Task errors are recoverable or nonrecoverable. Recoverable task errors are errors that you can fix without making changes to the workflow definition. Nonrecoverable task errors require that you change the workflow definition or change a parameter value in the parameter file. You can recover a workflow instance interrupted by a recoverable task error if you enabled recovery for the workflow.

Workflow tasks can use restart or skip as the recovery strategy. If the task uses restart as the recovery strategy, a task error interrupts the workflow instance. If a task uses skip as the recovery strategy, a task error causes the Data Integration Service to skip the task.

All tasks use restart as the recovery strategy except Create Cluster tasks, Mapping tasks, and Delete Cluster tasks. Create Cluster tasks always use skip as the recovery strategy. You can configure Mapping tasks and Delete Cluster tasks to use restart or skip as the recovery strategy.

Tasks can encounter the following recoverable or nonrecoverable errors: