---
title: Configuring condition short-circuiting in the Policy Editor
description: Configure the Policy Editor to enable or disable short-circuiting for policy conditions.
component: pingauthorize
version: 11.0
page_id: pingauthorize:pingauthorize_server_administration_guide:paz_pe_config_short_circuit
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingauthorize/11.0/pingauthorize_server_administration_guide/paz_pe_config_short_circuit.html
revdate: March 13, 2026
section_ids:
  steps: Steps
---

# Configuring condition short-circuiting in the Policy Editor

By default, the Policy Editor stops evaluating a [condition group](../pingauthorize_policy_administration_guide/paz_conditions.html#paz_combining_conditions) as soon as a final outcome is determined. This is called short-circuiting.

For example, consider an **All** condition group that contains three conditions. Because **All** requires every condition to be true, a single `false` result determines the outcome.

![Screen capture showing a compound payment condition with the ALL operator selected](_images/paz-pe-condition-short-circuiting.png)

* With short-circuiting enabled, evaluation ends immediately if either the **Payment amount** or **Risk score** condition evaluates to `false`.

* With short-circuiting disabled, the Policy Editor evaluates every condition in the group, regardless of intermediate results.

To ensure a comprehensive audit trail of all condition evaluations in [external policy decision point (PDP)](paz_config_external_pdp.html) mode, you can disable condition short-circuiting. This is useful for debugging complex policy failures.

## Steps

1. Make a copy of the default `options.yml` file:

   ```
   cp <PingAuthorize-PAP>/config/options.yml my-options.yml
   ```

2. In the new options file, under the `core` section, add the `DecisionPoint.EnableShortcircuiting` configuration property:

   ```
   core:
     DecisionPoint.EnableShortcircuiting: false
   ```

   Allowed values are `true` and `false`.

3. Stop the Policy Editor:

   ```shell
   bin/stop-server
   ```

4. Run `setup` and use the `--optionsFile` argument to specify the new options file. Customize all other options according to your requirements.

   ```shell
   bin/setup demo \
     --adminUsername admin \
     --generateSelfSignedCertificate \
     --decisionPointSharedSecret pingauthorize \
     --hostname <PAP-hostname> \
     --port <PAP-port> \
     --adminPort <admin-port>  \
     --licenseKeyFile <path-to-license> \
     --optionsFile my-options.yml
   ```

5. Start the Policy Editor:

   ```shell
   bin/start-server
   ```