amoghrajesh commented on code in PR #71356: URL: https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/71356#discussion_r3747332515
########## airflow-core/docs/core-concepts/resumable-tasks.rst: ########## @@ -126,6 +126,19 @@ existing job on retry instead of submitting a new one. For more details and a working example, see :class:`~airflow.sdk.ResumableJobMixin`. +**Clearing a task is treated the same as a retry** + +Clearing a task instance does not delete its ``task_state_store`` rows -- they are only removed +when the ``dag_run`` itself is deleted, or by :ref:`airflow state-store clean +<task-and-asset-state-store-cleanup>`. For a checkpointed task this is usually what you want: +clearing resumes from the last checkpoint rather than starting over. + +For a :class:`~airflow.sdk.ResumableJobMixin` operator, it means clearing a task whose external job Review Comment: Would it be better if I said "operator that supports durable execution? -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
