Running a GitHub Actions step only if specific steps failed

Question

I’d like to run a step only if specific previous steps FAILED with Exit Code different from Zero. I’ve tried the code below but it not working. How can I do that?

- name: JobA
  id: seedBuild
  run: |
        echo "::set-output name=exit_code::$(echo -n "$?")"

- name: JobB
  id: allJobs
  run: |
        echo "::set-output name=exit_code::$(echo -n "$?")"

- name: Debug Job Failure
  run: |
        echo "******** Job Logs from ********"
  if: "${{ steps.seedBuild.outputs.exit_code != 0 || steps.allJobs.outputs.exit_code != 0 }}"

GʀᴜᴍᴘʏCᴀᴛ · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-05 16:20:37Z

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Use the step's outcome steps.<step_id>.outcome:

code:

- name: JobA
  id: seedBuild
  run: |
        echo "failing on purpose"
        exit 1

- name: JobB
  id: allJobs
  run: |
        echo "::set-output name=exit_code::$(echo -n "$?")"

- name: Debug Job Failure
  run: |
        echo "******** Job Logs from ********"
  if: always() && (steps.seedBuild.outcome == 'failure' || steps.allJobs.outcome == 'failure')

edited May 5, 2022 at 16:20

GʀᴜᴍᴘʏCᴀᴛ

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answered Aug 8, 2020 at 10:13

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Benoit Blanchon Over a year ago

If, like me, you wonder why the condition includes always() &&, you can find the explanation in Status check functions: A default status check of success() is applied unless you include one of these functions.. In other words, GitHub inserts success() && unless you call always(), canceled(), or failure().

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