# Feature request: allow empty stages

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/feature-request-allow-empty-stages/5154
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Tags:** implemented
**Created:** [March 18, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/feature-request-allow-empty-stages/5154 "2014-03-18T02:46:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![catenalogic](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/catenalogic/32/116_2.png) [@catenalogic](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/catenalogic)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/feature-request-allow-empty-stages/5154/1 "2014-03-18T02:46:44Z")

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I prefer all builds to have the same stages:  
  
Initialize (determine version)  
Build  
Test  
Package  
Deploy  
Finalize  
  
Sometimes I don’t have tests yet or don’t want to deploy anything (just yet). However I do want them to be there as placeholders. Please allow empty stages (but do register the artifacts, etc).

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### Author: ![Sparky](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/sparky/32/10_2.png) [@Sparky](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Sparky)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/feature-request-allow-empty-stages/5154/2 "2014-03-20T02:15:35Z")

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I’ve added this to the to-do list.

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### Author: ![catenalogic](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/catenalogic/32/116_2.png) [@catenalogic](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/catenalogic)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/feature-request-allow-empty-stages/5154/3 "2014-03-21T01:06:22Z")

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Great, thanks. I think the easiest way to do this is to execute a dummy action when a list is empty. Can’t wait for the next release that contains this feature 🙂