# Cylc8: Triggering tasks before initial cycle time

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**Category:** Cylc Support\
**Created:** [May 5, 2023, 9:25am UTC](https://cylc.discourse.group/t/cylc8-triggering-tasks-before-initial-cycle-time/645 "2023-05-05T09:25:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![hilary.j.oliver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/cylc.discourse.group/hilary.j.oliver/32/4_2.png) [@hilary.j.oliver](https://cylc.discourse.group/u/hilary.j.oliver)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://cylc.discourse.group/t/cylc8-triggering-tasks-before-initial-cycle-time/645/5 "2023-05-08T21:37:18Z")

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@ukmo-ccbunney - note that (temporarily, we’re in the process of unifying triggering-related commands and their flow implications) `cylc set-outputs` has some caveats: [Continuing a run that completed - #4 by hilary.j.oliver](https://cylc.discourse.group/t/continuing-a-run-that-completed/640/4)

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