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# on_failure

1.11.9.6 on_failure Step Hook

A hook step to execute if the parent step fails.

This does not "recover" the failure - it will still fail even if the hook step succeeds.

The following will perform the alert task only if the unit task fails:

plan:
- get: foo
- task: unit
  file: foo/unit.yml
  on_failure:
    task: alert
    file: foo/alert.yml