Question

A workflow has three jobs: build, test, and notify. The notify job declares `needs: [build, test]` and should run to post a Slack failure alert whenever either build or test fails, but must be skipped entirely when both succeed. As written, notify never runs when an upstream job fails. Which change makes notify run only on upstream failure?

Accepted Answer

Add `if: ${{ failure() }}` to the notify job so it evaluates upstream job status and runs when any needed job failed.

Answer

Add `if: ${{ always() }}` to the notify job so it runs regardless of upstream results.

Answer

Remove the `needs` key so notify no longer waits on the other jobs and can run independently.

Answer

Add `continue-on-error: true` to the build and test jobs so notify is reached after a failure.