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# Redrive AWS Step Functions executions

This page explains how to [redrive](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/step-functions/latest/dg/redrive-executions.html) executions directly from Datadog to continue failed AWS Step Functions from the point of failure without a state machine restart.

{% image
   source="https://datadog-docs.imgix.net/images/serverless/step_functions/redrive_2.0c93aa9ede04342614a22cc249ff1926.png?auto=format"
   alt="A visualization of a failed Step Function execution." /%}

## Enable redrive within Datadog{% #enable-redrive-within-datadog %}

To enable using redrive within Datadog, configure an [AWS Connection](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/dtconsole/latest/userguide/welcome-connections.html) with [Datadog App Builder](https://docs.datadoghq.com/service_management/app_builder/). Ensure that your IAM roles include permissions that allow executing a Step Function for the retry action (`StartExecution`) or redriving a Step Function for the redrive action (`RedriveExecution`).

## Usage{% #usage %}

To take action on a Step Function in Datadog:

1. Go to the [Step Functions](https://app.datadoghq.com/functions?cloud=aws&entity_view=step_functions) page.
1. Find the Step Function you wish to redrive.
1. Open this Step Function's side panel. On the **Executions** tab, locate the failed execution you wish to redrive.
1. Click on the **Failed** pill to open a redrive modal.
1. Click the **Redrive** button.

## Tracing redrives{% #tracing-redrives %}

When monitoring redriven executions, use the Waterfall view, as the large gap between the original execution and redrive can make the Flame Graph view imperceptible.

### Troubleshooting missing redrive traces{% #troubleshooting-missing-redrive-traces %}

A redrive may not always share the same sampling decision as the original execution. To ensure that the redriven execution is also sampled, you can reference the `@redrive:true` span tag in a retention query.

## Further Reading{% #further-reading %}

- [Restarting state machine executions with redrive in Step Functions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/step-functions/latest/dg/redrive-executions.html)
- [Datadog App Builder](https://docs.datadoghq.com/service_management/app_builder/)