apache / apache/airflow

Point users to a TaskInstance's Event Log if tasks are missing

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Description

### Description

Task logs can be missing for a wide variety of reasons. Two of the most common ones are:
* The task was stuck in queued and failed by `task_queued_timeout`
* The task became a zombie

In these scenarios, it'd be helpful to populate the TaskInstance's logs with a message pointing users to the TaskInstance's Event Log.

### Related issues

* #40975
* #42136

### Are you willing to submit a PR?

- [ ] Yes I am willing to submit a PR!

### Code of Conduct

- [X] I agree to follow this project's [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)

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Research direction

Start by tracing how TaskInstance logs are populated for queued-task timeouts and zombie tasks, then read related issues #40975 and #42136 for context. Done means the TaskInstance log contains a message directing users to its Event Log when task logs are missing in these scenarios.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
data-engineering, observability
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
66/100

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