regard some errors as fatal even if --keep_going supplied
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Description
### Description of the bug:
We use --keep_going in some cases to collect a full set of build errors - it can be quicker to fix a set of build errors in one go rather than one-by-one. However, for some error states (such as no space left on device) it isn't helpful to keep going, and we would prefer that bazel immediately stops.
This is a request to consider some errors as fatal and stop immediately, even when --keep_going is supplied.
### Which category does this issue belong to?
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### What's the simplest, easiest way to reproduce this bug? Please provide a minimal example if possible.
Run a build with no disk space and --keep_going
### Which operating system are you running Bazel on?
windows
### What is the output of `bazel info release`?
7.3.1
### If `bazel info release` returns `development version` or `(@non-git)`, tell us how you built Bazel.
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### What's the output of `git remote get-url origin; git rev-parse HEAD` ?
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### If this is a regression, please try to identify the Bazel commit where the bug was introduced with bazelisk --bisect.
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### Have you found anything relevant by searching the web?
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### Any other information, logs, or outputs that you want to share?
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Research direction
Start by reproducing a Bazel build with no disk space and --keep_going on Windows, using the reported Bazel 7.3.1 context. Trace how --keep_going handles that failure and identify which error states should stop immediately. Done means fatal errors halt the build while ordinary build errors still support collection with --keep_going.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100