Problem to solve

I want to skip some jobs in my pipeline depending on CI/CD variables,
I was able to do that using the rules, but the problem is when I do that the Job does not appear as skipped in my pipeline overview, it just dissapears.
After doing some reasearch i found out that this is due to when: never clause
How can I skip jobs, and see them as skipped in the pipeline overview?

Configuration

This file is a template, and might need editing before it works on your project.

This is a sample GitLab CI/CD configuration file that should run without any modifications.

It demonstrates a basic 3 stage CI/CD pipeline. Instead of real tests or scripts,

it uses echo commands to simulate the pipeline execution.

A pipeline is composed of independent jobs that run scripts, grouped into stages.

Stages run in sequential order, but jobs within stages run in parallel.

For more information, see: CI/CD YAML syntax reference | GitLab

You can copy and paste this template into a new .gitlab-ci.yml file.

You should not add this template to an existing .gitlab-ci.yml file by using the include: keyword.

To contribute improvements to CI/CD templates, please follow the Development guide at:

Development guide for GitLab CI/CD templates (Deprecated) | GitLab

This specific template is located at:

lib/gitlab/ci/templates/Getting-Started.gitlab-ci.yml · master · GitLab.org / GitLab · GitLab

stages: # List of stages for jobs, and their order of execution

• build
• test
• deploy

build-job: # This job runs in the build stage, which runs first.
stage: build
script:
- echo “Compiling the code…”
- echo “Compile complete.”

skip-unit-test:
stage: test
script:
- echo “skipped unit testing due to variable change”
rules:

• if: ‘$test_skip ==“true”’
  when: never
• when: always

deploy-job: # This job runs in the deploy stage.
stage: deploy # It only runs when both jobs in the test stage complete successfully.
environment: production
script:
- echo “Deploying application…”
- echo “Application successfully deployed.”