Is there a way to access a flow s start time or any other di

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Is there a way to access a flow s start time or any other distinct per flow timestamp from within a flow

Howard Cornwell · Answer

< Laura Lorenz she her > I think I answered my own question `prefect context scheduled start time`

Laura Lorenz (she/her) · Answer

Hi One option at the flow run level is `scheduled start time` which is in context Docs are at but tl dr it should be the scheduled start time for the flow run if it was scheduled which maybe isn t as unique as you want but if it WASN T scheduled it is the time it was created code ref from when we set it

Laura Lorenz (she/her) · Answer

haha yes you beat me

Howard Cornwell · Answer

Within seconds thanks for looking

Howard Cornwell · Answer

I m assuming that won t change while retrying the flow i e it will always be the time the flow was first submitted for execution

Laura Lorenz (she/her) · Answer

Yes I believe so