how does one run pull request steps in parallel?

Vincent Jong

So, we have in our bitbucket-pipelines yaml and want to run the 'default' PR rule with 2 steps in parallel. Like, using your doc example:

pipelines:
 pull-requests:
   '**':
     - parallel:
       steps:
         - step: *testEndToEndInDev
         - step: *testEndToEndInStg
 custom:
   e2e-wfw:
     - step: *testEndToEndInWfw
   e2e-dev:
     - step: *testEndToEndInDev
   e2e-stg:
     - step: *testEndToEndInStg

 This doesn't work as my ide is showing an error really from steps not being in the schema:

Is this even possible? If so, what do I need to do?

Ben

Hi Vincent,

As long as the testEndToEndInDev and testEndToEndInStg steps are being defined using YAML anchors so that they may be referenced with a * symbol, the code that you have provided should work. 

Have you tested the code within Bitbucket Pipelines by running a build? May I know what was the result? As long as there are no errors highlighted within the YML editor itself in the UI (disregarding your IDE), the code is considered to be syntactically correct.

Cheers!

- Ben (Bitbucket Cloud Support)