GitLab Pipeline error using extends keyword - gitlab

Question

I got an error on GitLab Pipeline when I commit the next .gitlab-ci.yml for a repository.
Pipeline executed to build solution, deploy to Artifactory and trigger and API call
Deploy job have to be executed manually, and there are two different job options to execute.
stages:
- build
- deploy
- trigger
variables:
APP_PROJECT_ID: ${CUSTOMER_RELEASED}
build_job:
stage: build
tags:
- dotnet
script:
- echo "build"
only:
- tags
allow_failure: false
.deploy_job_base:
stage: deploy
needs: [build_job]
tags:
- dotnet
script:
- echo "deploy"
dependencies:
- build_job
only:
- tags
deploy_job_sport:
extends: .deploy_job_base
after_script:
- $APP_PROJECT_ID = "2096"
when: manual
allow_failure: false
deploy_job_others:
extends: .deploy_job_base
after_script:
- $APP_PROJECT_ID = "0"
when: manual
allow_failure: false
.trigger_base:
stage: trigger
script:
- echo "Customer Project ID '{$APP_PROJECT_ID}'"
- echo "Call API..."
trigger_sport:
extends: .trigger_base
needs: [deploy_job_sport]
trigger_others:
extends: .trigger_base
needs: [deploy_job_others]
Lint status is correct
but I get that error GitLab Pipeline when I commit changes:
Found errors in your .gitlab-ci.yml: 'trigger_sport' job needs
'deploy_job_sport' job but 'deploy_job_sport' is not in any previous
stage 'trigger_others' job needs 'deploy_job_others' job but
'deploy_job_others' is not in any previous stage
If I remove trigger_sport and trigger_others job and create only one job, it works fine but I don't know how I can target the two manual jobs (deploy_job_sport and deploy_job_others) to a single job.
Do you have any idea?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I think this is related to the fact that you're using only: tags in your template for deploy jobs and the build job also is limited to run when commits contain a tag.
But the trigger template is missing this limitation which most likely causes this error when pushing a commit without a tag because the pipeline creation would add trigger_XY to the pipeline, which has dependencies to the previous deploy_XY jobs.
When updating your job template for trigger jobs to the following this error should be resolved:
.trigger_base:
stage: trigger
script:
- echo "Customer Project ID '{$APP_PROJECT_ID}'"
- echo "Call API..."
only:
- tags