@java.lang.Override
    public java.lang.String getStep() {
      java.lang.Object ref = step_;
      if (ref instanceof java.lang.String) {
        return (java.lang.String) ref;
      } else {
        com.google.protobuf.ByteString bs = (com.google.protobuf.ByteString) ref;
        java.lang.String s = bs.toStringUtf8();
        step_ = s;
        return s;
      }
    }
<pre>
The step the error occurred at.
</pre>

<code>string step = 1;</code>

@return The step.
java-workflow-executions/proto-google-cloud-workflow-executions-v1/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/workflows/executions/v1/Execution.java