Gitlab CI/CD: use multiple when conditions

Question

I have like this gitlab ci cd configuration file:

image: docker:git

stages:  
  - develop
  - production
default:
  before_script:
    - apk update && apk upgrade && apk add git curl

deploy:
    stage: develop
    script: 
      - echo "Hello World"
  
backup:
    stage: develop    
    when:
      - manual
      - on_success

remove:
    stage: develop    
    when:
      - delayed
      - on_success
    start_in: 30 minutes

In my case job deploy runs automaticaly and job backup must runs manually only when successfully completed job deploy. But in my case this configuration doesn't works and I get error with message:

Found errors in your .gitlab-ci.yml:

jobs:backup when should be one of:

on_success
on_failure
always
manual
delayed

How I can use multiple when option arguments in my case?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 28 '21 at 12:09

Basically you can't because when does not expect an array. You can work around it though with needs. But this solution does only work if you run your jobs in different stages.

image: docker:git

stages:  
  - deploy
  - backup
  - remove

deploy:develop:
  stage: deploy
  script: 
    - exit 1
  
backup:develop:
  stage: backup  
  script:
    - echo "backup"  
  when: manual
  needs: ["deploy:develop"]

remove:develop:
  stage: remove
  script:
    - echo "remove"    
  when: delayed
  needs: ["backup:develop"]
  start_in: 30 minutes

Gitlab CI/CD: use multiple when conditions

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