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Xiaodong DENG reopened AIRFLOW-2843:
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> ExternalTaskSensor: Add option to cease waiting immediately if the external
> task doesn't exist
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> Key: AIRFLOW-2843
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AIRFLOW-2843
> Project: Apache Airflow
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: operators
> Reporter: Xiaodong DENG
> Assignee: Xiaodong DENG
> Priority: Minor
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> h2. Background
> *ExternalTaskSensor* will keep waiting (given restrictions of retries,
> poke_interval, etc), even if the external task specified doesn't exist at
> all. In some cases, this waiting may still make sense as new DAG may backfill.
> But it may be good to provide an option to cease waiting immediately if the
> external task specified doesn't exist.
> h2. Proposal
> Provide an argument "check_existence". Set to *True* to check if the external
> task exists, and immediately cease waiting if the external task does not
> exist.
> The default value is set to *False* (no check or ceasing will happen) so it
> will not affect any existing DAGs or user expectation.
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