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Hi,
Is there a way to append a string to a flow run name?

You can use the RenameFlowRun task and get the current one with `prefect.context.get("flow_run_name")`

`prefect.context.get("flow_run_name")` can run only inside a task, right? So I need to create a task X and inside of it return the flow name and after in the with Flow section to pass it to the RenameFlowRun task.

Yes and no. Yes it runs in a task, but you can use it in state handlers so you can have the rename run before the Flow begins. Code below

```from prefect import Flow, task
from prefect.tasks.prefect import RenameFlowRun

def rename_handler(obj, new_state, old_state):
    if new_state.is_running():
        RenameFlowRun().run(flow_run_name="new_name")
    return

@task
def first_task():
    return 1

with Flow("test-flow", state_handlers=[rename_handler]) as flow:
    first_task()```