In beforeUpdate lifecycle mehod I'm throwing an error based on some condition. Even though it throws an error it still updates the entry

[Shekhar]

Maybe this thread can help you

Throwing error in lifecycle hook doesn't stop script from executing

Lifecycles can’t stop the Creation/Updating of an entry by using the return inside it. The return in lifecycle just means “I don’t want to modify any data before creation/update”. In that case, you should throw errors instead of returns in beforeCreate/beforeUpdate lifecycles. So the correct approach to stop a creation will be: beforeCreate(data, model) { if(data.num < 3) { throw new Error('Num is not smaller than 3.'); // throwing errors will STOP the creation. …