I am getting an error with Prefect Secrets in my f...
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z
I am getting an error with Prefect Secrets in my flow. The traceback is to a line of Prefect code that was changed a few days ago. The traceback can be found in the thread below. This is what the task in the flow looks like:
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gcs_creds_secret = PrefectSecret("GCS_SP_CREDS")
j
Hi @Zach - let me see if I can find out a bit more about this. Would you mind moving the traceback into the thread here? (Short messages make it easier for us to keep on top of all the community messages.)
z
No problem, here you go:
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Unexpected error: AttributeError("'PrefectSecret' object has no attribute 'secret_name'")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/prefect/engine/runner.py", line 48, in inner
    new_state = method(self, state, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/prefect/engine/task_runner.py", line 856, in get_task_run_state
    value = prefect.utilities.executors.run_task_with_timeout(
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/prefect/utilities/executors.py", line 298, in run_task_with_timeout
    return task.run(*args, **kwargs)  # type: ignore
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/prefect/tasks/secrets/base.py", line 65, in run
    name = self.secret_name
AttributeError: 'PrefectSecret' object has no attribute 'secret_name'
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@Jenny I am not 100% sure how task run methods work, but it seems like in general, the run() method doesn't have access to class instance variables that were set in the
__init__()
method,. Not sure why that is though. But it seems in the run method here, the code tries to access this class instance variable and it fails.
j
What are you running that encounters this error? I seem to be able to access the secret 🤔
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In [1]: from prefect.tasks.secrets import PrefectSecret

In [2]: PrefectSecret("TEST")
Out[2]: <Task: TEST>

In [3]: PrefectSecret("TEST").run()
Out[3]: 'asdf\nhere'
Are you by any chance building your flow in a newer version of prefect and attempting to run it in an older one?