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Joel Lord
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Understanding TaskRuns and PipelineRuns

TaskRuns and PipelineRuns represent how their counterparts are executed; that is, the task and the pipeline. They hold the current status of the task's and pipeline's execution and provide you with more information on their performance, as shown in the following diagram:

Figure 2.3 – PipelineRuns (http://tekton.dev/docs/concepts)

Here, you can see the tasks and pipelines that can be defined as templates so that they can be executed. When you use the CLI to start a pipeline (or a task), it will create the associated run.

TaskRuns

A TaskRun is used to execute a task on a cluster. While the task describes the operation that needs to happen in your pipeline, TaskRun describes this task's execution.

A TaskRun will execute all the steps in the task. It will also contain the status of the task's execution and the status of the execution of each step.

The TaskRun will execute until all...

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Joel Lord (joel__lord on Twitter) is passionate about the web and technology in general. He likes to learn new things, but most of all, he wants to share his discoveries. He does so by traveling to various conferences all across the globe. He graduated from college with a degree in computer programming in the last millennium. Apart from a little break to get his BSc in computational astrophysics, he has always worked in the industry. In his daily job, Joel is a developer advocate with MongoDB, where he connects with software engineers to help them make the web better by using best practices around JavaScript. In his free time, he can be found stargazing on a campground somewhere or brewing a fresh batch of beer in his garage.
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