US Patent 11762743 Transferring task data between edge devices in edge computing

Edge device task management by receiving an indicator corresponding to a first container running a task on a first edge device of a cluster of edge devices, wherein the indicator indicates an error status of the first container, and wherein task data of the task is stored in a first local storage of the first edge device, selecting a second edge device from the cluster of edge devices, wherein a second container on the second edge device is to run the task, instructing the first and second edge devices to transfer the task data from the first local storage of the first edge device to a second local storage of the second edge device, and in response to receiving a notification that indicates the task data has been transferred from the first local storage to the second local storage, sending the task to the second container.