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+# Gentle Force (#1200)
+
+:::caution
+
+All experimental features are subject to breaking changes and/or removal _at any
+time_. We strongly recommend that you do not use these features in a production
+environment. They are intended for testing and feedback only.
+
+:::
+
+:::warning
+
+This experiment breaks the following functionality:
+
+- The `--force` flag
+
+:::
+
+:::info
+
+To enable this experiment, set the environment variable:
+`TASK_X_GENTLE_FORCE=1`. Check out [our guide to enabling experiments
+][enabling-experiments] for more information.
+
+:::
+
+The `--force` flag currently forces _all_ tasks to run regardless of the status
+checks. This can be useful, but we have found that most of the time users only
+expect the direct task they are calling to be forced and _not_ all of its
+dependant tasks.
+
+This experiment changes the `--force` flag to only force the directly called
+task. All dependant tasks will have their statuses checked as normal and will
+only run if Task considers them to be out of date. A new `--force-all` flag will
+also be added to maintain the current behavior for users that need this
+functionality.
+
+If you want to migrate, but continue to force all dependant tasks to run, you
+should replace all uses of the `--force` flag with `--force-all`. Alternatively,
+if you want to adopt the new behavior, you can continue to use the `--force`
+flag as you do now!
+
+{/* prettier-ignore-start */}
+[enabling-experiments]: /experiments/#enabling-experiments
+{/* prettier-ignore-end */}