Set External Task Retries

Sets the number of retries left to execute an external task by id. If retries are set to 0, an incident is created.

Method

PUT /external-task/{id}/retries

Parameters

Path Parameters

Name Description
id The id of the external task to set the number of retries for.

Request Body

A JSON object with the following properties:

Name Description
retries The number of retries to set for the external task. Must be >= 0. If this is 0, an incident is created and the task cannot be fetched anymore unless the retries are increased again.

Result

This method returns no content.

Response Codes

Code Media type Description
204 Request successful.
404 application/json Returned if the task does not exist. This could indicate a wrong task id as well as a cancelled task, e.g., due to a caught BPMN boundary event. See the Introduction for the error response format.

Example

Request

PUT /external-task/anId/retries

Request Body:

{
  "retries": 123
}

Response

Status 204. No content.

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