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Hi Folks, I would like to know how Prefect reacts to `sys.exit(1)` . I have this line inside of a task and if the execution reaches this line, does it exit with `1` and mark the `task` as successful or failed? Or does it think the `flow` failed and try to restart the `flow`?

Is it recommended to do `raise SystemExit('my error message')` instead of `sys.exit(1)` when I want the task to end with failed status?

Hey, what is the intent here? You can raise Prefect <https://docs.prefect.io/api/latest/engine/signals.html|signals> like `raise FAIL(message)` if you want to fail the task and move on. you can also `raise SKIP` to skip downstream tasks. <https://docs.prefect.io/core/concepts/execution.html#state-signals|Docs>

Yes, this might work. Could you also share the import statements please?

`from prefect.engine.signals import FAIL, SKIP, SUCCESS`

<@U02ANL2RTSQ> For reference, Prefect reacts very poorly to sys.exit calls. It loses the state of the job all together and never marks it as complete or failed since you kill the process and it can't report back. At least with Kubernetes runners anyway