# fail DBT job if source refreshness fail

**URL:** <https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/fail-dbt-job-if-source-refreshness-fail/7909>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** dbt-cloud\
**Created:** [April 19, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/fail-dbt-job-if-source-refreshness-fail/7909 "2023-04-19T03:38:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![rjames](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discourse.getdbt.com/rjames/32/1656_2.png) [@rjames](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/rjames)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/fail-dbt-job-if-source-refreshness-fail/7909/1 "2023-04-19T03:38:43Z")

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Hi,  
Why does my dbt job succeeds when there is source freshness failure. The goal is fail the job and notify us if the source is not getting refreshed. How this can be achieved?

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**Author:** ![jaypeedevlin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discourse.getdbt.com/jaypeedevlin/32/638_2.png) [@jaypeedevlin](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/jaypeedevlin)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 3:45am UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/fail-dbt-job-if-source-refreshness-fail/7909/2 "2023-04-19T03:45:55Z")

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If you create a job step `dbt source snapshot-freshness` rather than using the selection in the job settings I believe it will fail as required.

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**Author:** ![rjames](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discourse.getdbt.com/rjames/32/1656_2.png) [@rjames](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/rjames)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/fail-dbt-job-if-source-refreshness-fail/7909/3 "2023-04-19T03:53:24Z")

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That worked! Thank you.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/getdbt/original/1X/a7a7ca1fe379aaf90952b0e13118a817babcd14f.png) [@system](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/fail-dbt-job-if-source-refreshness-fail/7909/4 "2023-04-26T03:53:43Z")

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