Hello my prefect 2 0 tests are going well I see that Flow ha

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Hello my prefect 2 0 tests are going well I see that Flow has a timeout seconds parameter is there any way to set Task level timeouts as well

Kevin Kho · Answer

Orion doesn t have timeouts yet so I don t think there is a simple way like in Prefect 1

Zanie · Answer

We don t support cancellation of tasks at this time but you can perform logic based on a wait timeout ```future = my task arg arg state = future wait 5 if not state Do something based on this timeout ```

Zanie · Answer

Here s the example from the docstring ``` Wait N sconds for the task to complete gt gt gt flow gt gt gt def my flow gt gt gt future = my task gt gt gt final state = future wait 0 1 gt gt gt if final state gt gt gt Task done gt gt gt else gt gt gt Task not done yet```

Michael Smith · Answer

I realised that this can be done fairly neatly with sub graphs so it relies on the developer knowing the pattern breaking away from Task but good function naming standards would make this clearer ```from prefect import flow task from time import sleep task def do something print Do something sleep 20 flow timeout seconds=10 def flow2 do something flow timeout seconds=60 def timeout task do something flow2 timeout task ```

Michael Smith · Answer

I also tried double decorating a single function with both Flow and Task which would be handy but I m guessing Flow is doing some introspection as that failed but this works as you d expect ```from prefect import flow task from time import sleep flow timeout seconds=10 def combined task def combined inner print Do something sleep 20 combined inner combined ```

Kevin Kho · Answer

Ah I see that s a nice suggestion