<@ULVA73B9P> I was hoping that deleting flow runs ...
# ask-marvint
Theom
09/02/2025, 2:29 PM@Marvin I was hoping that deleting flow runs from the Prefect dashboard would delete them from the postgres db used by Prefect server. This is not the case. Can you confirm that the only way to do it is to connect directly to the database? I guess Prefect server has to be shut down to do it safely?
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Marvin
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Nate
09/02/2025, 2:39 PMCan you confirm that the only way to do it is to connect directly to the database?deleting them through the API (like the UI does) should result in the runs being removed from the database - you're saying that this appears to not be the case for you?
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Theom
09/03/2025, 8:49 AMHi @Nate thank you for your response.
Yes, I get flow runs when requesting the API that do not appear in the dashboard. After further inspection, I suspect the remaining flow runs are those triggered manually from the GUI, though I'm not sure.
Theom
09/03/2025, 8:51 AMEdit: Actually no there are also flow runs triggered by automations and calls to the API.
Theom
09/03/2025, 9:23 AMMy bad: there were flow runs that didn't show up in the general "Runs" panel but were still visible when checking individual deployments. Maybe there is an issue, or it's intended behaviour, that the dashboard does not show all flow runs.
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Nate
09/03/2025, 4:03 PMcan you share what versions of things you have?
flow runs that didn't show up in the general "Runs" panel but were still visible when checking individual deploymentssounds like potential UI bug