# Report build status before a step

**URL:** <https://drone.discourse.group/t/report-build-status-before-a-step/6075>\
**Category:** Drone Support\
**Created:** [October 30, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/report-build-status-before-a-step/6075 "2017-10-30T14:27:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![CentaurWarchief](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/drone.discourse.group/centaurwarchief/32/4050_2.png) [@CentaurWarchief](https://drone.discourse.group/u/CentaurWarchief)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/report-build-status-before-a-step/6075/1 "2017-10-30T14:27:30Z")

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Hey guys, is there any way to report commit status before a certain step? Let’s say for example that my pipeline is: `build`, `test`, `lint` & `deploy`. I’d like to put the green tick on GitHub before **deploy**.

I thought about writing a plugin that does this, but if the deploy step fails, I would override the current status, right? I mean, once the deploy finishes and it attempts to write.