How do you run a flow locally with a custom context in Prefect v2?

Hi @Joshua Grant, this discourse article shows what you can access in context. What are you trying to accomplish with the custom context in v2? There might be a different solution rather than context to accomplish what you need.

Thanks @Kalise Richmond for the reply, in Prefect v1, we used context to store variables regarding the flow (ids for various things, e.g. encryption keys). . . things that we don't want sitting around in Parameters. What solution would you recommend?

Hey @Joshua Grant I would recommend using Blocks to store these things. Blocks are a new Prefect 2.x concept and you would be able to access those from multiple different flows.

@Kalise Richmond to confirm, in v2 context cannot be used to store variables and the recommended way to do pass variables we do not want exposed is via blocks?

Yes. Blocks will allow you to access these variables at run time. You can build custom blocks and also use the field SecretStr to hide the variables in the UI.