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Hey everyone,
I am using the `create_flow_run` and `get_task_run_result` to interact with child flows. Now I would love to set some general task properties like `state_handlers` and `task_run_name` on these. Maybe I am missing something, but I can't figure out how to do this without writing my own wrapper task. Is there a way to do this?

Hey <@U02BG7QTYGM>, you can’t set these from the `create_flow_run` call through parameters if that is what you’re saying. If you’re saying you have a common state handler that you want to attach to all tasks, then yes it’s very common for users to either use a function to set it, or to make their own version of the `task` decorator.

Sample here:
```def custom_task(func=None, **task_init_kwargs):
    if func is None:
        return partial(custom_task, **task_init_kwargs)

    @wraps(func)
    def safe_func(**kwargs):
        try:
            return func(**kwargs)
        except Exception as e:
            print(f"Full Traceback: {traceback.format_exc()}")
            raise RuntimeError(type(e)) from None  # from None is necessary to not log the stacktrace

    safe_func.__name__ = func.__name__
    return task(safe_func, **task_init_kwargs)

@custom_task
def abc(x):
    return x```

Yeah, I wanted to set them from the `create_flow_run` call through parameters. Do you happen to know why that is not supported or are there plans to support it in the future?

Because the `state_handler` needs to be attached during registration. The task is already registered by the name you are doing `create_flow_run`. But there is a workaround here. You can do `prefect.context.get("parameters")` inside a `state_handler`. This returns a dict of values, and then you can do an `if-else` based on that. The `task_run_name` can be altered based on inputs so you shouldn’t have a problem there.