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Flowground REST-API: Difference between the flow properties status and current_status

The flow data that can be loaded via the REST API (https://api.flowground.net/docs/v2/#retrieve-a-flow-by-id) contains the properties data.attributes.status and data.attributes.current_status. In my case both have the value "active". What is the difference between these two properties?

Solution

  • data.attributes.status this can be active and inactive. This is basically how we want a flow to be.

    data.attributes.current_status shows the status as is.

    For example:

    You have an active flow. It has both data.attributes.status & data.attributes.current_status as active.

    Then you stop the flow and for some period of time (while the pods still running and then shuts down), it will show data.attributes.status as inactive and data.attributes.current_status - active. ​ After Admiral does it's job, the status changes to inactive on both data.attributes.status & data.attributes.current_status.