Overview
Execution history is the record of every run (Work Cycle wake-up or manual invoke) for a Digital Employee. In Cowork you browse it from the employee detail drawer — not from a standalone history app.
Open the timeline
- Click the employee on the Mesh Canvas
- In the drawer, find the Timeline (or recent runs list)
- Each row shows status, start time, duration, and credits used when available
Runs appear newest first. Status labels include Running, Success, Failed, and Awaiting approval.
Open run detail
Click a run in the timeline to open its full detail view:
- Outcome — success, failure, or still in progress
- Wake reason — scheduled heartbeat vs manual invoke
- Duration and credits — how long it ran and what it cost
- Logs and result excerpt — what the employee did and produced
- Approval history — plan or input steps when the run paused for you
Use run detail to debug failures, verify deliverables, and understand credit spend per execution.
Filter and paginate
When many runs exist, the timeline loads in pages. You can narrow by run status (for example, show only failed runs) when the drawer offers filters.
There is no free-text search or date-range picker in the UI today — scroll the timeline or filter by status.
Workspace-wide scan
For a cross-employee view, use Mission Control / Day Planner recent-activity lanes and open employees from there. Per-employee history always lives in that employee’s drawer.
Export to CSV or PDF is not available in the Cowork UI. Use the Tess API if you need bulk analysis outside the product.
Tips
- Review Failed runs regularly — repeated failures often share one root cause (connectors, instructions, or approvals)
- Compare Wake reason to distinguish scheduled work from manual invokes
- Watch Credits used on expensive runs when tuning model or Work Cycle settings
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