Mark a GitHub Actions workflow as success even if a step fails

Question

I have the following workflow outline

jobs:
  
  job1:
 
    steps:
  
    - name: step 1 of job 1
      run: exit 1

  job2:
  if: failure()
  
    steps:

    - name: step 1 of job 2
      run: echo "Hello World"

I know the above runs. However it marks my corresponding status check as failed (red color). Is there a way to make the action execution successful?

Answer 1

You could use the continue-on-error step option:

jobs.<job_id>.steps[*].continue-on-error

Prevents a job from failing when a step fails. Set to true to allow a job to pass when this step fails

You. could check the outcome of the step in order to understand if was failed or not like:

steps.<id>.outcome != 'success'

See outcome doc here