Intermittent “There are ongoing executions on this workflow…” error on dknet server (even for newly created workflows)
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Description
### Discussed in https://github.com/apache/texera/discussions/4031
Originally posted by **mengw15** November 7, 2025
On the dknet server, opening a workflow sometimes shows:
“There are ongoing executions on this workflow. Modification of the workflow is currently disabled.”
This happens even for brand-new workflows that have never been run. The issue is non-deterministic and so far only observed on dknet.
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Research direction
Start by reading the linked discussion at https://github.com/apache/texera/discussions/4031 and reproduce the intermittent message on the dknet server with a newly created workflow. Trace how the server determines whether a workflow has ongoing executions; done means newly created, never-run workflows no longer show the modification-disabled error.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- scala
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100