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    PythonlanggraphruntimeRuntimeheartbeat
    Attributeā—Since v1.2

    heartbeat

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    heartbeat: Callable[[], None] = field(default=_no_op_heartbeat)
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    Record progress for the current node's idle_timeout.

    Call this from inside long-running work that does not naturally emit writes, stream chunks, child tasks, or LangChain callback events, to prevent the node from being treated as idle. It is also the only progress signal honored under TimeoutPolicy(refresh_on="heartbeat"). Outside an idle-timed attempt this is a no-op.