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title: "Observe workflow runs | Grafana Cloud documentation"
description: "Inspect and debug Grafana Workflows runs from the Latest runs panel in the editor, including run statuses, step inputs and outputs, and run history."
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# Observe workflow runs

> Note
> 
> Grafana Workflows is currently in [private preview](/docs/release-life-cycle/). Grafana Labs offers support on a best-effort basis, and breaking changes might occur prior to the feature being made generally available.

The Workflows editor includes a **Latest runs** panel that shows the most recent executions of the workflow you’re editing. Use this panel to confirm that a workflow ran, see how each step behaved, and read the inputs and outputs each step produced.

## Open the Latest runs panel

The panel opens from the editor header:

1. In the editor, click the arrow next to **Run** in the header.

The panel opens on the right side of the editor and lists up to the 10 most recent runs for this workflow.

To close the panel, click the **X** icon in the panel header. To force a refresh, click the **Refresh** icon.

## Read run statuses

Each run in the panel shows a status, the time the run started, and a status icon:

Expand table

| Status      | Meaning                                                     |
|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| **Running** | The run started and at least one step is still in progress. |
| **Success** | All steps completed without errors.                         |
| **Failed**  | A step returned an error and the workflow stopped.          |
| **Pending** | The run is queued but no step has started yet.              |

The panel updates live as the engine emits step events. You don’t need to refresh manually unless you suspect the panel is out of sync.

## Inspect a run’s steps

Select a run in the panel to expand it. The expanded view lists every step in the workflow with:

- The step’s status icon.
- The step’s name and type.
- The step duration when the step finished.
- A short list of inputs or outputs inline.

Pending steps that haven’t started yet are dimmed. Steps that ran show a kebab menu (**…**) on the right side of the row.

### View full step inputs and outputs

To see the full input and output for a step:

1. Click the kebab menu on the step.
2. Select **View details**.

The **View details** dialog shows:

- The step’s status, type, scheduled time, completed time, and duration.
- The instance ID and execution ID, both with a copy-to-clipboard button.
- The complete input JSON the step received.
- The complete output JSON the step produced (or the error message if the step failed).

Use the instance ID and execution ID to correlate a run with logs or external systems.

## Trigger a fresh run from the same payload

The panel does not include a direct replay action. To re-run the workflow with the same payload:

1. Open the **View details** dialog on the first step of the run you want to replay.
2. Copy the input JSON.
3. Click **Run** in the editor header.
4. In the **Trigger Workflow** dialog, paste the JSON into the event body.
5. Click **Trigger Workflow**.

For details on the manual-trigger event shape, refer to [Sample event payloads](/docs/grafana-cloud/alerting-and-irm/workflows/reference/event-payloads).

## Next steps

- [Configure triggers](/docs/grafana-cloud/alerting-and-irm/workflows/configure-triggers)
- [Create workflows](/docs/grafana-cloud/alerting-and-irm/workflows/create-workflows)
- [Sample event payloads](/docs/grafana-cloud/alerting-and-irm/workflows/reference/event-payloads)
- [Step and trigger types reference](/docs/grafana-cloud/alerting-and-irm/workflows/reference)