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Signed-off-by: Dilyan Marinov <[email protected]>

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ stages:
   - release
   - release_image
   - end
+  - notify
 
 build-check-prerequisites:
   stage: build
@@ -37,3 +38,13 @@ end:
   only:
     refs:
       - external_pull_requests
+
+notify_failure:
+  stage: notify
+  script:
+    - ./cicd/notify.sh "The pipeline for branch `$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH` has failed.\n Please take the necessary steps to fix it. https://gitlab.com/vmware-analytics/versatile-data-kit/-/pipelines/$CI_PIPELINE_ID" $VDK_SLACK_NOTIFICATION_HOOK
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH != "person/mdilyan/notify-on-main-failure"'
+      when: never
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "person/mdilyan/notify-on-main-failure"'
+      when: on_success

cicd/notify.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+# Copyright 2021-2023 VMware, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+curl -X POST -H 'Content-type: application/json' --data "{\"text\":\"$1\"}" $2