Is there a straighforward way for a task to know when the fl

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Is there a straighforward way for a task to know when the flow run started Wanting to include this in a slack notification

jack · Answer

Looking in `prefect context` the closest thing I see is `scheduled start time` but we are intending to kick off this flow manually

Kevin Kho · Answer

prefect context scheduled start time is the closest one i can think of

Kevin Kho · Answer

Kicking off a flow just creates a flow with schedule of now

jack · Answer

is `now` evaluated once at the time the flow run started or is it evaluated dynamically each time `scheduled start time` is accessed

Kevin Kho · Answer

When you click the button or hit the API

jack · Answer

Perfect that will work