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# Execution Failures

Diagnose and resolve release execution failures in Release Orchestration.

Execution failures occur when releases fail during execution. This topic helps diagnose and resolve them.

<details>

<summary>Activity execution fails</summary>

* **Error details**: check error details.
* **Logs**: review execution logs.
* **Retry**: retry if appropriate.
* **Fix**: fix underlying issues.

</details>

<details>

<summary>Phase execution fails</summary>

* **Activity failures**: check activity failures.
* **Dependency failures**: check dependencies.
* **Resource failures**: check resources.

</details>

## Diagnosis

Analyze errors to determine the root cause before retrying.

**Error analysis**

* **Error messages**: review error messages.
* **Error logs**: review error logs.
* **Error context**: understand the context.
* **Root cause**: Identify the root cause.

## Resolution

Resolve the issue, then retry execution.

**Fix and retry**

* **Identify the issue**: identify the problem.
* **Fix** the issue.
* **Retry**: retry execution.
* **Validate**: validate the fix.

## Related topics

* [Common issues](/release-orchestration/troubleshooting-and-resources/release-orchestration-troubleshooting/common-issues.md)
* [Stuck releases](/release-orchestration/troubleshooting-and-resources/release-orchestration-troubleshooting/stuck-releases.md)
* [Variable mapping errors](/release-orchestration/troubleshooting-and-resources/release-orchestration-troubleshooting/variable-mapping-errors.md)

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