diff --git a/pkg/preflight/analyze.go b/pkg/preflight/analyze.go
index 8e74eb64..78fb5de6 100644
--- a/pkg/preflight/analyze.go
+++ b/pkg/preflight/analyze.go
@@ -77,8 +77,10 @@ func doAnalyze(allCollectedData map[string][]byte, analyzers []*troubleshootv1be
 	for _, analyzer := range analyzers {
 		analyzeResult, err := analyze.Analyze(analyzer, getCollectedFileContents, getChildCollectedFileContents)
 		if err != nil {
+			strict, _ := HasStrictAnalyzer(analyzer)
 			analyzeResult = []*analyze.AnalyzeResult{
 				{
+					Strict:  strict,
 					IsFail:  true,
 					Title:   "Analyzer Failed",
 					Message: err.Error(),
diff --git a/pkg/preflight/util.go b/pkg/preflight/util.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b6909e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/preflight/util.go
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package preflight
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	troubleshootv1beta2 "github.com/replicatedhq/troubleshoot/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta2"
+)
+
+// HasStrictAnalyzers - checks and returns true if a preflight's analyzer has strict:true, else false
+func HasStrictAnalyzers(preflight *troubleshootv1beta2.Preflight) (bool, error) {
+	if preflight == nil {
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
+	marshalledAnalyzers, err := json.Marshal(preflight.Spec.Analyzers) // marshall and remove nil Analyzers eg result: "[{\"clusterVersion\":{\"exclude\":\"\",\"strict\":\"false\",\"outcomes\":null}}]"
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to marshal analyzers")
+	}
+
+	analyzersMap := []map[string]interface{}{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(marshalledAnalyzers, &analyzersMap) // Unmarshall again so we can loop over non nil analyzers
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to unmarshal analyzers")
+	}
+
+	// analyzerMap will ignore empty Analyzers and loop around Analyzer with data
+	for _, analyzers := range analyzersMap { // for each analyzer: map["clusterVersion": map[string]interface{} ["exclude": "", "strict": "true", "outcomes": nil]
+		return hasStrictAnalyzer(analyzers)
+	}
+	return false, nil
+}
+
+// HasStrictAnalyzers - checks and returns true if a preflight's analyzer has strict:true, else false
+func HasStrictAnalyzer(analyzer *troubleshootv1beta2.Analyze) (bool, error) {
+	marshalledAnalyzer, err := json.Marshal(analyzer)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, errors.Wrap(err, "error while marshalling analyzer")
+	}
+
+	analyzerMap := make(map[string]interface{})
+	err = json.Unmarshal(marshalledAnalyzer, &analyzerMap) // Unmarshall again so we can loop over non nil analyzers
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to unmarshal analyzers")
+	}
+	return hasStrictAnalyzer(analyzerMap)
+}
+
+func hasStrictAnalyzer(analyzerMap map[string]interface{}) (bool, error) {
+	for _, analyzer := range analyzerMap { // for each analyzerMeta: map[string]interface{} ["exclude": "", "strict": "true", "outcomes": nil]
+		marshalledAnalyzer, err := json.Marshal(analyzer)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, errors.Wrap(err, "error while marshalling analyzer")
+		}
+		// return Analyzer.Strict which can be extracted from AnalyzeMeta
+		analyzeMeta := troubleshootv1beta2.AnalyzeMeta{}
+		err = json.Unmarshal(marshalledAnalyzer, &analyzeMeta)
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, errors.Wrap(err, "error while un-marshalling marshalledAnalyzers")
+		}
+		return analyzeMeta.Strict.BoolOrDefaultFalse(), nil
+	}
+	return false, nil
+}
+
+// HasStrictAnalyzersFailed - checks if preflight analyzer's result is strict:true and isFail:true, then returns true else false
+func HasStrictAnalyzersFailed(preflightResult *UploadPreflightResults) bool {
+	hasStrictAnalyzersFailed := false
+	// if results are empty, treat as failure
+	if preflightResult == nil || len(preflightResult.Results) == 0 {
+		hasStrictAnalyzersFailed = true
+	} else {
+		for _, result := range preflightResult.Results {
+			if result.IsFail && result.Strict {
+				hasStrictAnalyzersFailed = true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return hasStrictAnalyzersFailed
+}
diff --git a/pkg/preflight/util_test.go b/pkg/preflight/util_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..09cde6fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/preflight/util_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,328 @@
+package preflight
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	troubleshootv1beta2 "github.com/replicatedhq/troubleshoot/pkg/apis/troubleshoot/v1beta2"
+	"github.com/replicatedhq/troubleshoot/pkg/multitype"
+)
+
+var (
+	analyzeMetaStrictFalseStr = troubleshootv1beta2.AnalyzeMeta{
+		Strict: multitype.BoolOrString{
+			StrVal: "false",
+		},
+	}
+	analyzeMetaStrictInvalidStr = troubleshootv1beta2.AnalyzeMeta{
+		Strict: multitype.BoolOrString{
+			StrVal: "invalid",
+		},
+	}
+	analyzeMetaStrictTrueStr = troubleshootv1beta2.AnalyzeMeta{
+		Strict: multitype.BoolOrString{
+			StrVal: "true",
+		},
+	}
+	analyzeMetaStrictFalseBool = troubleshootv1beta2.AnalyzeMeta{
+		Strict: multitype.BoolOrString{
+			Type:    multitype.Bool,
+			BoolVal: false,
+		},
+	}
+	analyzeMetaStrictTrueBool = troubleshootv1beta2.AnalyzeMeta{
+		Strict: multitype.BoolOrString{
+			Type:    multitype.Bool,
+			BoolVal: true,
+		},
+	}
+	analyzeMetaStrictFalseInt = troubleshootv1beta2.AnalyzeMeta{
+		Strict: multitype.BoolOrString{
+			StrVal: "0",
+		},
+	}
+	analyzeMetaStrictTrueInt = troubleshootv1beta2.AnalyzeMeta{
+		Strict: multitype.BoolOrString{
+			Type:   multitype.String,
+			StrVal: "1",
+		},
+	}
+)
+
+func TestHasStrictAnalyzers(t *testing.T) {
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		preflight *troubleshootv1beta2.Preflight
+		want      bool
+		wantErr   bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:      "expect false when preflight is nil",
+			preflight: nil,
+			want:      false,
+			wantErr:   false,
+		}, {
+			name: "expect false when preflight spec is empty",
+			preflight: &troubleshootv1beta2.Preflight{
+				Spec: troubleshootv1beta2.PreflightSpec{},
+			},
+			want:    false,
+			wantErr: false,
+		}, {
+			name: "expect false when preflight spec's analyzers is nil",
+			preflight: &troubleshootv1beta2.Preflight{
+				Spec: troubleshootv1beta2.PreflightSpec{
+					Analyzers: nil,
+				},
+			},
+			want:    false,
+			wantErr: false,
+		}, {
+			name: "expect false when preflight spec's analyzers is empty",
+			preflight: &troubleshootv1beta2.Preflight{
+				Spec: troubleshootv1beta2.PreflightSpec{
+					Analyzers: []*troubleshootv1beta2.Analyze{},
+				},
+			},
+			want:    false,
+			wantErr: false,
+		}, {
+			name: "expect false when preflight spec's analyzer has nil analyzer",
+			preflight: &troubleshootv1beta2.Preflight{
+				Spec: troubleshootv1beta2.PreflightSpec{
+					Analyzers: []*troubleshootv1beta2.Analyze{
+						{
+							ClusterVersion: nil,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want:    false,
+			wantErr: false,
+		}, {
+			name: "expect false when preflight spec's analyzer has analyzer with strict str: false",
+			preflight: &troubleshootv1beta2.Preflight{
+				Spec: troubleshootv1beta2.PreflightSpec{
+					Analyzers: []*troubleshootv1beta2.Analyze{
+						{
+							ClusterVersion: &troubleshootv1beta2.ClusterVersion{AnalyzeMeta: analyzeMetaStrictFalseStr},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want:    false,
+			wantErr: false,
+		}, {
+			name: "expect false when preflight spec's analyzer has analyzer with strict bool: false",
+			preflight: &troubleshootv1beta2.Preflight{
+				Spec: troubleshootv1beta2.PreflightSpec{
+					Analyzers: []*troubleshootv1beta2.Analyze{
+						{
+							ClusterVersion: &troubleshootv1beta2.ClusterVersion{AnalyzeMeta: analyzeMetaStrictFalseBool},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want:    false,
+			wantErr: false,
+		}, {
+			name: "expect false when preflight spec's analyzer has analyzer with strict str: invalid",
+			preflight: &troubleshootv1beta2.Preflight{
+				Spec: troubleshootv1beta2.PreflightSpec{
+					Analyzers: []*troubleshootv1beta2.Analyze{
+						{
+							ClusterVersion: &troubleshootv1beta2.ClusterVersion{AnalyzeMeta: analyzeMetaStrictInvalidStr},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want:    false,
+			wantErr: false,
+		}, {
+			name: "expect true when preflight spec's analyzer has analyzer with strict str: true",
+			preflight: &troubleshootv1beta2.Preflight{
+				Spec: troubleshootv1beta2.PreflightSpec{
+					Analyzers: []*troubleshootv1beta2.Analyze{
+						{
+							ClusterVersion: &troubleshootv1beta2.ClusterVersion{AnalyzeMeta: analyzeMetaStrictTrueStr},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want:    true,
+			wantErr: false,
+		}, {
+			name: "expect true when preflight spec's analyzer has analyzer with strict bool: true",
+			preflight: &troubleshootv1beta2.Preflight{
+				Spec: troubleshootv1beta2.PreflightSpec{
+					Analyzers: []*troubleshootv1beta2.Analyze{
+						{
+							ClusterVersion: &troubleshootv1beta2.ClusterVersion{AnalyzeMeta: analyzeMetaStrictTrueBool},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want:    true,
+			wantErr: false,
+		}, {
+			name: "expect true when preflight spec's analyzer has analyzer with strict int: 1",
+			preflight: &troubleshootv1beta2.Preflight{
+				Spec: troubleshootv1beta2.PreflightSpec{
+					Analyzers: []*troubleshootv1beta2.Analyze{
+						{
+							ClusterVersion: &troubleshootv1beta2.ClusterVersion{AnalyzeMeta: analyzeMetaStrictTrueInt},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want:    true,
+			wantErr: false,
+		}, {
+			name: "expect false when preflight spec's analyzer has analyzer with strict int: 0",
+			preflight: &troubleshootv1beta2.Preflight{
+				Spec: troubleshootv1beta2.PreflightSpec{
+					Analyzers: []*troubleshootv1beta2.Analyze{
+						{
+							ClusterVersion: &troubleshootv1beta2.ClusterVersion{AnalyzeMeta: analyzeMetaStrictFalseInt},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want:    false,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, err := HasStrictAnalyzers(tt.preflight)
+			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("HasStrictAnalyzers error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+				return
+			}
+			if got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("HasStrictAnalyzers() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHasStrictAnalyzerFailed(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name            string
+		preflightResult *UploadPreflightResults
+		want            bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:            "expect true when preflightResult is nil",
+			preflightResult: nil,
+			want:            true,
+		}, {
+			name: "expect true when preflightResult.Results is nil",
+			preflightResult: &UploadPreflightResults{
+				Results: nil,
+			},
+			want: true,
+		}, {
+			name: "expect true when preflightResult.Results is empty",
+			preflightResult: &UploadPreflightResults{
+				Results: []*UploadPreflightResult{},
+			},
+			want: true,
+		}, {
+			name: "expect false when preflightResult.Results has result with strict false, IsFail false",
+			preflightResult: &UploadPreflightResults{
+				Results: []*UploadPreflightResult{
+					{Strict: false, IsFail: false},
+				},
+			},
+			want: false,
+		}, {
+			name: "expect false when preflightResult.Results has result with strict false, IsFail true",
+			preflightResult: &UploadPreflightResults{
+				Results: []*UploadPreflightResult{
+					{Strict: false, IsFail: true},
+				},
+			},
+			want: false,
+		}, {
+			name: "expect true when preflightResult.Results has result with strict true, IsFail true",
+			preflightResult: &UploadPreflightResults{
+				Results: []*UploadPreflightResult{
+					{Strict: true, IsFail: true},
+				},
+			},
+			want: true,
+		}, {
+			name: "expect true when preflightResult.Results has multiple results where atleast result has strict true, IsFail true",
+			preflightResult: &UploadPreflightResults{
+				Results: []*UploadPreflightResult{
+					{Strict: true, IsFail: true},
+					{Strict: false, IsFail: true},
+					{Strict: true, IsFail: false},
+				},
+			},
+			want: true,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := HasStrictAnalyzersFailed(tt.preflightResult); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("HasStrictAnalyzersFailed() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHasStrictAnalyzer(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		analyzer *troubleshootv1beta2.Analyze
+		want     bool
+		wantErr  bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "expect strict=false, err=nil when analyzer is nil",
+			analyzer: nil,
+			want:     false,
+			wantErr:  false,
+		}, {
+			name:     "expect strict=false, err=nil when analyzer is empty",
+			analyzer: &troubleshootv1beta2.Analyze{},
+			want:     false,
+			wantErr:  false,
+		}, {
+			name: "expect strict=false, err=nil when ClusterVersion analyzer has strict=1",
+			analyzer: &troubleshootv1beta2.Analyze{
+				ClusterVersion: &troubleshootv1beta2.ClusterVersion{AnalyzeMeta: analyzeMetaStrictFalseInt},
+			},
+			want:    false,
+			wantErr: false,
+		}, {
+			name: "expect strict=false, err=nil when ClusterVersion analyzer has strict=true",
+			analyzer: &troubleshootv1beta2.Analyze{
+				ClusterVersion: &troubleshootv1beta2.ClusterVersion{AnalyzeMeta: analyzeMetaStrictTrueInt},
+			},
+			want:    true,
+			wantErr: false,
+		}, {
+			name: "expect strict=false, err=nil when ClusterVersion analyzer is nil",
+			analyzer: &troubleshootv1beta2.Analyze{
+				ClusterVersion: nil,
+			},
+			want:    false,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, err := HasStrictAnalyzer(tt.analyzer)
+			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("HasStrictAnalyzer() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+				return
+			}
+			if got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("HasStrictAnalyzer() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}