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title: thunder.extend.get_executor
canonical: >-
  https://lightning.ai/docs/thunder/stable/api-reference/thunder.extend.get_executor
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# thunder.extend.get_executor {#thunder-extend-get-executor}

### `thunder.extend.get_executor(name)` {#thunder.extend.get_executor}

[\[source\]](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning-thunder/blob/0.2.6/thunder/extend/__init__.py#L558-L564)

Return type:

[`Optional`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.Optional "(in Python v3.15)")\[[`Executor`](/docs/thunder/0.2.6/api-reference/thunder.extend.Executor.md#thunder.extend.Executor "thunder.extend.Executor")\]

Parameters:

**name** ([_Any_](https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.Any "(in Python v3.15)")) –

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