# Handling Partial Pipeline Execution - How to skip successful upstream tasks without breaking cache

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**Tags:** nextflow\
**Created:** [February 3, 2026, 9:41am UTC](https://community.seqera.io/t/handling-partial-pipeline-execution-how-to-skip-successful-upstream-tasks-without-breaking-cache/2527 "2026-02-03T09:41:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![mahesh.binzerpanchal](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.seqera.io/mahesh.binzerpanchal/32/253_2.png) [@mahesh.binzerpanchal](https://community.seqera.io/u/mahesh.binzerpanchal)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 10:03am UTC](https://community.seqera.io/t/handling-partial-pipeline-execution-how-to-skip-successful-upstream-tasks-without-breaking-cache/2527/8 "2026-02-04T10:03:24Z")

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I wrote this a while back: [How to skip specific/failed samples on next `-resume`](https://community.seqera.io/t/how-to-skip-specific-failed-samples-on-next-resume/2078). I think this is what is wanted.

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