OR Dependencies

Most CI platforms only support AND dependencies (all requirements must complete). Cigen does not yet provide synthesized OR-dependency shims.

The Problem

Caution

CircleCI Limitation: Only supports AND dependencies. A job can’t run until ALL of its required jobs complete.

Consider this common scenario:

• A build job should run when someone manually approves it, OR
• A build job should automatically run when any deployment is triggered

Traditional CircleCI can’t express this “either/or” relationship.

Status

OR-dependencies are on the roadmap. For now, model explicit AND chains or split workflows to approximate OR conditions.

Workarounds

Where possible, restructure workflows so each path is a separate job chain feeding into a single gate, and use manual approvals strategically.