[GitHub] [airflow] josh-fell commented on a change in pull request #17421: Add ShortCircuitOperator configurability for respecting downstream trigger rules

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josh-fell commented on a change in pull request #17421:
URL: https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/17421#discussion_r690337852



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File path: airflow/operators/python.py
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@@ -185,16 +185,27 @@ def execute(self, context: Dict):
 class ShortCircuitOperator(PythonOperator, SkipMixin):
     """
     Allows a workflow to continue only if a condition is met. Otherwise, the
-    workflow "short-circuits" and downstream tasks are skipped.
+    workflow "short-circuits" and downstream tasks are skipped. The short-circuiting can be configured to
+    perform a "hard" or "soft" short.  In a "hard short", all downstream tasks are skipped without considering
+    the ``trigger_rule`` defined for tasks.  In "soft short", the ``trigger_rule`` is respected.
 
     The ShortCircuitOperator is derived from the PythonOperator. It evaluates a
     condition and short-circuits the workflow if the condition is False. Any
-    downstream tasks are marked with a state of "skipped". If the condition is
-    True, downstream tasks proceed as normal.
+    downstream tasks are marked with a state of "skipped" based on the short-circuiting mode configured. If
+    the condition is True, downstream tasks proceed as normal.
 
-    The condition is determined by the result of `python_callable`.
+    The condition is determined by the result of ``python_callable``.
+
+    :param do_hard_short: If `True`, all downstream tasks from this operator task will be skipped.  This is
+        the default behavior.  If set to `False`, downstream tasks will be skipped but the ``trigger_rule``
+        defined for a task will be respected.
+    :type do_hard_short: bool
     """
 
+    def __init__(self, *, do_hard_short: bool = True, **kwargs) -> None:
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.do_hard_short = do_hard_short

Review comment:
       Excellent, this is where I definitely wanted some feedback; been wavering on naming here. I like `mode`. I'll update. Thanks as always!




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