Can we pause a task for a definite time or can we retry a task after definite time

[gaurav_amoga]

Can we pause a task for a definite time or can we retry a task after definite time ? if yes then how ?

[anna_geller]

It depends on how we define pausing a task. You could do: time.sleep(60) to sort of “pause” for 60 seconds before continuing with some other action in your flow.

@gaurav_amoga

can we retry a task after definite time ?

100% yes! This is what retry_delay is for. Here is the syntax for Prefect 1.0:

import datetime
from prefect import task
# retry up to 3 times, waiting 3 min between each retry

@task(max_retries=3, retry_delay=datetime.timedelta(minutes=3))
def your_task():
    ...