Turbo Pipeline Operations
Lifecycle commands, monitoring, and error reference for running Turbo pipelines. This is a lookup reference — for interactive troubleshooting of a broken pipeline, use /turbo-doctor. For building new pipelines, use /turbo-builder.
Pipeline States
Streaming vs Job Mode Lifecycle
Job-Mode Pipeline Lifecycle
Job-mode pipelines (job: true) are one-time batch processes:
- Start — process data from
start_attoend_block - Run — process the bounded data range
- Complete — automatically stop when range is processed
- Auto-cleanup — ~1 hour after completion, automatically removed
Cannot pause, resume, or restart. Must delete before redeploying.
Lifecycle Commands
List Pipelines
Pause a Pipeline
Temporarily stop processing without deleting. Preserves all state for later resumption.
Resume a Pipeline
Restore a paused pipeline. Can only resume a paused pipeline.
Restart a Pipeline
Trigger a pod restart for a running or paused pipeline.
Delete a Pipeline
Permanently remove a pipeline. All checkpoints are lost. Data already written to sinks is preserved.
Delete and Recreate (Fresh Start)
Checkpoint Behavior
- Deleting a pipeline removes its checkpoints permanently
- Recreating with the same name starts fresh (no checkpoint recovery)
- To preserve checkpoints, use
applyto update instead of delete/recreate - Checkpoint state is tied to source names — renaming a source resets its checkpoint
- Checkpoint state is tied to pipeline names — renaming a pipeline resets all checkpoints
Monitoring Commands
goldsky turbo inspect Flags
Always use -p. Always include it in every inspect command you suggest.
Log Analysis Script
Use the helper script to quickly analyze pipeline logs:
The script checks for common error patterns and reports findings with recommendations.
Common Error Patterns
Detailed error patterns and solutions are in
data/error-patterns.json.
Script Transform Issues
Dynamic Table Issues
Troubleshooting Quick Reference
Related
/turbo-doctor— Interactive diagnostic skill for pipeline issues/turbo-builder— Build and deploy new pipelines/turbo-pipelines— YAML configuration and architecture reference


