From 3f7a3053ff19377545497c58a8b64066c3b52fe2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oscar Zhou <100548325+oscarzhou-portainer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 08:41:42 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] fix(stack): avoid removing running service if stack
 deployment fails [BE-12542] (#1940)

---
 api/stacks/deployments/deployer.go | 12 ++----------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/api/stacks/deployments/deployer.go b/api/stacks/deployments/deployer.go
index 3f5277ffd..862ee9526 100644
--- a/api/stacks/deployments/deployer.go
+++ b/api/stacks/deployments/deployer.go
@@ -74,18 +74,10 @@ func (d *stackDeployer) DeployComposeStack(stack *portainer.Stack, endpoint *por
 		}
 	}
 
-	if err := d.composeStackManager.Up(context.TODO(), stack, endpoint, portainer.ComposeUpOptions{
+	return d.composeStackManager.Up(context.TODO(), stack, endpoint, portainer.ComposeUpOptions{
 		ComposeOptions: options,
 		ForceRecreate:  forceRecreate,
-	}); err != nil {
-		if err := d.composeStackManager.Down(context.TODO(), stack, endpoint); err != nil {
-			log.Warn().Err(err).Msg("failed to cleanup compose stack after failed deployment")
-		}
-
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
+	})
 }
 
 func (d *stackDeployer) DeployKubernetesStack(stack *portainer.Stack, endpoint *portainer.Endpoint, user *portainer.User) error {