Collect artifacts even if build is cancelled

Context:

• Detailed build/test logs are collected as artifacts and stored for each build.
• Test runs take 30-60 minutes. Some tests fail, others succeed.
• When I see that the tests are failing for a reproducible reason, and it will happen in each & every test, I cancel the test-run (i.e., the build).
• I want to see the logs of the test that already executed in this build.

tests:
  stage: test
  script: ...
  artifacts:
    paths:
      - ./logs/
    when: always
    expire_in: '1 week'

Problem:

• GitLab CI does not collect the artifacts if the build was cancelled. Even if when: always is set.

Expected behaviour:

• Option A: If when: always is set, then collect the artifacts both in case of the test failure, and in case of the test cancellation (assuming that cancelling is a form of failing).
• Option B: Add another config like when: really-always, which does the described artifacts gathering in case of cancellation.

Env:

• GitLab CE 8.10.7
• GitLab CI Runner 1.5.0
• (runner & builds are in docker containers)

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https://gitlab.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/50119

Links / resources

This may have been working correctly in 13.6 per this customer report.