[GRADLE-3268] Clarify user guide regarding running of finalizer tasks when finalized task is not run Created: 24/Mar/15  Updated: 10/Feb/17  Resolved: 10/Feb/17

Status: Resolved
Project: Gradle
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Bug
Reporter: Gradle Forums Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Won't Fix Votes: 0


 Description   

According to [1]the Gradle docs,

finalizer tasks are not executed if the finalized task didn't do any work, for example if it is considered up to date

However, as per [2]this question on StackOverflow, the following test case does not conform to the documented behavior:

task taskY << {

println 'taskY'

}

task taskX {

outputs.upToDateWhen

{ true }

finalizedBy taskY

doLast

{ println 'taskX' }

}

When gradle taskX or ./gradlew taskX are run (at least for Gradle 2.3), the following output is produced, clearly indicating that taskX is skipped due to being up-to-date, yet taskY still runs.

:taskX UP-TO-DATE

:taskY

taskY
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[1] http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/more_about_tasks.html#N11018
[2] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29178153/why-is-this-finalizer-running-even-when-the-finalized-task-is-up-to-date

 Comments   
Comment by Benjamin Muschko [ 15/Nov/16 ]

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Comment by Benjamin Muschko [ 10/Feb/17 ]

Thanks again for reporting this issue. We haven't heard back from you after our inquiry from November 15th. We are closing this issue now. Please create an issue on GitHub if you still feel passionate about getting it resolved.

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