Asset check and blocking auto-materialize

[ssillaots-boku]

I haven't found a similar topic yet but please point me to it if there's one.

Is there a way to make asset check failure block asset materialization for downstream asset if the downstream asset has auto-materialize?

Scenario:
Two assets: upstream and downstream. Upstream asset is a dbt asset which has a test. So the ideal flow would be like this:

1. upstream asset runs dbt run
2. upstream asset runs dbt test
3. dbt test fails
4. downstream_ doesn't run

Right now 4th step doesn't work as expected and downstream asset starts materializing.
You might say that why don't I add the same dbt test to downstream asset. Then the asset check would run before downstream asset rather than after upstream asset. It's totally fine to do that if you have 1 or maybe even 2 downstream assets. But the problem arises when you have a bunch (5+) of downstream assets that are dependent on the same upstream asset. You would then have to add the same test to all downstream assets instead of 1 test to the upstream asset. So a lot of duplication and tech debt for the future.

[ssillaots-boku]

Is this something Dagster will plan to implement in the future (blocking downstream asset's auto-materialize when upstream's asset check fails)?

[ssillaots-boku]

Is this something Dagster will plan to implement in the future (blocking downstream asset's auto-materialize when upstream's asset check fails)?

Still hoping for an answer here 🤞

[OwenKephart]

Hi @ssillaots-boku ! Sorry for the late reply here, but yes this is something that we hope to accomplish with the AutomationCondition API: #22811