Error calling another pipeline

[pablorivassanchez]

Hi,

I'm trying to call a pipeline from another one but i get this error and i don't find any solution:

Error during request (1/5) Error message: Error: Could not queue the build because there were validation errors or warnings. Will wait 1 seconds before retrying request... Error during request (2/5) Error message: Error: Could not queue the build because there were validation errors or warnings. Will wait 2 seconds before retrying request... Error during request (3/5) Error message: Error: Could not queue the build because there were validation errors or warnings. Will wait 4 seconds before retrying request... Error during request (4/5) Error message: Error: Could not queue the build because there were validation errors or warnings. Will wait 8 seconds before retrying request... Error during request (5/5) Error message: Error: Could not queue the build because there were validation errors or warnings.

[error]Request failed after 5 tries - see error messages in the log

And the task that call the pipeline:

• task: TriggerBuild@4 inputs: definitionIsInCurrentTeamProject: true buildDefinition: 'DC - [TEST] App Services Deployment' queueBuildForUserThatTriggeredBuild: true ignoreSslCertificateErrors: false useSameSourceVersion: false useCustomSourceVersion: false useSameBranch: true waitForQueuedBuildsToFinish: false storeInEnvironmentVariable: false templateParameters: 'test:1' password: $(System.AccessToken)
  authenticationMethod: 'Personal Access Token' enableBuildInQueueCondition: false dependentOnSuccessfulBuildCondition: false dependentOnFailedBuildCondition: false checkbuildsoncurrentbranch: false failTaskIfConditionsAreNotFulfilled: false

Thank you.

[huserben]

Hi @pablorivassanchez

The first thing I notice in your task is that you use the System.AccessToken but together with a "Personal Access Token" Authentication. To make use of the System.AccessToken you should use OAuth:

authenticationMethod: 'OAuth Token' password: $(System.AccessToken)

If this does not make it work, I would assume the error would have to do with the templateParameter. Can you try to change the auhtentication method and let me know if it worked? If not, could you show the template parameters of the build you want to trigger (so the first few lines of your yaml definition).

[pablorivassanchez]

Hello @huserben,

I change the authenticationMethod and remove for now the templateParameter but the error still remains:

- task: TriggerBuild@4
  inputs:
    definitionIsInCurrentTeamProject: true
    buildDefinition: 'DC - [TEST] App Services Deployment'
    queueBuildForUserThatTriggeredBuild: true
    ignoreSslCertificateErrors: false
    useSameSourceVersion: false
    useCustomSourceVersion: false
    useSameBranch: true
    waitForQueuedBuildsToFinish: false
    storeInEnvironmentVariable: false
    # templateParameters: 'test:1'
    password: $(System.AccessToken)  
    authenticationMethod: 'OAuth Token'
    enableBuildInQueueCondition: false
    dependentOnSuccessfulBuildCondition: false
    dependentOnFailedBuildCondition: false
    checkbuildsoncurrentbranch: false
    failTaskIfConditionsAreNotFulfilled: false

The other pipeline i remove all and just try to print the template parameter:

name: $(BuildDefinitionName)_$(Year:yyyy).$(Month).$(DayOfMonth)$(Rev:.r)

trigger:

• none

pool: vmImage: ubuntu-latest

variables: azureSubscriptionEndpoint: AzureDevopsServiceConnection DockerNamespace: xxx solution: '*/.sln' buildPlatform: "Any CPU" buildConfiguration: "Release" RUN_NSWAG: 'false'

stages:

• stage: API_TEST_DEPLOY jobs:
  • job: "API_TEST_DEPLOY"
    steps:
  • bash: | echo "${{ parameters.test}}"

I'm missing something?

Thank you in advance.

[huserben]

Ok that's good information, thanks.

One thing I can't see is the test parameter in the build that is being triggered. Is this just missing in your yaml snippet or not there at all?

Also can you trigger the second pipeline manually? Is there any error appearing?

Another question, is the triggered pipeline using the same repo? As you are using "useSameBranch" it could be a problem if the respective branch does not exist. So another thing to try to narrow down on the problem could be to set "useSameBranch" to false for testing.

[pablorivassanchez]

Hello @huserben,

How can i recieve the parameter from the inicial pipeline I mean how i define the test parameter in the triggered pipeline? I just remove the echo "${{ parameters.test}}" and put the useSameBranch to false and now is working but i dont know how to recieve the templateParameter in the second pipeline.

Thank you very much.

[huserben]

Hi

so if you want to use template parameters you have to define them in your yaml file. See the microsoft docs for more info.

In your case it probably would look something like this:

name: $(BuildDefinitionName)_$(Year:yyyy).$(Month).$(DayOfMonth)$(Rev:.r)
trigger:  none
pool:
  vmImage: ubuntu-latest
parameters:
  - name: test
    displayName: Test Parameter
    type: string
    default: ""

Only then you can actually pass a template parameter, otherwise you will get an error from Azure DevOps (as it won't find the parameter to set when queuing the build).

If this works, you can undo the previous changes (useSameSourceBranch can go back to true and add the test template parameter again). The change to the authentication I would keep.

Can you try it like this and let me know whether it then works?

[pablorivassanchez]

Hello,

I follow what you told me and what i read on the microsoft documentation but still fails:

- task: TriggerBuild@4
  inputs:
    definitionIsInCurrentTeamProject: true
    buildDefinition: 'DC - [TEST] App Services Deployment'
    queueBuildForUserThatTriggeredBuild: true
    ignoreSslCertificateErrors: false
    useSameSourceVersion: false
    useCustomSourceVersion: false
    useSameBranch: false
    waitForQueuedBuildsToFinish: false
    storeInEnvironmentVariable: false
    templateParameters: 'test: prueba'
    password: $(System.AccessToken)  
    authenticationMethod: 'OAuth Token'
    enableBuildInQueueCondition: false
    dependentOnSuccessfulBuildCondition: false
    dependentOnFailedBuildCondition: false
    checkbuildsoncurrentbranch: false
    failTaskIfConditionsAreNotFulfilled: false

and then the triggered pipeline:

name: $(BuildDefinitionName)_$(Year:yyyy).$(Month).$(DayOfMonth)$(Rev:.r)

trigger:

• none

pool: vmImage: ubuntu-latest parameters:

• name: test type: string default: ""

variables: azureSubscriptionEndpoint: AzureDevopsServiceConnection solution: '*/.sln' buildPlatform: "Any CPU" buildConfiguration: "Release" RUN_NSWAG: 'false'

stages:

• stage: API_TEST_DEPLOY jobs:
  • job: "API_TEST_DEPLOY"
    steps:
  • bash: | echo test : ${{ parameters.test }}

Only works if i remove the templateParameter.

[huserben]

Ok this is strange. I have the following setup for testing and it works fine:

Pipeline that is triggered:

parameters:
- name: myString
  type: string
  default: a string
- name: myMultiString
  type: string
  default: default
  values:
  - default
  - ubuntu
- name: myNumber
  type: number
  default: 2
  values:
  - 1
  - 2
  - 4
  - 8
  - 16
- name: myBoolean
  type: boolean
  default: true

trigger: none

jobs: 
- job: whatever
  steps:
    - script: echo myString - ${{parameters.myString}}

    - script: echo myMultiString - ${{parameters.myMultiString}}

    - script: echo myNumber - ${{parameters.myNumber}}

    - script: echo myBoolean - ${{parameters.myBoolean}}

And I trigger it like this:

trigger: none

pool:
  vmImage: ubuntu-latest

steps:
- task: TriggerBuild@4
  inputs:
    definitionIsInCurrentTeamProject: true
    buildDefinition: '58'
    queueBuildForUserThatTriggeredBuild: true
    ignoreSslCertificateErrors: false
    useSameSourceVersion: false
    useCustomSourceVersion: false
    useSameBranch: true
    waitForQueuedBuildsToFinish: false
    storeInEnvironmentVariable: false
    templateParameters: 'myString: This is a string, myMultiString: ubuntu, myNumber: 8, myBoolean: false'
    authenticationMethod: 'OAuth Token'
    password: '$(System.AccessToken)'
    enableBuildInQueueCondition: false
    dependentOnSuccessfulBuildCondition: false
    dependentOnFailedBuildCondition: false
    checkbuildsoncurrentbranch: false
    failTaskIfConditionsAreNotFulfilled: false

and that works fine, so I'm not sure why it's not working. You can run the pipeline manually and specify a value for the test parameter?

[pablorivassanchez]

Hi @huserben,

The problem was that the definitivon of the parameter was inside the pool so the triggered pipeline fails.

Now i put the parameter in the beginning of the pipeline and all is working.

Thank you for your patient.

[huserben]

Ok cool, I'm glad that you could solve it.