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 }}"

riQQ riQQ · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-08T10:13:56

Use the step's outcome as per https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/context-and-expression-syntax-for-github-actions#steps-context

- 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') }}

Running a GitHub Actions step only if specific steps failed

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