# Retry a group of steps together **URL:** \ **Category:** Features Requests\ **Created:** [April 23, 2026, 5:28am UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/retry-a-group-of-steps-together/4598 "2026-04-23T05:28:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eb9ed0/32.png) [@zmy](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/zmy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2026, 5:28am UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/retry-a-group-of-steps-together/4598/1 "2026-04-23T05:28:30Z")
Hi, I have a use case where I have two steps, when either one fails, I want to rerun both together. I checked the doc and looks like group step doesn’t have the retry option so I have to merge them into one step, which is not very convenient. Is there a way that I can achieve my use case? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![lizette](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.buildkite.community/lizette/32/1161_2.png) [@lizette](https://forum.buildkite.community/u/lizette)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2026, 6:54am UTC](https://forum.buildkite.community/t/retry-a-group-of-steps-together/4598/2 "2026-04-23T06:54:39Z")
Hi @zmy , Welcome tot the Buildkite Support Community! 👋 Currently we do not have a retry configuration that triggers a retry based on a job’s dependency. And you’re right that we do not support retrying a group step as well. What you can currently do is implement a logic that does the checks if any of the steps failed, and retry each of the dependent steps via API - [Jobs API | Buildkite Documentation](https://buildkite.com/docs/apis/rest-api/jobs#retry-a-job) . You just need to manually allow a step to be retried even if it passed via the `permit_on_passed` attribute - [Retry | Buildkite Documentation](https://buildkite.com/docs/pipelines/configure/retry#retry-attributes-manual-retry-attributes) . Hope this helps. Cheers!