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Bitbucket-pipelines.yml Error : This section should be a map (it is currently defined as a list).

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Getting an error with trying to use my bitbucket-pipelines.yml file
'There is an error in your bitbucket-pipelines.yml at [pipelines > pull-requests > ** > 2 > step]. This section should be a map (it is currently defined as a list).'
File checks out OK in the validator. What am I doing wrong? 
File as below:
image:
  name: 081836747304.dkr.ecr.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/mojo-bitbucket-pipelines-nodejs-16:latest
  aws:
    access-key: $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
    secret-key: $AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY

definitions:
  caches:
    cypress: tmp/Cypress
  steps:
    - step: &build
        name: Build
        size: 2x
        script:
          - . cypress-setup.sh
          - VERSION="${VERSION:-1.0}.$BITBUCKET_BUILD_NUMBER"
          - npm i --unsafe-perm
          - git tag -fa "${VERSION}" -m "Build ${VERSION}"
          - git push origin "${VERSION}" -f --tags
        after-script:
          - bitbucket_logger.sh failure_only
        artifacts:
          - node_modules/**
          - tmp/Cypress/**
    - step: &deploy
        script:
          - . setup_aws_shared_creds.sh
          - curl -sL https://sentry.io/get-cli/ | SENTRY_CLI_VERSION="2.10.0" bash
          - terraform_apply.sh
          - npm version ${VERSION:-1.0}.$BITBUCKET_BUILD_NUMBER --git-tag-version false
          - VERSION="my.mojo.ui@${VERSION:-1.0}.$BITBUCKET_BUILD_NUMBER"
          - sentry-cli releases -o "uswitchcom" new -p "my-mojo-ui" "${VERSION}"
          - CI=false
          - npm run build-${AWS_PROFILE}
          - SENTRY_LOG_LEVEL=debug sentry-cli releases -o "uswitchcom" -p "my-mojo-ui" files "$VERSION" upload-sourcemaps ./dist
          - sentry-cli releases -o "uswitchcom" -p "my-mojo-ui" finalize "${VERSION}"
          - git push origin :refs/tags/${AWS_PROFILE}
          - git tag -fa "${AWS_PROFILE}" -m "Release to ${AWS_PROFILE}"
          - git push origin "${AWS_PROFILE}" -f --tags
          - s3_deploy.sh "dist/"
        after-script: &bitbucket-logger
          - bitbucket_logger.sh
    - step: &deploy-docs
        script:
          - CLOUDFRONT_ID="E3CTWDRTQZVRB3"
          - BUCKET="my-mojo-documentation"
          - AWS_DEFAULT_REGION="eu-west-1"
          - BUILD_FOLDER="build"
          - . setup_aws_shared_creds.sh
          - npm i --unsafe-perm
          - terraform_apply.sh
          - cd blueprint
          - npm i
          - CI=false
          - npm run build
          - aws s3 sync ${BUILD_FOLDER} s3://${BUCKET} --delete --region ${AWS_DEFAULT_REGION} --profile ${AWS_PROFILE}
          - aws cloudfront create-invalidation --distribution-id ${CLOUDFRONT_ID} --paths "/*" --profile ${AWS_PROFILE}
    - step: &BTL_PNV
        name: BTL_PNV
        script:
          - npm ci
          - npm run start &
          - npx cypress run --spec ./cypress/e2e/BTL_PNV.cy.js
        artifacts:
          - cypress/screenshots/**
          - cypress/videos/**            
        after-script:
          - bitbucket_logger.sh failure_only
    - step: &BTL_PWP
        name: BTL_PWP
        script:
          - npm ci
          - npm run start &
          - npx cypress run --spec ./cypress/e2e/BTL_PWP.cy.js
        artifacts:
          - cypress/screenshots/**
          - cypress/videos/**            
        after-script:
          - bitbucket_logger.sh failure_only
    - step: &BTL_REMOER
        name: BTL_REMOER
        script:
          - npm ci
          - npm run start &
          - npx cypress run --spec ./cypress/e2e/BTL_REMOER.cy.js
        artifacts:
          - cypress/screenshots/**
          - cypress/videos/**            
        after-script:
          - bitbucket_logger.sh failure_only
    - step: &BTL_REMOAB
        name: BTL_REMOAB
        script:
          - npm ci
          - npm run start &
          - npx cypress run --spec ./cypress/e2e/BTL_REMOAB.cy.js
        artifacts:
          - cypress/screenshots/**
          - cypress/videos/**            
        after-script:
          - bitbucket_logger.sh failure_only
    - step: &BTL_REMOL4L
        name: BTL_REMOL4L
        script:
          - npm ci
          - npm run start &
          - npx cypress run --spec ./cypress/e2e/BTL_REMOL4L.cy.js
        artifacts:
          - cypress/screenshots/**
          - cypress/videos/**          
        after-script:
          - bitbucket_logger.sh failure_only
    - step: &RESI_PNV_Coach
        name: RESI_PNV_Coach
        script:
          - npm ci
          - npm run start &
          - npx cypress run --spec ./cypress/e2e/RESI_PNV_Coach.cy.js
        artifacts:
          - cypress/screenshots/**
          - cypress/videos/**            
        after-script:
          - bitbucket_logger.sh failure_only
    - step: &RESI_PNV
        name: RESI_PNV
        script:
          - npm ci
          - npm run start &
          - npx cypress run --spec ./cypress/e2e/RESI_PNV.cy.js
        artifacts:
          - cypress/screenshots/**
          - cypress/videos/**            
        after-script:
          - bitbucket_logger.sh failure_only
    - step: &RESI_PWP_Together
        name: RESI_PWP_Together
        script:
          - npm ci
          - npm run start &
          - npx cypress run --spec ./cypress/e2e/RESI_PWP_Together.cy.js
        artifacts:
          - cypress/screenshots/**
          - cypress/videos/**            
        after-script:
          - bitbucket_logger.sh failure_only
    - step: &RESI_PWP
        name: RESI_PWP
        script:
          - npm ci
          - npm run start &
          - npx cypress run --spec ./cypress/e2e/RESI_PWP.cy.js
        artifacts:
          - cypress/screenshots/**
          - cypress/videos/**          
        after-script:
          - bitbucket_logger.sh failure_only
    - step: &RESI_REMOAB
        name: RESI_REMOAB
        script:
          - npm ci
          - npm run start &
          - npx cypress run --spec ./cypress/e2e/RESI_REMOAB.cy.js
        artifacts:
          - cypress/screenshots/**
          - cypress/videos/**              
        after-script:
          - bitbucket_logger.sh failure_only
    - step: &RESI_REMOER
        name: RESI_REMOER
        script:
          - npm ci
          - npm run start &
          - npx cypress run --spec ./cypress/e2e/RESI_REMOER.cy.js
        artifacts:
          - cypress/screenshots/**
          - cypress/videos/**              
        after-script:
          - bitbucket_logger.sh failure_only
    - step: &RESI_REMOL4L
        name: RESI_REMOL4L
        script:
          - npm ci
          - npm run start &
          - npx cypress run --spec ./cypress/e2e/RESI_REMOL4L.cy.js
        artifacts:
          - cypress/screenshots/**
          - cypress/videos/**              
        after-script:
          - bitbucket_logger.sh failure_only
    - step: &partner_BANKRATE
        name: partner_Bankrate
        script:
          - npm ci
          - npm run start &
          - npx cypress run --spec ./cypress/e2e/partner_BANKRATE.cy.js
        artifacts:
          - cypress/screenshots/**
          - cypress/videos/**            
        after-script:
          - bitbucket_logger.sh failure_only  
    - step: &partner_FINDER
        name: partner_Finder
        script:
          - npm ci
          - npm run start &
          - npx cypress run --spec ./cypress/e2e/partner_FINDER.cy.js
        artifacts:
        - cypress/screenshots/**
        - cypress/videos/**              
        after-script:
          - bitbucket_logger.sh failure_only
    - step: &partner_GoCompare
        name: partner_GoCompare
        script:
          - npm ci
          - npm run start &
          - npx cypress run --spec ./cypress/e2e/partner_GoCompare.cy.js
        artifacts:
          - cypress/screenshots/**
          - cypress/videos/**            
        after-script:
          - bitbucket_logger.sh failure_only
    - step: &partner_Money
        name: partner_Money
        script:
          - npm ci
          - npm run start &
          - npx cypress run --spec ./cypress/e2e/partner_Money.cy.js
        artifacts:
          - cypress/screenshots/**
          - cypress/videos/**            
        after-script:
          - bitbucket_logger.sh failure_only
    - step: &partner_OMA
        name: partner_OMA
        script:
          - npm ci
          - npm run start &
          - npx cypress run --spec ./cypress/e2e/partner_OMA.cy.js
        artifacts:
          - cypress/screenshots/**
          - cypress/videos/**            
        after-script:
          - bitbucket_logger.sh failure_only
    - step: &partner_USWITCH
        name: partner_Uswitch
        script:
          - npm ci
          - npm run start &
          - npx cypress run --spec ./cypress/e2e/partner_USWITCH.cy.js
        artifacts:
          - cypress/screenshots/**
          - cypress/videos/**            
        after-script:
          - bitbucket_logger.sh failure_only
    - step: &partner_ZOOPLA
        name: partner_Zoopla
        script:
          - npm ci
          - npm run start &
          - npx cypress run --spec ./cypress/e2e/partner_ZOOPLA.cy.js
        artifacts:
          - cypress/screenshots/**
          - cypress/videos/**            
        after-script:
          - bitbucket_logger.sh failure_only
    - step: &Calendar
        name: calendar
        script:
          - npm ci
          - npm run start &
          - npx cypress run --spec ./cypress/e2e/calendar.cy.js
        artifacts:
          - cypress/screenshots/**
          - cypress/videos/**            
        after-script:
          - bitbucket_logger.sh failure_only              
    - step: &newApplication_personalisedMessaging
        name: newApplication_personalisedMessaging
        script:
          - npm ci
          - npm run start &
          - npx cypress run --spec ./cypress/e2e/newApplication_personalisedMessaging.cy.js
        artifacts:
          - cypress/screenshots/**
          - cypress/videos/**            
        after-script:
          - bitbucket_logger.sh failure_only
    - step: &newApplication_purchaseConfig
        name: newApplication_purchaseConfig
        script:
          - npm ci
          - npm run start &
          - npx cypress run --spec ./cypress/e2e/newApplication_purchaseConfig.cy.js
        artifacts:
          - cypress/screenshots/**
          - cypress/videos/**            
        after-script:
          - bitbucket_logger.sh failure_only
    - step: &newApplication_remoConfig
        name: newApplication_remoConfig
        script:
          - npm ci
          - npm run start &
          - npx cypress run --spec ./cypress/e2e/newApplication_remoConfig.cy.js
        artifacts:
          - cypress/screenshots/**
          - cypress/videos/**            
        after-script:
          - bitbucket_logger.sh failure_only
    - step: &test
      - parallel:
         - step: *BTL_PNV
         - step: *BTL_PWP
         - step: *BTL_REMOAB
         - step: *BTL_REMOER
         - step: *BTL_REMOL4L
         - step: *RESI_PNV_Coach
         - step: *RESI_PNV
         - step: *RESI_PWP_Together
         - step: *RESI_PWP
         - step: *RESI_REMOAB
         - step: *RESI_REMOER
         - step: *RESI_REMOL4L
         - step: *partner_BANKRATE
         - step: *partner_FINDER
         - step: *partner_GoCompare
         - step: *partner_Money
         - step: *partner_OMA
         - step: *partner_USWITCH
         - step: *Calendar
         - step: *newApplication_personalisedMessaging
         - step: *newApplication_purchaseConfig
         - step: *newApplication_remoConfig

pipelines:
  branches:
    master:
      - step: *build
      - step:
          <<: *deploy
          name: Deploy to test
          deployment: test
      - step:
          <<: *deploy
          name: Deploy to staging
          deployment: staging
          trigger: manual
      - step:
          <<: *deploy
          name: Deploy to prod
          deployment: production
          trigger: manual
  pull-requests:
    '**':
      - step:
          name: 'Is merge to master'
          script:
            - if [ "${BITBUCKET_PR_DESTINATION_BRANCH}" != "master" ]; then printf 'not a target branch we want to check'; exit; fi
      - step: *build
      - step: *test

  custom:
    deploy-to-test:
      - step: *build
      - step:
          <<: *deploy
          name: Deploy to test
          deployment: test
    deploy-to-staging:
      - step: *build
      - step:
          <<: *deploy
          name: Deploy to staging
          deployment: staging
    deploy-to-prod:
      - step: *build
      - step:
          <<: *deploy
          name: Deploy to prod
          deployment: production
    deploy-docs:
      - step:
          <<: *deploy-docs
          name: Deploy Docs
          deployment: test
    cypress:
      - step: *build
      - step: *test
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Theodora Boudale
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February 6, 2023

Hi @mark.rogerson and welcome to the community!

I think the issue is with the definition of &test:

- step: &test
  - parallel:
    - step: *BTL_PNV
    - step: *BTL_PWP
    - step: *BTL_REMOAB
    - step: *BTL_REMOER
    - step: *BTL_REMOL4L
    - step: *RESI_PNV_Coach
    - step: *RESI_PNV
    - step: *RESI_PWP_Together
    - step: *RESI_PWP
    - step: *RESI_REMOAB
    - step: *RESI_REMOER
    - step: *RESI_REMOL4L
    - step: *partner_BANKRATE
    - step: *partner_FINDER
    - step: *partner_GoCompare
    - step: *partner_Money
    - step: *partner_OMA
    - step: *partner_USWITCH
    - step: *Calendar
    - step: *newApplication_personalisedMessaging
    - step: *newApplication_purchaseConfig
    - step: *newApplication_remoConfig

There are steps inside another step which is not possible.

What you could do instead is use the stage option in order to group multiple steps in one stage. You can use it in the yaml anchor definitions:

stages:
  - stage: &test
      steps:
        - step: *BTL_PNV
        - step: *BTL_PWP
        - step: *BTL_REMOAB
        - step: *BTL_REMOER
        - step: *BTL_REMOL4L
        - step: *RESI_PNV_Coach
        - step: *RESI_PNV
        - step: *RESI_PWP_Together
        - step: *RESI_PWP
        - step: *RESI_REMOAB
        - step: *RESI_REMOER
        - step: *RESI_REMOL4L
        - step: *partner_BANKRATE
        - step: *partner_FINDER
        - step: *partner_GoCompare
        - step: *partner_Money
        - step: *partner_OMA
        - step: *partner_USWITCH
        - step: *Calendar
        - step: *newApplication_personalisedMessaging
        - step: *newApplication_purchaseConfig
        - step: *newApplication_remoConfig

 

Then in the pull-requests pipeline (and any other pipeline where you use *test) you can reference the stage as follows:

pull-requests:
  '**':
    - step:
        name: 'Is merge to master'
        script:
          - if [ "${BITBUCKET_PR_DESTINATION_BRANCH}" != "master" ]; then printf 'not a target branch we want to check'; exit; fi
    - step: *build
    - stage: *test

Please keep in mind the following

  1. The stages feature is still in beta and is subject to change.
  2. Parallel steps are not supported in a stage at the moment. We do have a feature request to support it that you can vote for: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BCLOUD-22214

If you want to make use of parallelization, then you need to omit the definition for &test and use the following in the pipelines that use - step: *test (instead of - step: *test use the below config)

- parallel:
  - step: *BTL_PNV
  - step: *BTL_PWP
  - step: *BTL_REMOAB
  - step: *BTL_REMOER
  - step: *BTL_REMOL4L
  - step: *RESI_PNV_Coach
  - step: *RESI_PNV
  - step: *RESI_PWP_Together
  - step: *RESI_PWP
  - step: *RESI_REMOAB
  - step: *RESI_REMOER
  - step: *RESI_REMOL4L
  - step: *partner_BANKRATE
  - step: *partner_FINDER
  - step: *partner_GoCompare
  - step: *partner_Money
  - step: *partner_OMA
  - step: *partner_USWITCH
  - step: *Calendar
  - step: *newApplication_personalisedMessaging
  - step: *newApplication_purchaseConfig
  - step: *newApplication_remoConfig

Kind regards,
Theodora

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February 6, 2023

Thank you very much Theodora. I went with the second option as I want to use parallelization and it works.

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