wave hullo curious in prefect 2 is there a way to set some f

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wave hullo curious in prefect 2 is there a way to set some flow level context that are accessible by all sub flows tasks

Jai P · Answer

basically something like ``` flow def my flow context my cool variable = blah my subflow flow def my subflow print context my cool variable my task task def my task print context my cool variable ``` should have the output ``` my subflow blah my task blah```

Kevin Kho · Answer

What happens if you define it outside tasks and flows I think it might work

Jai P · Answer

I would guess that does but what if everything isn t colocated i guess some funny things can happen there

Jai P · Answer

another piece is execution isn t guaranteed on the same instance right so that adds some complexity

Kevin Kho · Answer

Well yes it might run into problems if things aren t colocated but I think in general this global variable might be bad practice

Jai P · Answer

yeah disappointed

Jai P · Answer

we definitely can get around it by just passing things around in the arguments for tasks but was curious