

based on some condition:

python
from prefect import task, flow
from prefect.states import Completed, Failed

@task
def my_task(condition):
    if condition:
        return Completed(message="Task completed successfully")
    else:
        return Failed(message="Task failed")

@flow
def my_flow():
    state = my_task(condition=True)
    print(state)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    my_flow()

Reference: Prefect 2.0: States Documentation ### For Prefect 3.x: The approach is quite similar. You can set the state by returning a

Completed

or

Failed

state object from the task.

python
from prefect import task, flow
from prefect.states import Completed, Failed

@task
def toggle_task(fail: bool):
    if fail:
        return Failed(message="I was instructed to fail.")
    else:
        return Completed(message="I was instructed to succeed.")

@flow
def example():
    state_one = toggle_task(fail=True)
    print(state_one)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    example()

Reference: Prefect 3.0: Manage States Feel free to try out the examples based on your Prefect version, and let me know if you have any other questions!