How to update runtimeStatus for Azure Durable Function?

Question

I can manually update the runtimeStatus by going into the azure storage explorer. Storage Explorer -> Tables -> HubNameInstances -> edit entity

But is there an easy way to do this in code?

Answer 1

IF you want to edit / update the Durable function Entity

An operation executes, it might update the internal state of the entity. It might also call external services and wait for a response. Entities communicate with other entities, orchestrations, and clients by using messages that are implicitly sent via reliable queues.

A simple Counter entity implemented as a durable function. This function defines three operations, add , reset , and get , each of which operates on an integer state.

[FunctionName("QueryCounter")]
public static async Task<HttpResponseMessage> Run(
[HttpTrigger(AuthorizationLevel.Function)] HttpRequestMessage req,
[DurableClient] IDurableEntityClient client)
{
    var entityId = new EntityId(nameof(Counter), "myCounter");
    EntityStateResponse<JObject> stateResponse = await client.ReadEntityStateAsync<JObject>(entityId);
    return req.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, stateResponse.EntityState);
}

Note

Calling an entity from an orchestrator function is similar to calling an activity function from an orchestrator function. The main difference is that entity functions are durable objects with an address, which is the entity ID. Entity functions support specifying an operation name. Activity functions, on the other hand, are stateless and don't have the concept of operations.

Refer doc for concept & doc for steps to implement in code