Kestra

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Overview

Kestra supports polling-trigger workflows. Use a local evaluation for development, inspect each task output in Playground, and keep the trigger disabled outside an explicitly authorised test. The trigger docs include a first-success stopAfter example.123

Ways to use it

Ideas based on documented features.

• Test a small external-state polling workflow, inspect its outputs, then decide separately whether to enable recurring execution.13

Before you start

• The quickstart is for local evaluation; harden it before shared access. Playground requires a DAG and may reuse outputs: use Run all tasks after external inputs change. Check trigger logs and leave the trigger disabled after testing.231