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Hi :wave:,
If I want to do a consitional retry of a task based on provided paramter, is this the way to do it: <https://docs.prefect.io/core/examples/parameterized_flow.html|https://docs.prefect.io/core/examples/parameterized_flow.html> or is there e a way to define this in this decorator itself (or otherwise)?

Hey <@U01C08BUYAC>, is your goal to configure a task to retry only if specific parameters were provided to it?

I might suggest checking out <https://docs.prefect.io/api/latest/engine/signals.html>

if you wrapped your task’s logic in a `try/except`, you can set things up like:

```try:
  bigquery_client = bigquery.Client()
  bigquery_client.upload(my_dataframe)
except Exception as e:
  if e.message == "bigquery hates me":
    raise RETRY("Bigquery is mean")
  raise FAIL("Something else bad has happened")```

You could react to a parameter passed to that task as well

Hi <@UKVFX6N3B> so are you saying to not use a decorator and instead handle RETRY / FAIL / etc inside the task with `Signals` ?
:thinking_face:

Sates and signals are another super cool feature : )