No errors for non-existing components in sf command

[itaishmida]

Summary

I am trying to migrate from sfdx command to sf

When using the sfdx command to retrieve metadata - I get errors for problematic components, while when using the sf command, I do not get any prompt that I have problematic components in the component list.
This introduces problems especially when I have a big component list when most of the components are ok and one or a few are not - then I do not know if the command ran successfully.

Steps To Reproduce

While using sfdx to retrieve metadata - the result that I get is list of components that succeeded to retrieve and a list of components that failed, so, for example if I want to get 2 components, one exists and one does not exist I get these messages:

C:\Users\myuser\salesforce> sfdx force:source:retrieve -m CustomField:Case.Status,CustomField:Case.FieldDoesNotExist__c 
Retrieving v58.0 metadata from [email protected] using the v58.0 SOAP API
Preparing retrieve request... done
=== Retrieved Source

 FULL NAME   TYPE        PROJECT PATH                                                               STATE   
 ─────────── ─────────── ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─────── 
 Case.Status CustomField force-app\main\default\objects\Case\fields\Status.field-meta.xml Changed
=== Retrieved Source Warnings

 FILE NAME              PROBLEM
 ────────────────────── ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 
 unpackaged/package.xml Entity of type 'CustomField' named 'Case.FieldDoesNotExist__c' cannot be found

These results are very good because with them I can pinpoint errors very easily, especially for a large list of components

Now, when I migrate to the sf command format, I get a successful message for only one component - without any error or warning for the components that where not found:

C:\Users\myuser\salesforce> sf project retrieve start -m CustomField:Case.Status CustomField:Case.FieldDoesNotExist__c  
Retrieving v58.0 metadata from [email protected] using the v58.0 SOAP API
Preparing retrieve request... Succeeded

Retrieved Source
============================================================================================================
| State   Name        Type        Path
| ─────── ─────────── ─────────── ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 
| Changed Case.Status CustomField force-app\main\default\objects\Case\fields\Status.field-meta.xml

Expected result

I would expect to have also an error/warning for each component that does not exist, or that produces a problem

System Information

Using windows powershell from within VS Code

{
  "cliVersion": "@salesforce/cli/1.86.7-legacy.0",
  "architecture": "win32-x64",
  "nodeVersion": "node-v18.15.0",
  "osVersion": "Windows_NT 10.0.19045",
  "shell": "cmd.exe",
  "rootPath": "C:\\Users\\myuser\\AppData\\Local\\sfdx\\client\\7.209.6-8ba3197\\sf",
  "pluginVersions": [
    "@oclif/plugin-autocomplete 2.3.1 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-commands 2.2.17 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-help 5.2.11 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-not-found 2.3.26 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-plugins 3.1.6 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-search 0.0.18 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-update 3.1.22 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-version 1.3.6 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-warn-if-update-available 2.0.41 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-which 2.2.22 (core)",
    "@salesforce/cli 1.86.7-legacy.0 (core)",
    "apex 2.3.4 (core)",
    "auth 2.8.4 (core)",
    "data 2.4.5 (core)",
    "deploy-retrieve 1.13.5 (core)",
    "info 2.6.30 (core)",
    "limits 2.3.23 (core)",
    "login 1.2.15 (core)",
    "org 2.9.19 (core)",
    "packaging 1.20.1 (link) C:\\Users\\myuser\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\@salesforce\\plugin-packaging",
    "schema 2.3.17 (core)",
    "settings 1.4.17 (core)",
    "sobject 0.1.32 (core)",
    "source 2.10.22 (core)",
    "telemetry 2.2.1 (core)",
    "templates 55.5.2 (core)",
    "trust 2.4.27 (core)",
    "user 2.3.20 (core)",
    "salesforce-app 1.0.0 (link) C:\\Users\\myuser\\repos\\salesforce"
  ]
}

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[github-actions]

Hello @itaishmida 👋

It looks like you're using an outdated version of Salesforce CLI. sf (v1) is in "maintenance mode" as of July 12, 2023. We highly recommend you move from sf (v1) to sf (v2) ASAP.

Moving to sf (v2) is easy and takes just two commands. Find all the information here.

After you move to the latest version of sf (v2), run your command again and provide the output of sf version --verbose --json.

[itaishmida]

I have reinstalled the CLI, my version is good now
and I still have the same bad results so this issue is still happening

this is my sf version command:

{
  "cliVersion": "@salesforce/cli/2.3.8",
  "architecture": "win32-x64",
  "nodeVersion": "node-v16.14.2",
  "osVersion": "Windows_NT 10.0.19045",
  "shell": "cmd.exe",
  "rootPath": "C:\\Users\\myuser\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\@salesforce\\cli",
  "pluginVersions": [
    "@oclif/plugin-autocomplete 2.3.3 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-commands 2.2.21 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-help 5.2.15 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-not-found 2.3.34 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-plugins 3.1.8 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-search 0.0.21 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-update 3.1.28 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-version 1.3.8 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-warn-if-update-available 2.0.46 (core)",
    "@oclif/plugin-which 2.2.29 (core)",
    "@salesforce/cli 2.3.8 (core)",
    "apex 2.3.9 (core)",
    "auth 2.8.10 (core)",
    "data 2.5.4 (core)",
    "deploy-retrieve 1.16.5 (core)",
    "info 2.6.35 (core)",
    "limits 2.3.27 (core)",
    "login 1.2.23 (core)",
    "org 2.9.28 (core)",
    "packaging 1.20.1 (link) C:\\Users\\myuser\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\@salesforce\\plugin-packaging",
    "schema 2.3.21 (core)",
    "settings 1.4.21 (core)",
    "sobject 0.1.42 (core)",
    "source 2.10.28 (core)",
    "telemetry 2.2.3 (core)",
    "templates 55.5.7 (core)",
    "trust 2.5.1 (core)",
    "user 2.3.27 (core)",
    "salesforce-app 1.0.0 (link) C:\\Users\\myuser\\repos\\salesforce"
  ]
}

[git2gus]

This issue has been linked to a new work item: W-14085256

[itaishmida]

@mshanemc - is this fix deployed and released already?

[mshanemc]

yes https://github.com/forcedotcom/cli/blob/main/releasenotes/README.md#298-sept-20-2023-stable