# \#workflow **URL:** https://discuss.circleci.com/tag/workflow/130.md [Latest](https://discuss.circleci.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.circleci.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.circleci.com/tags.md) --- ## [Stopping displaying "serial-start-x" when "serial-group" is defined](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/stopping-displaying-serial-start-x-when-serial-group-is-defined/54929)
**Author:** [@alexcomics](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/alexcomics)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/stopping-displaying-serial-start-x-when-serial-group-is-defined/54929 "2026-10-18T15:33:53Z")
Hello. We have set serial-group on one of our jobs (a matrix job, 5 instances) to stop them running concurrently. It works, but now lots of unneeded serial-start-x and serial-end-x jobs appear in the Workflows view, and … --- ## [New UI, Cancel button lacks transparency](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/new-ui-cancel-button-lacks-transparency/54800)
**Author:** [@vpanta](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/vpanta)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/new-ui-cancel-button-lacks-transparency/54800 "2026-07-20T13:49:00Z")
While I do like the new UI in general, when cancelling a Workflow I never know if my click went through as there’s no visual feedback of that happening. I get that it takes time for the workflow/jobs to actually cancel, … --- ## [Workflows with optional "approval" jobs don't appear as successful in github or circleci](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/workflows-with-optional-approval-jobs-dont-appear-as-successful-in-github-or-circleci/31292)
**Author:** [@parkerjm](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/parkerjm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 1:08am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/workflows-with-optional-approval-jobs-dont-appear-as-successful-in-github-or-circleci/31292 "2026-06-23T01:08:22Z")
I’ve added extra steps to optionally deploy a branch build to our staging environment, but we don’t want this for every PR. Due to this, however, the PR visually remains in a “pending” build state with a yellow circle in… --- ## [How to add an automated rollback to a CircleCI workflow?](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/how-to-add-an-automated-rollback-to-a-circleci-workflow/39095)
**Author:** [@cos](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/cos)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2026, 9:21am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/how-to-add-an-automated-rollback-to-a-circleci-workflow/39095 "2026-03-27T09:21:42Z")
I would like to configure a deployment workflow that runs integration tests after a code deploy job. If the integration test job fails, then I want it to automatically run a code rollback job. I’m not asking here how t… --- ## [When can the new \`not\_run\` job state be used in a workflow's \`requires\` list?](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/when-can-the-new-not-run-job-state-be-used-in-a-workflows-requires-list/54260)
**Author:** [@henrahmagix](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/henrahmagix)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/when-can-the-new-not-run-job-state-be-used-in-a-workflows-requires-list/54260 "2025-12-08T18:35:36Z")
tl;dr: a new job state has appeared publicly, but may not be working - is it actually available? or when might it be? I noticed in the public schema that a new not\_run state has been added, as of 2 weeks ago. I found th… --- ## [Using worflow job reference in another job's \`requires\` field when job has \`name\` field](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/using-worflow-job-reference-in-another-jobs-requires-field-when-job-has-name-field/54012)
**Author:** [@jamaciag](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/jamaciag)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 9:51am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/using-worflow-job-reference-in-another-jobs-requires-field-when-job-has-name-field/54012 "2025-08-27T09:51:01Z")
Hello! I found that using name field on a workflow job has an unintended effect. Consider the following workflow example: workflows: xyz: jobs: foo\_bar: name: Foo Bar … baz\_qux: … --- ## [Optional 'requires' workflow job. 'or' condition?](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/optional-requires-workflow-job-or-condition/41856)
**Author:** [@Vanals](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/Vanals)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/optional-requires-workflow-job-or-condition/41856 "2025-06-16T16:28:27Z")
Hi, I am working on having a workflow job that requires 2 jobs, but just 1 of them must be approve in order to trigger the job. So ONE or THE OTHER. Is it something that can be done? I couldn’t find any example or log… --- ## [Deployment with tags doesnt detect config.yml](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/deployment-with-tags-doesnt-detect-config-yml/52152)
**Author:** [@KnockOutEZ](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/KnockOutEZ)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/deployment-with-tags-doesnt-detect-config-yml/52152 "2024-11-12T17:14:02Z")
Im trying to trigger build with tag pushes and the UI is throwing error like this: config file .circleci/config.yml could not be located on branch refs/tags/v0.1.23 in repository https://github.com/xyz/xyz. See https://… --- ## [Shell script as a value of a workflow's "when" property](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/shell-script-as-a-value-of-a-workflows-when-property/45923)
**Author:** [@Vanals](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/Vanals)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 4:59am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/shell-script-as-a-value-of-a-workflows-when-property/45923 "2024-10-24T04:59:31Z")
Hi In my team we are investigating NX and as part of our investigation, we want to know if we can use it to trigger our workflows and how. A script of NX, called nx print-affected can tell you which applications in you… --- ## [Skip a Job in a specific situation](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/skip-a-job-in-a-specific-situation/51560)
**Author:** [@bigH-chime](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/bigH-chime)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/skip-a-job-in-a-specific-situation/51560 "2024-08-12T20:19:07Z")
:wave: I’ve got a CCI job that looks something like this: - docker-build-job: # ... only build container if on \`main\` or relevant files changed # ... tag with branch-name - job-a: executor: … --- ## [Require logic for jobs and branch names](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/require-logic-for-jobs-and-branch-names/50983)
**Author:** [@adam-alula](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/adam-alula)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/require-logic-for-jobs-and-branch-names/50983 "2024-05-28T13:05:17Z")
I have a config with a workflow like the following: workflows: myworkflow: jobs: - test: filters: branches: ignore: foo - myjob: requires: \[test\] When… --- ## [Rebuild without cache](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/rebuild-without-cache/35503)
**Author:** [@gullitmiranda](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/gullitmiranda)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/rebuild-without-cache/35503 "2024-05-23T18:20:39Z")
Continuing the discussion from https://discuss.circleci.com/t/why-was-rebuild-without-cache-button-removed-for-workflows/23223/7?u=gullitmiranda the button “rerun without cache” was also removed from the build page. --- ## [Possible to selectively (test) run a single flow or a single job?](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/possible-to-selectively-test-run-a-single-flow-or-a-single-job/50875)
**Author:** [@hokiau-smoooth](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/hokiau-smoooth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/possible-to-selectively-test-run-a-single-flow-or-a-single-job/50875 "2024-04-29T15:17:57Z")
I was trying to compose a flow but some of the jobs in the flow took really long. it became very difficult to test the config, as I had to wait for the slow jobs to get done before I could see the results of the later j… --- ## [GitHub PR checks UI doesn't say "CircleCI" next to CircleCI workflows](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/github-pr-checks-ui-doesnt-say-circleci-next-to-circleci-workflows/50460)
**Author:** [@cjerdonek](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/cjerdonek)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/github-pr-checks-ui-doesnt-say-circleci-next-to-circleci-workflows/50460 "2024-02-13T20:19:55Z")
I noticed that in GitHub’s UI, when expanding “checks” in a PR, it doesn’t say “CircleCI” next to workflows – only jobs. It does include the CircleCI logo though. See the attached screenshot (the workflow in this case is… --- ## [Pass variables from workflow to jobs to commands](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/pass-variables-from-workflow-to-jobs-to-commands/36506)
**Author:** [@everytown](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/everytown)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/pass-variables-from-workflow-to-jobs-to-commands/36506 "2024-01-26T14:16:34Z")
Is there a way of passing values from workflow to jobs which are used as arguments in commands? version: 2.1 commands: provision-k8s: parameters: customer: type: string default: mycompany … --- ## [How can I dynamically pass lambda version number in circleci job?](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/how-can-i-dynamically-pass-lambda-version-number-in-circleci-job/49867)
**Author:** [@nature](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/nature)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2023, 4:04pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/how-can-i-dynamically-pass-lambda-version-number-in-circleci-job/49867 "2023-11-18T16:04:22Z")
Hello, I’m trying to dynamically pass the latest version of my lambda function to update an alias for my function. However circleci keeps throwing errors when it gets to that section of the job run. When I passed the c… --- ## [Persist and attach workspace do not work when using "waiter" job workaround](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/persist-and-attach-workspace-do-not-work-when-using-waiter-job-workaround/49383)
**Author:** [@btrautmann](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/btrautmann)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/persist-and-attach-workspace-do-not-work-when-using-waiter-job-workaround/49383 "2023-09-26T20:27:39Z")
We have a workflow that contains 2 jobs that run in parallel. These jobs run end-to-end tests for Android and iOS platforms. A third job is intended to take files that are created and persisted via persist\_to\_workspace a… --- ## [Getting --\> Blocked due to plan-no-credits-available Please purchase a new credit block then push a new commit or call the API to run a new build](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/getting-blocked-due-to-plan-no-credits-available-please-purchase-a-new-credit-block-then-push-a-new-commit-or-call-the-api-to-run-a-new-build/31793)
**Author:** [@vinayemmadi](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/vinayemmadi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/getting-blocked-due-to-plan-no-credits-available-please-purchase-a-new-credit-block-then-push-a-new-commit-or-call-the-api-to-run-a-new-build/31793 "2023-09-22T14:29:39Z")
We are currently on paid plan and I see some of our deployments are working fine with no issues. It just deployments from one repository which are being error due to plan-no-credits-available. --- ## [CircleCI ignores tag filters](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/circleci-ignores-tag-filters/49213)
**Author:** [@hidayatrzayev](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/hidayatrzayev)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2023, 10:10am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/circleci-ignores-tag-filters/49213 "2023-09-12T10:10:43Z")
I have the following (shortened) config.yml file: release-tag-only: &release-tag-only filters: tags: only: /^v\[0-9\]+\\.\[0-9\]+\\.\[0-9\]+$/ branches: ignore: /.\*/ ... workflows: release: jobs: … --- ## [Workflow status gets stuck as 'running' even when all jobs are finished](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/workflow-status-gets-stuck-as-running-even-when-all-jobs-are-finished/49042)
**Author:** [@qnooub](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/qnooub)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 7:02am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/workflow-status-gets-stuck-as-running-even-when-all-jobs-are-finished/49042 "2023-08-30T07:02:29Z")
The job’s status is displayed as ‘running’ on the workflow’s detail page, but it appears as ‘failed’ or ‘success’ when checking the status on the job’s details page. Consequently, the workflow status remains stuck on ‘ru… --- ## [\# \[8.8.0\](https://github.com/elastic/ecs/compare/v8.7.0...v8.8.0)](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/8-8-0-https-github-com-elastic-ecs-compare-v8-7-0-v8-8-0/48924)
**Author:** [@bilalskhan125](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/bilalskhan125)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/8-8-0-https-github-com-elastic-ecs-compare-v8-7-0-v8-8-0/48924 "2023-08-11T21:35:41Z")
Continuing the discussion from \[Step log text is displayed upside down in Safari\]:joy::rofl::rofl::rofl::joy::joy::joy::joy::joy: --- ## [Querying the pipeline view by workflow](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/querying-the-pipeline-view-by-workflow/48780)
**Author:** [@mschaef-da](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/mschaef-da)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/querying-the-pipeline-view-by-workflow/48780 "2023-07-31T16:05:31Z")
Is it possible to query the pipeline view by workflow? I see options for querying by user, project, branch, and date, but it would also be useful to look only at specific workflows. If this is not possible, can the c… --- ## [Environment Variables not loading up during Playwright tests runs](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/environment-variables-not-loading-up-during-playwright-tests-runs/48648)
**Author:** [@AlephCK](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/AlephCK)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2023, 9:20pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/environment-variables-not-loading-up-during-playwright-tests-runs/48648 "2023-07-13T21:20:41Z")
I’m trying to set up a Playwright project for personal use, I’ve added the environment variables in the Project Configuration, but when I run the workflow, these variables are not being loaded in my tests. Here’s my con… --- ## [CircleCI Parallelism consolidated notification](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/circleci-parallelism-consolidated-notification/40183)
**Author:** [@kaushik](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/kaushik)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/circleci-parallelism-consolidated-notification/40183 "2023-07-10T17:36:53Z")
Hello There, We are working on improvising the total test execution time with the help of parallelism feature available in circle ci. We have implemented the parallelism with 3 and we are successfully able to split the … --- ## [Trigger CircleCI job/workflow on new tags pointing to old commits](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/trigger-circleci-job-workflow-on-new-tags-pointing-to-old-commits/47552)
**Author:** [@jeffreymlewis](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/jeffreymlewis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/trigger-circleci-job-workflow-on-new-tags-pointing-to-old-commits/47552 "2023-03-23T18:01:52Z")
I have several workflows configured to run on tags. This works fine when tags are added to main , but tags created on older commits are ignored by CCI. How can I configure CircleCI to trigger workflows on any new tag in… --- ## [Conditional workflow using when: and matches:](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/conditional-workflow-using-when-and-matches/47280)
**Author:** [@qerhup](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/qerhup)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/conditional-workflow-using-when-and-matches/47280 "2023-02-28T18:29:10Z")
Hey folks! I want to be able to skip a workflow and not display any steps when I use \[disable\] in the commit message. I’m aware I can use \[ci skip\], but I also need the workflow to not display any steps. Unfortunately … --- ## [Email notification for individual jobs in workflow](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/email-notification-for-individual-jobs-in-workflow/46381)
**Author:** [@kunal21](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/kunal21)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/email-notification-for-individual-jobs-in-workflow/46381 "2023-02-24T16:17:17Z")
Hi team, I have following config.yml. I receive email notification for each run. But the notification is based on workflow and not on jobs. So most of the time the run - build succeeds but tests fails which causes faile… --- ## [Attaching workspace fails the job](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/attaching-workspace-fails-the-job/46706)
**Author:** [@vadimdones](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/vadimdones)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/attaching-workspace-fails-the-job/46706 "2023-01-25T16:47:24Z")
I have an E2E test execution workflow. There are two jobs: app build preparation and test execution. App builds are shared via attaching workspaces. The build size of the app is always 100 MB. I can see in the logs, tha… --- ## [On CircleCi getting: fatal: log for 'main' only has 1 entries](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/on-circleci-getting-fatal-log-for-main-only-has-1-entries/46746)
**Author:** [@Vanals](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/Vanals)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/on-circleci-getting-fatal-log-for-main-only-has-1-entries/46746 "2023-01-17T17:05:04Z")
In my circleci config, as usual, I am checking out my private repo with the - checkout step. All fine, it pulls the repo… as you can see from the logs Using SSH Config Dir '/home/circleci/.ssh' git version 2.33.0 Clo… --- ## [Checkout specific folder inside repository](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/checkout-specific-folder-inside-repository/46703)
**Author:** [@iUnstable0](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/iUnstable0)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/checkout-specific-folder-inside-repository/46703 "2023-01-16T16:44:29Z")
Hello, I’m very new to CircleCI and im moving from GitHub actions and I need help How can I only checkout a specific file? on GitHub actions I used Bhacaz/checkout-files@v2 to checkout lets say the folder Server inside … [Next page](https://discuss.circleci.com/tag/workflow/130.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=workflow)