Support continue-on-error for jobs that use reusable workflows (uses:)

[h-mayorquin]

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Currently, the continue-on-error keyword is not supported at the job level for jobs that use the uses: syntax to call a reusable workflow. This limitation prevents us from allowing a reusable workflow job to fail without failing the entire workflow, which is possible with standard jobs or matrix jobs.

Use case:
We have a workflow where some jobs use uses: to call reusable workflows. We want to allow certain jobs to fail (for example, experimental or non-critical tests) without failing the overall workflow. This is possible with normal jobs using continue-on-error: true, but not for jobs that invoke reusable workflows.

Request:
Please add support for continue-on-error at the job level for jobs that use the uses: syntax to call reusable workflows. This would make error handling more consistent and flexible across different job types in workflows.

References:

• GitHub Actions documentation: Supported keywords for jobs that call a reusable workflow
• Community discussion on this limitation

Thank you for considering this feature!

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[wilblack]

I would appreciate this feature as well. My current approach is to use continue-on-error: true in the individual steps in my reusable workflow. This is not ideal though because I need to specify it in multiple places.