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title: "sylphx workflows distributed_jobs"
description: "The sylphx workflows distributed_jobs commands of Sylphx Workflows: every verb, with its argument, its flags and a run line."
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summary: "Every sylphx workflows distributed_jobs command: its argument, its flags and a run line."
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The `distributed_jobs` commands of Sylphx Workflows, as the CLI spells them: the same
calls as [the `distributed_jobs` API page](/docs/api/distributed_jobs), typed for the
shell. [Install, sign in and the grammar](/docs/cli) are on the CLI index.

## get

Gets a distributed job.

**`NAME`** — the resource's name; a bare id is enough below the linked
project.

**CLI**

```bash
sylphx workflows distributed-jobs get orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production/distributed_jobs/distributed-job
```

`GET https://api.sylphx.com/v1/orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production/distributed_jobs/distributed-job` · scope `workflows:read` · effect `read` · [Request, response and examples](/docs/api/distributed_jobs/get)

## list

Lists distributed jobs.

**`PARENT`** — optional: the CLI fills it from the linked project or the
key's scope when it is left out.

**CLI**

```bash
sylphx workflows distributed-jobs list orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production
```

`GET https://api.sylphx.com/v1/orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production/distributed_jobs` · scope `workflows:read` · effect `read` · [Request, response and examples](/docs/api/distributed_jobs/list)

**Flags**

| Flag | Type | What it does |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `--page-size` | `int` | At most this many; default 50, clamped to 1000. |
| `--page-token` | `string` | `next_page_token` of the previous page. |
| `--filter` | `string` | AIP-160 filter over labels and filterable fields. |
| `--order-by` | `string` | AIP-132 ordering over filterable fields. |

## create

Creates a distributed job.

**`ID`** — The id segment of the new Resource's name; the server assigns one when omitted.

**CLI**

```bash
sylphx workflows distributed-jobs create --parent orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production --spec.worker.service …
```

`POST https://api.sylphx.com/v1/orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production/distributed_jobs` · scope `workflows:write` · effect `write` · [Request, response and examples](/docs/api/distributed_jobs/create)

**Flags**

| Flag | Type | What it does |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `--parent` | `string` | The parent to create in; defaults to the linked project or the key's scope. |
| `--meta.labels` | `key=value` | Caller-writable, indexed labels (AIP-122 label rules). Repeat the flag for each value. |
| `--meta.annotations` | `key=value` | Caller-writable, unindexed annotations. Repeat the flag for each value. |
| `--meta.display-name` | `string` | Caller-writable human-readable name. |
| `--spec.worker.service` | `string` | The Hosting Service whose env and Secret bindings every run takes, and whose live Release image it runs unless `image` or `build` names another, so a Job never runs code the environment does not serve. Required. |
| `--spec.worker.image` | `string` | A digest-pinned image from this org's Artifacts, in place of the service's image. Exclusive with `build`. |
| `--spec.worker.command` | `string` | The entrypoint; empty keeps the image's. Repeat the flag for each value. |
| `--spec.worker.args` | `string` | Arguments; a run may replace them. Repeat the flag for each value. |
| `--spec.worker.env` | `key=value` | Environment overrides on top of the service's env and Secret bindings. Repeat the flag for each value. |
| `--spec.worker.instance-type` | `string` | A Hosting instance type; default `standard`. |
| `--spec.worker.timeout` | `duration` | One attempt's deadline, 10s to 24h; default 1h. |
| `--spec.worker.max-retries` | `int` | Re-runs after a non-zero exit, 0 to 10; backoff 30s doubling. |
| `--spec.worker.concurrency` | `enum` | What a start does while a run is active; default forbid. One of `forbid`, `queue`, `allow`. |
| `--spec.worker.build` | `string` | A build the project declares: its latest built image, in place of the service's; the image needs no running service of its own. Exclusive with `image`. |
| `--spec.worker-class` | `enum` | Price and preemption class; default scavenger. One of `scavenger`, `standard`. |
| `--spec.scale.min-workers` | `int` | Workers kept while shards remain; default 1. |
| `--spec.scale.max-workers` | `int` | The most workers at once; the Cell and the org quota cap it too. Default 1. |
| `--spec.scratch-gib` | `int` | Local scratch disk at `/scratch` per worker, GiB; 0 is none. |
| `--spec.shard-count` | `int` | A run that brings no shards of its own gets this many index-only shards. |
| `--spec.shard-timeout` | `duration` | The longest one lease may live without the shard ending; default 30m. |
| `--spec.shard-retries` | `int` | Attempts a shard gets after a failure; a preemption is not one. Default 3. |
| `--spec.max-failed-shards` | `int` | Failed shards the run tolerates before it fails; default 0. |
| `--spec.run-timeout` | `duration` | The whole run's deadline; default 48h. |
| `--spec.checkpoint-uri` | `string` | `data://<bucket>/<prefix>/`: checkpoints go under `<run>/<shard>/`. |
| `--spec.output-uri` | `string` | `data://<bucket>/<prefix>/`: outputs go under `<run>/<shard>/`. |
| `--dry-run` | `bool` | Validate and print the result without writing (validate_only). |
| `--no-wait` | `bool` | Return the call at once instead of waiting for it to finish. |

## update

Updates a distributed job. Runs already started keep the generation they pinned.

**`NAME`** — the resource's name; a bare id is enough below the linked
project.

**CLI**

```bash
sylphx workflows distributed-jobs update orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production/distributed_jobs/distributed-job --spec.worker.service …
```

`PATCH https://api.sylphx.com/v1/orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production/distributed_jobs/distributed-job` · scope `workflows:write` · effect `write` · [Request, response and examples](/docs/api/distributed_jobs/update)

**Flags**

| Flag | Type | What it does |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `--meta.labels` | `key=value` | Caller-writable, indexed labels (AIP-122 label rules). Repeat the flag for each value. |
| `--meta.annotations` | `key=value` | Caller-writable, unindexed annotations. Repeat the flag for each value. |
| `--meta.display-name` | `string` | Caller-writable human-readable name. |
| `--spec.worker.service` | `string` | The Hosting Service whose env and Secret bindings every run takes, and whose live Release image it runs unless `image` or `build` names another, so a Job never runs code the environment does not serve. Required. |
| `--spec.worker.image` | `string` | A digest-pinned image from this org's Artifacts, in place of the service's image. Exclusive with `build`. |
| `--spec.worker.command` | `string` | The entrypoint; empty keeps the image's. Repeat the flag for each value. |
| `--spec.worker.args` | `string` | Arguments; a run may replace them. Repeat the flag for each value. |
| `--spec.worker.env` | `key=value` | Environment overrides on top of the service's env and Secret bindings. Repeat the flag for each value. |
| `--spec.worker.instance-type` | `string` | A Hosting instance type; default `standard`. |
| `--spec.worker.timeout` | `duration` | One attempt's deadline, 10s to 24h; default 1h. |
| `--spec.worker.max-retries` | `int` | Re-runs after a non-zero exit, 0 to 10; backoff 30s doubling. |
| `--spec.worker.concurrency` | `enum` | What a start does while a run is active; default forbid. One of `forbid`, `queue`, `allow`. |
| `--spec.worker.build` | `string` | A build the project declares: its latest built image, in place of the service's; the image needs no running service of its own. Exclusive with `image`. |
| `--spec.worker-class` | `enum` | Price and preemption class; default scavenger. One of `scavenger`, `standard`. |
| `--spec.scale.min-workers` | `int` | Workers kept while shards remain; default 1. |
| `--spec.scale.max-workers` | `int` | The most workers at once; the Cell and the org quota cap it too. Default 1. |
| `--spec.scratch-gib` | `int` | Local scratch disk at `/scratch` per worker, GiB; 0 is none. |
| `--spec.shard-count` | `int` | A run that brings no shards of its own gets this many index-only shards. |
| `--spec.shard-timeout` | `duration` | The longest one lease may live without the shard ending; default 30m. |
| `--spec.shard-retries` | `int` | Attempts a shard gets after a failure; a preemption is not one. Default 3. |
| `--spec.max-failed-shards` | `int` | Failed shards the run tolerates before it fails; default 0. |
| `--spec.run-timeout` | `duration` | The whole run's deadline; default 48h. |
| `--spec.checkpoint-uri` | `string` | `data://<bucket>/<prefix>/`: checkpoints go under `<run>/<shard>/`. |
| `--spec.output-uri` | `string` | `data://<bucket>/<prefix>/`: outputs go under `<run>/<shard>/`. |
| `--allow-missing` | `bool` | Create the distributed job when it does not exist (declarative upsert). |
| `--dry-run` | `bool` | Validate and print the result without writing (validate_only). |
| `--no-wait` | `bool` | Return the call at once instead of waiting for it to finish. |

## delete

Deletes a distributed job.

**`NAME`** — the resource's name; a bare id is enough below the linked
project.

**CLI**

```bash
sylphx workflows distributed-jobs delete orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production/distributed_jobs/distributed-job --yes
```

`DELETE https://api.sylphx.com/v1/orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production/distributed_jobs/distributed-job` · scope `workflows:write` · effect `destructive` · [Request, response and examples](/docs/api/distributed_jobs/delete)

**Flags**

| Flag | Type | What it does |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `--etag` | `string` | Delete only if the current etag matches. |
| `--allow-missing` | `bool` | Succeed when the distributed job does not exist. |
| `--dry-run` | `bool` | Validate and print the result without writing (validate_only). |
| `--force` | `bool` | Also cancel active runs; without it a job with an active run fails with INVALID_STATE. |
| `--no-wait` | `bool` | Return the call at once instead of waiting for it to finish. |
| `--yes` | `bool` | Do not ask before this destructive call. |