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Ethienne Marcelin

02/02/2023, 9:44 AM
Hi ! I'm starting out with prefect 2 and was wondering if it's possible to create a graph from a flow definition ? And the validate this graph ? let's say I have the following flow
@flow
def my_flow():
    a = subflow1(...)
    b = subflow2(...)
    c = subflow3(a)
Would it be possible to create a graph from this and raise an error because subflow2 is a dangling node ?
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Peyton Runyan

02/02/2023, 2:08 PM
Howdy! Prefect flow execution is done dynamically, so we don't establish a DAG ahead of time that can be analyzed. This opens up a lot of use-cases, but makes it a poor match for cases where the graph must be validated ahead of time. What's your use-case here where you need to know about the dangling node?