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<@ULVA73B9P> I am running flows from my client app using run_deployment API. Is it possible to retrieve flow_name after run_deployment returns ?

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Yes — but *not directly from the `FlowRun` object* that `run_deployment()` returns.

`run_deployment()` returns a `FlowRun`, which includes `flow_id`, not `flow_name`. To get the flow name, read the flow by that ID.

Example:

```python
from prefect.deployments import run_deployment
from prefect.client.orchestration import get_client

flow_run = run_deployment(
    name="my-flow/my-deployment",
    timeout=0,
)

with get_client(sync_client=True) as client:
    flow = client.read_flow(flow_run.flow_id)
    flow_name = flow.name

print(flow_name)
```

If you're in async code:

```python
from prefect.deployments import run_deployment
from prefect.client.orchestration import get_client

async def main():
    flow_run = await run_deployment(
        name="my-flow/my-deployment",
        timeout=0,
    )

    async with get_client() as client:
        flow = await client.read_flow(flow_run.flow_id)
        return flow.name
```

A few details:
- `flow_run.name` = the *flow run name*
- `flow_run.flow_id` = the underlying flow's ID
- `flow.name` = the *flow name* you want

So the short answer is:
- *No*, `run_deployment()` does not return `flow_name` directly
- *Yes*, you can retrieve it immediately afterward using `flow_run.flow_id`

Relevant docs:
- <https://docs.prefect.io/v3/api-ref/python/prefect-deployments-flow_runs|`run_deployment` API>
- <https://docs.prefect.io/v3/api-ref/python/prefect-client-orchestration|Prefect client API>

If you want, I can also show you how to get the *deployment name + flow name* in one helper function.