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Hi <#C048ZHT5U3U|>, Got Runtime error as task runner is already started in below scenario
```@flow(name="Status check")
def run():
    a= "hello"
    if(condition):
        success
    else:
        run()

if __name__ == "__main__":
   run()```
Can anyone help

can you post full code and the exception?

```@flow(name="Status check")
def run():
    a= task1 output

    if(task1 output condition):
        running task2
    else:
       wait(10)
        run()```

Runtime error : task runner is already started

```from prefect import task, flow
import time
import random


from prefect.deployments import Deployment


@task
def getNumber(x):
    return x
@task
def hello():
    print("Hello world")

@flow(name="Status check")
def run(x):
    a= getNumber(x)

    if a == 2:
        hello()
    else:
        time.sleep(5)
        run(x)

if __name__ == "__main__":
   run(random.randint(0,9))
   deployment = Deployment.build_from_flow(
       flow=run,
       name="ex-dep2",
       version=1,
       work_queue_name="demo-exp1"      

   )
   deployment.apply()```


oh I see, you are running the flow run from itself, this is not allowed, why would you want to do that?