The correct option is The workflow is marked as failed and the job that depends on it does not run.

When the build job fails, GitHub Actions concludes the workflow run as failed. Any job that declares a needs relationship on the failed job, such as the package job, is skipped because dependencies must finish successfully for a dependent job to start.

This behavior follows the needs dependency model where a job begins only when all required jobs have succeeded. Unless a failing job is explicitly configured with continue on error, a job failure contributes to a failed workflow conclusion, and dependent jobs will not run.

The dependent job is skipped while other unrelated jobs continue to run is incorrect because it omits the required outcome for the workflow. The workflow is marked as failed when a job fails and the question specifically asks about the workflow result and the dependent job.

Only the failed job is retried automatically without stopping the workflow is incorrect because GitHub Actions does not automatically retry failed jobs. Retries require a manual re run or custom logic, and a job failure still causes the workflow to be marked as failed unless configured otherwise.

Cloud Build takes over and executes the remaining steps is incorrect because Cloud Build is a separate Google Cloud service and it does not take over execution of GitHub Actions workflows.

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