{
  "slug": "helmfile-release-level-continueonerror-keeps-independent-releases-processing-b0ab8ab90b30",
  "title": "helmfile release-level continueOnError keeps independent releases processing",
  "tools": [
    "helmfile"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-09-30T01:01:01.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-09-30T01:01:01.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When syncing releases, set `continueOnError: true` on releases whose failures should not stop independent DAG branches. Helmfile skips dependent releases and exits non-zero if any release fails.",
    "examples": [
      "releases:\n  - name: app-a\n    chart: ./charts/app-a\n    continueOnError: true\n  - name: app-b\n    chart: ./charts/app-b\n    continueOnError: true\n\nhelmfile sync",
      "helmfile sync --file <path/to/helmfile.yaml>"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v1.8.1",
      "continueOnError: Release-level boolean; defaults to false. When true, Helmfile continues independent releases after this release fails; releases depending on it are skipped. Does not change Helm rollback behavior or make the command succeed.",
      "sync (required): Helmfile subcommand that syncs cluster state from the Helmfile.",
      "--file: Path to the Helmfile YAML state; defaults to `helmfile.yaml`.",
      "The setting defaults to false.",
      "Only independent releases continue; releases that depend on a failed release are skipped.",
      "The command exits non-zero when any release fails.",
      "For apply, diff and chart-preparation failures remain fatal and are not converted into tolerated release errors.",
      "Helm's per-release rollback behavior and other existing Helm behavior are unchanged."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Continue syncing independent releases after a release fails while deploying a Helmfile release set.",
  "before": "By default, `helmfile sync` stops on the first release failure (fail-fast).",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/releases/tag/v1.8.1",
    "https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/pull/2804",
    "https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/blob/v1.8.1/docs/configuration.md",
    "https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/blob/v1.8.1/docs/cli.md",
    "https://github.com/helmfile/helmfile/blob/v1.8.1/docs/releases.md"
  ],
  "rank": 0.98039,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v2+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "wave1-20261014",
    "verdict_id": "wave1-20261014:wave1-20261014-18dec3855ee5c7e6-1:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "975003356dd95e074655ac7d1db3744f43ec7205de4206307594e7d7e48f95c4"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "bd8de112d08bbb34ffeed34e52b85af5ae7b1a9c92b1a38ce769e5eda1ed0d3b",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "wave1-20261014:gate",
    "reason": "3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.98 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.78 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}