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Can we set a task to success state, ie. based on a condition execute a task else set it to success and trigger the downstream?

You should be able to change state using our API:

I'm not sure if this is the right command, but I would start looking around here:
<https://docs.prefect.io/api-ref/prefect/client/?h=state#prefect.client.schemas.State.to_state_create>

This post might help too:
<https://discourse.prefect.io/t/how-do-i-set-state-to-skipped-in-prefect-2/585>

You can set change the state, but generally, you shouldn’t need to, Sunjay, as mentioned in my response to this question in your other thread.

Hi <@U03KWSKFN8L> and <@U03AT2QB6LF> Thank you so much for your assistance.
`if conditions == 'Foo":`
    `a =task1()`
`else:`
   `"set task1() state to success"`
   
`b= task2() # task 2 wait for the completed state of task1`  

So this is what I want to achieve in essence. I just wanted to know how to set the task1 state to completed as it can be skipped in case it doesnt meet a certain condition but the downstream job depends on the success state of the task1 using wait_for parameter.