Invalid script section on yaml anchor

[Francis Poulin]

Hi,

I've been trying to figure out how to fix my issue in bitbucket pipelines. I had the same issue in the past but never figured out how I was able to resolved it (feels like a cache reset somewhere...). Whatsoever, the following yaml gives me the following error:

No commands or pipes defined for the step at [pipelines > branches > bitbucket-p

ipeline-test > 1 > step]. Check that you have defined a valid "script" section.

The yaml is valid through the bitbucket-pipeline validator, I tried to change the indentation at various places , but I still face the same problem

# Build configuration for Project
# -----
image: node:12

definitions:
  pipes:
    - pipe: &AWSCodeDeployUploadPipe
        pipe: atlassian/aws-code-deploy:0.6.0
        variables:
          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: $AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
          AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: $AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
          APPLICATION_NAME: $AWS_APPLICATION_NAME
          COMMAND: upload
          DEPLOYMENT_GROUP: $AWS_DEPLOYMENT_GROUP
          S3_BUCKET: $AWS_S3_BUCKET
          ZIP_FILE: codedeploy-artifact.zip

    - pipe: &AWSCodeDeployDeployPipe
        pipe: atlassian/aws-code-deploy:0.6.0
        variables:
          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: $AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
          AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: $AWS_DEFAULT_REGION
          APPLICATION_NAME: $AWS_APPLICATION_NAME
          COMMAND: deploy
          DEPLOYMENT_GROUP: $AWS_DEPLOYMENT_GROUP
          S3_BUCKET: $AWS_S3_BUCKET

  steps:
    - step: &BuildTestPackageStep
        name: Build and Test
        script:
          - npm ci 
          - npm test
          - npm run build
        artifacts:
          - '**'

    - step: &UploadDeployAWSStep
        deployment: integration
        name: Upload and Deploy to AWS
        image: atlassian/default-image:2
        script:
          - /bin/bash generateCodeDeployArtifact.sh
          - *AWSCodeDeployUploadPipe
          - *AWSCodeDeployDeployPipe

pipelines:
  branches:
    bitbucket-pipeline-test:
      - step: *BuildTestPackageStep
      - step:
          ≤≤: *UploadDeployAWSStep
          name: test

 If I change the last section to the following it works... but I'm losing the flexibility to change the deployment environment ;) :

pipelines:
  branches:
    bitbucket-pipeline-test:
      - step: *BuildTestPackageStep
      - step: *UploadDeployAWSStep

Thanks for the help!

[Francis Poulin · Accepted solution]

Fix:

I can't believe it was that simple. My keyboard language changed by inadvertence and the symbol  "≤" was at the same place as my usual "<" ... My eyes just went over that small detail.

Replacing it with the correct character fixed the issue...

The bitbucket pipeline validator didn't catch that issue due to the following bug: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BCLOUD-18299