<ul><li>Conditional execution of jobs in GitHub Actions enables blocking of the execution of jobs unless certain conditions are met.</li><li>Conditions are mostly based on various inputs like job outputs, environment variables, and GitHub contexts such as repository names and branches.</li><li>Combining job dependencies with conditions provides an elastic way of dealing with complementary job dependencies.</li><li>One common challenge within workflows is how to deal with skipped jobs, where the use of conditions like success(), failure(), cancelled(), or always() can come in handy.</li><li>CICube is a monitoring tool that provides detailed insights into GitHub Actions workflows, helping optimize workflows, streamlining build times, and minimizing bottlenecks.</li><li>When using conditional execution of jobs, remember to carefully investigate behavior and use always() for forcing evaluation alongside other conditions.</li><li>Conditional execution of jobs in GitHub Actions reduces time and resource use, and makes workflows more intelligent and responsive to different scenarios.</li></ul>

Controlling Job Execution with Conditions in GitHub Actions

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