Hello Is there a convenient way to get a Flow s `expected st

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Hello Is there a convenient way to get a Flow s `expected start time` from within a task If I retrieve the context using `get run context` and the `expected start time` field from within a task I get a TaskRunContext and the expected start time for the specific task which is different from the flow s `expected start time` by a fair margin depending on how long it took to actually start the current task

Sam Cook · Answer

I m on Prefect version 2 7 1 if that s relevant

Christopher Boyd · Answer

You should be able to get the flow context

Christopher Boyd · Answer

Maybe I m wrong here and now I can t find it but you can return save expected start time from the flow context as a global var that the task can access

Christopher Boyd · Answer

`global start time = get run context start time`

Sam Cook · Answer

I m using a custom flow that lives in a different file from the task so I can t use globals to transfer state