correctness.workflow_never_matches

A deny rule, scope workflow. The workflow-level condition is false for every request, so the workflow never runs.

Synopsis

$ orion-server clippy ./definitions
deny[correctness.workflow_never_matches] the workflow-level condition is false for every request, so the workflow never runs

Description

A workflow’s condition is evaluated before any task runs, against a context where data and temp_data are {}. A condition that reads only those has one possible result, and the rule asks the engine for it.

Caveats

Silent on any metadata read, any computed val, or any read inside an element-scoped operator. Silent too on now/random/secret, a loop-counter read, and any result but exactly false/null. {"!": {"var": "data.flag"}} is true on empty data and does not fire.

Related

• Advisory checks: every rule, the levels, and where certainty comes from.
• orion-server clippy: the command, its flags and exit codes.
• Test workflows offline: running the rules against a set.
• Workflows: the step grammar the rule reads.

Last verified 14 September 2026