Hey Charlie,
As Andrew mentioned, `default_args` is intended for task level args. You'd
be better off just unpacking your dict when you create the DAG. For example:
```python
defaults_for_dags = {
"max_active_runs": 1
}
with DAG(dag_id="something", **defaults_for_dags) as dag:
....
```
Jed
On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 11:25 AM Charlie Griefer <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hey Folks.
>
> We're working on our first Airflow project at my company. There were a
> good number of DAG arguments that I expected we'd apply to all DAGs, so I
> put them in a "default_args" variable.
>
> It seems, however, that not all DAG args work if passed as default_args.
> For example, "max_active_runs".
>
> Some do work. It looks like the code under airflow.models.dag.py
> explicitly copy "start_date" and "end_date" variables out of default_args
> and pass to the DAG.
>
> I'm curious if there's a list of valid DAG args (currently using
> https://github.com/apache/airflow/blob/main/airflow/models/dag.py#L324 as
> a reference), and a list of valid "default_args" args, and maybe even which
> ones can go into either.
>
> Airflow 2.1.4, if that's relevant.
>
> Thanks!
> Charlie
>
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> Charlie Griefer
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> Software Engineer
>
> PlatformQ Education
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