# Run restore\_cache after failed steps

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/run-restore-cache-after-failed-steps/39809>\
**Category:** Running Tests\
**Created:** [April 16, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/run-restore-cache-after-failed-steps/39809 "2021-04-16T15:57:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![arne-da](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/arne-da/32/27187_2.png) [@arne-da](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/arne-da)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/run-restore-cache-after-failed-steps/39809/1 "2021-04-16T15:57:15Z")

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I would like to have something like the following:

```auto
    - restore_cache:
        when: always

```

to run `restore_cache` even after previous steps have failed.  
`when` is an attribute of [`save_cache`](https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/configuration-reference/#savecache) but as far as I can see not of [`restore_cache`](https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/configuration-reference/#restorecache). How could I achieve equivalent behaviour for `restore_cache`?