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To stop your CI pipeline from skipping steps, enforce a root-cause fix process that detects non-zero exit codes, halts execution, and requires verification before proceeding. This prevents unreliable workarounds and ensures failures are diagnosed and corrected immediately.

Root-cause analysis for non-zero exit codes is a strict debugging process that identifies why an automation workflow failed unexpectedly, implements a concrete corrective action, and verifies the fix before allowing the pipeline to resume execution.

To prevent workarounds in automated deployment scripts, trigger a strict halt on unexpected process failures or fallback language like 'skip' and 'manually'. This forces identification of the failure and implementation of a verified corrective action before proceeding.

Yes, this root-cause fix approach works directly with command shells, build scripts, and automation pipelines across development, testing, and deployment environments. It detects unexpected non-zero exits and enforces corrective steps rather than bypassing issues.

You should never use a workaround for a broken build tool when reliability matters in your CI pipelines. Instead, halt execution immediately upon detecting the unexpected failure, diagnose the root cause, and apply a verified fix before retrying the workflow.