Make azure pipeline stage noncancellable

Question

Is there a way to make an azure pipeline stage or job noncancellable?

Description:

We have a pipeline in the lines of:

stages:
- stage: BuildAndUnitTest
  .........
  .........
- stage: DeployAndTest // deploys to a shared resource and runs tests against it
  lockBehavior: sequential
  jobs:
  - job: DeployInfrastructureUsingPulumi
  .........
  .........
  - job: RunTestsAndCleanUp
  .........
  .........
  - job: DestroyInfrastructureUsingPulumi
  .........
  .........

In the pipeline note that DeployAndTest stage makes changes to a shared resource. It deploys cloud infrastructure, runs some tests then destroy the infrastructure.

The next run should take place only after the clean and destroy are finished.

• Is there a way to ensure once the pipeline enters the DeployAndTest stage it cannot be cancelled manually or due to new push to branch when it runs as part of a pull request build?
• Or is there a better technique to achieve this kind of pipeline run?

Answer 1

You can add the condition "always()" to the stages and jobs that you want to be noncancellable.

For example:

stages:
- stage: A
  displayName: 'Stage A'
  jobs:
  - job: A1
    displayName: 'Job A1'
    . . .

  - job: A2
    displayName: 'Job A2'
    dependsOn: A1
    condition: always()
    . . .

- stage: B
  displayName: 'Stage B'
  dependsOn: A
  condition: always()
  jobs:
  - job: B1
    displayName: 'Job B1'
    . . .

  - job: B2
    displayName: 'Job B2'
    dependsOn: B1
    . . .

• When Stage A is running, if cancel it, Job A2 and Stage B will still run.
• When pipeline is running, if cancel the whole pipeline run, Job A2 and Stage B will still run.