Continue Azure Pipeline on failed task

Question

I have a task that runs Cypress:

-ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
cd $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/_ClientWeb-Build-CI/ShellArtifact/
npx cypress run

And I've set the ErrorActionPreference to continue. But when my Cypress fails:

##[error]PowerShell exited with code '1'.

The next task is canceled and the release failed. How do I continue the release even Cypress failed, and is it possible to give a boolean a true/false value based on the Cypress task result?

Answer 1

If you want to continue the release even the Cypress task failed, just add to the Cypress task this line:

continueOnError: true 

Answer 2

you can put a condition on the subsequent tasks to work even if previous tasks failed.

jobs:
- job: Foo

  steps:
  - powershell: |
      your code here
  - script: echo Hello!
    condition: always() # this step will always run, even if the pipeline is cancelled

- job: Bar
  dependsOn: Foo
  condition: failed() # this job will only run if Foo fails

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/expressions?view=azure-devops#job-status-functions
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/process/conditions?view=azure-devops&tabs=yaml