Github Actions: check steps status - github-actions

Question

I have in my job for CI some steps which can throw an error. I don't want restart workflow on every step with error and want to go to the last step that checks those steps and complete this job as fail.
But I can't get status info previously steps.
name: CI
on: [pull_request]
jobs:
myjob:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Step 1
id: hello
run: <any>
continue-on-error: true
- name: Step 2
id: world
run: <any>
continue-on-error: true
- name: Check on failures
if: job.steps.hello.status == failure() || job.steps.world.status == failure()
run: exit 1
When I use next constructions in "if" or "run" then will get: steps -> {}, job.steps -> null.
How can I get status information?

Answer 1

Update: The steps context now contains detail about the execution of each step by default. Using the outcome property of each step we can check the result of its execution.
name: CI
on: [pull_request]
jobs:
myjob:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Step 1
id: hello
run: <any>
continue-on-error: true
- name: Step 2
id: world
run: <any>
continue-on-error: true
- name: Check on failures
if: steps.hello.outcome != 'success' || steps.world.outcome != 'success'
run: exit 1
Original answer
Looking at the documentation for the steps context, it doesn't look like it contains any information about the step other than outputs. These must be explicitly defined by steps. That is why the steps context is empty {}.
https://help.github.com/en/articles/contexts-and-expression-syntax-for-github-actions#steps-context
Unfortunately, as far as I can tell, there is no default status for a step that can be accessed. The solution involves manually defining a status output variable from each step.
name: CI
on: [pull_request]
jobs:
myjob:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Step 1
id: hello
run: echo ::set-output name=status::failure
continue-on-error: true
- name: Step 2
id: world
run: echo ::set-output name=status::success
continue-on-error: true
- name: Dump steps context
env:
STEPS_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(steps) }}
run: echo "$STEPS_CONTEXT"
- name: Check on failures
if: steps.hello.outputs.status == 'failure' || steps.world.outputs.status == 'failure'
run: exit 1
This creates the following context output and the job fails.
{
"hello": {
"outputs": {
"status": "failure"
}
},
"world": {
"outputs": {
"status": "success"
}
}
}
https://help.github.com/en/articles/metadata-syntax-for-github-actions#outputs
https://help.github.com/en/articles/development-tools-for-github-actions#set-an-output-parameter-set-output

Answer 2

You can get status using setps.STEPNAME.outcome property, associated to a check of success() or failure()
name: CI
on: [pull_request]
jobs:
myjob:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Step 1
id: hello
run: <any>
continue-on-error: true
- name: Step 2
id: world
run: <any>
continue-on-error: true
- name: Check on failures
if: (${{ success() }} || ${{ failure() }}) && (${{ steps.hello.outcome }} == 'failure' || ${{ steps.world.outcome }} == 'failure')
run: exit 1

Answer 3

jobs:
build:
name: Build
env:
DOCKER_PASS: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASS }}
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: script
id: test1
continue-on-error: true
run: |
ls -l sadasd
- name: script
id: sync
continue-on-error: true
run: |
ls -l
- name: Dump steps context
env:
STEPS_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(steps) }}
run: echo "$STEPS_CONTEXT"
the output
Run echo "$STEPS_CONTEXT"
{
"test1": {
"outputs": {},
"outcome": "failure",
"conclusion": "success"
},
"sync": {
"outputs": {},
"outcome": "success",
"conclusion": "success"
}
}
so could use step:
- name: sync run
id: sync
continue-on-error: true
run: |
.....
- name: after_success
run: |
...
if: steps.sync.outcome == 'success'
- name: after_failure
run: |
...
if: steps.sync.outcome != 'success'

Answer 4

I'm using somewhat similar to #peterevans suggested earlier but leveraging the shell exit for a command and set +e flag:
name: CI
on: [pull_request]
jobs:
myjob:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Step 1
id: hello
run: |
set +e
./my-script.sh
echo ::set-output name=exit_status::failure
- name: Step 2
id: world
run:
set +e
python3 ./my-script.py
echo ::set-output name=exit_status::$?
- name: Check on failures
if: steps.hello.outputs.exit_status != 0 | steps.world.outputs.exit_status != 0
run: exit 1

Answer 5

I encountered the same issue today and solved by using a condition:
name: CI
on: [pull_request]
jobs:
myjob:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Step 1
id: hello
run: <any>
if: ${{ failure() || success() }}
- name: Step 2
id: world
run: <any>
if: ${{ failure() || success() }}
In the end:
All steps are executed
The job myjob will fail if any step fails
This is similar to Azure DevOps succeededOrFailed() condition.
Happy workflowing!