From 9f1a097cfaef05b9f12cedd9ac45fcd4f00c4073 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Boming Zhang <bomingzh@sjtu.edu.cn>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 21:27:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: always run stage when group & groups empty

---
 cmd/joj3/stage.go | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cmd/joj3/stage.go b/cmd/joj3/stage.go
index a8241dd..4dfb7e9 100644
--- a/cmd/joj3/stage.go
+++ b/cmd/joj3/stage.go
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ func generateStages(confStages []conf.ConfStage, groups []string) (
 			s.Name = fmt.Sprintf("stage-%d", i)
 		}
 		ok := false
-		if s.Group != "" {
+		if s.Group == "" && len(s.Groups) == 0 {
+			ok = true
+		}
+		if !ok && s.Group != "" {
 			for _, group := range groups {
 				if strings.EqualFold(group, s.Group) {
 					ok = true