Ohh I see, makes total sense. I'm assuming the code base itself can do both 🙂

I still don't see why you would change the type of the cloned Task, I'm assuming the original Task had the correct type, no?

Because it is easier for me that I create a training task out of the controller task by cloning it (so that parameters are prefilled and I can set the parent task id)

correct, you could also use

Task.create

that creates a Task but does not do any automagic.

Yes, I didn't use it so far because I didn't know what to expect since the doc states:
"Create a new, non-reproducible Task (experiment). This is called a sub-task."

JitteryCoyote63 correct, you could also use Task.create that creates a Task but does not do any automagic.
I also saw the PR for set_parent, will be merged shortly 🙂 thanks!
Now I see, the scenario is similar to the HyperParameter scenario , see the TrainsJob https://github.com/allegroai/trains/blob/master/trains/automation/job.py
I still don't see why you would change the type of the cloned Task, I'm assuming the original Task had the correct type, no?

Thanks for the hack! The use case is the following: I have a controler that creates training/validation/testing tasks by cloning (so that the parent task id is properly set to the controler). Otherwise I could simply create these tasks with Task.init, but then I would need to set manually the parent task for each one of these tasks, probably with a similar hack, right?

Hi JitteryCoyote63 , I have to admit, we have not thought of this scenario... what's the exact use case to clone a Task and change the type?

Obviously you can always change the task type, a bit of a hack but should work:
task._edit(type='testing')

Sorry that was a reply to:

Otherwise I could simply create these tasks with Task.init,