Hi Prefect Experts Im running 1 X of Prefect and run into th

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Hi Prefect Experts Im running 1 X of Prefect and run into the dreaded ` No heartbeat detected from the remote task ` issue a few times and its well documented here to consult <https discourse prefect io t flow is failing with an error message no heartbeat detected from the remote task 79>

Bradley Hurley · Answer

I didn t see it explicitly stated but is setting `flow run config = UniversalRun env= PREFECT CLOUD HEARTBEAT MODE thread ` or ``` cloud heartbeat mode = thread process thread off ``` supported when running Prefect on premise

Zanie · Answer

I think the second option will work if you have that config file on the same machine as your agent

Zanie · Answer

I think the first is clearer though

Bradley Hurley · Answer

Thanks I just wanted to confirm it wasn t only respected when running cloud

Bradley Hurley · Answer

I guess I should have looked at the settings first

Zanie · Answer

Ah yes the cloud key applies to both backends

Zanie · Answer

It s a holdover from before server was split out and open sourced and remains for backwards compatibility

Bradley Hurley · Answer

Thanks