# Prevent Slack Notifications When Cancelling a Buildkite Step

**URL:** <https://forum.buildkite.community/t/prevent-slack-notifications-when-cancelling-a-buildkite-step/4592>\
**Category:** Features Requests\
**Created:** [March 5, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/prevent-slack-notifications-when-cancelling-a-buildkite-step/4592 "2026-03-05T15:16:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Micheal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.buildkite.community/micheal/32/1588_2.png) [@Micheal](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/Micheal)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/prevent-slack-notifications-when-cancelling-a-buildkite-step/4592/2 "2026-03-05T16:12:34Z")

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Hi @pavanrh I believe this is related to this post [Soft Fail for cancelled builds](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/soft-fail-for-cancelled-builds/1400) . I provided an example that was tested and should work for this scenario. Just wanted to check in here incase or please let me know if that post helps address your question. Thanks 🙂

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