Can I configure bitbucket-pipelines.yml to fail if the cache fails to download?

slmt

I just received this fun error:

Cache "maven": Error downloading. Please contact support if this error persists.

Bitbucket Pipelines doesn't consider failure to download the cache a deal-breaker and happily moves on to executing the steps. The problem is that it takes Maven 5-10 minutes to download half the internet before it can run something as mundane as clean.

Is there a way to configure Bitbucket Pipelines to fail the build when the cache fails to download?

Philip Hodder

Hi Steve,

There's currently no way to configure pipelines to fail on *specifically* cache download errors. You could technically check to see if the cached directory exists, but this will become problematic once your cache expires (as then your build will consistently fail).

Thanks,

Phil