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task if condition with dynamic variable fails #2658

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@trpalmer

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Love the new if conditions feature.

If a task has an if condition that uses on a dynamic variable, that condition will not evaluate correctly. This works correctly with a static variable as the included test case shows.

Executing task -v and task -v conditional-on-task-dynamicvar on the included test case will both output task: if condition not met - skipped: "conditional-on-task-dynamicvar"

Version

3.47.0

Operating system

Linux, Windows

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Example Taskfile

# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://taskfile.dev/schema.json

version: '3'

tasks:
  default:
    cmds:
      - task: conditional-on-command
      - task: conditional-on-command-dynamicvar
      - task: conditional-on-task
      - task: conditional-on-task-dynamicvar

  conditional-on-command:
    vars:
      ENABLE_FEATURE: "true"
    cmds:
      - cmd: echo "Feature is enabled"
        if: '{{eq .ENABLE_FEATURE "true"}}'
      - cmd: echo "Feature is disabled"
        if: '{{ne .ENABLE_FEATURE "true"}}'

  conditional-on-command-dynamicvar:
    vars:
      ENABLE_FEATURE: 
        sh: 'echo "true"'
    cmds:
      - cmd: echo "Feature is enabled"
        if: '{{eq .ENABLE_FEATURE "true"}}'
      - cmd: echo "Feature is disabled"
        if: '{{ne .ENABLE_FEATURE "true"}}'

  conditional-on-task:
    vars:
      ENABLE_FEATURE: "true"
    if: '{{eq .ENABLE_FEATURE "true"}}'
    cmds:
      - cmd: echo "Feature is enabled"

  conditional-on-task-dynamicvar:
    vars:
      ENABLE_FEATURE: 
        sh: 'echo "true"'
    if: '{{eq .ENABLE_FEATURE "true"}}'
    cmds:
      - cmd: echo "Feature is enabled"

Activity

  1. added
    area: execChanges related to the execution of commands.
    and removed
    state: needs triageWaiting to be triaged by a maintainer.
    on Jan 25, 2026
  2. added theissue type on Jan 25, 2026
  3. vmaerten commented on Jan 25, 2026

    @vmaerten
    Member

    Hello!
    Thanks for the report!

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