"Cannot parse step" error when orb including (many?) conditional steps

sue445 · December 4, 2018, 2:42pm

Hello.

I encountered a strange error when I making orb.

Local testing (using orb-tools/test-in-builds) was passed, but smoke testing (using test repo) is failed…

https://circleci.com/workflow-run/e2dba05f-baa0-42b4-8c83-4fd5ea99387a

https://circleci.com/gh/sue445/circleci-ruby-orbs-test/225 says “Cannot parse step”, but orb is valid…

Error config

github.com

sue445/circleci-ruby-orbs-test/blob/smoke_test/6c8f5340a25b6b325920f88c12e42ad99eec05ec/.circleci/config.yml

version: 2.1

orbs:
  ruby-orbs: sue445/ruby-orbs@dev:6c8f5340a25b6b325920f88c12e42ad99eec05ec

jobs:
  bundle-install-test:
    docker:
      - image: circleci/ruby:2.5
    working_directory: ~/app
    steps:
      - checkout

      - ruby-orbs/bundle-install:
          cache_key_prefix: "v1-bundle"
          bundle_jobs: 4
          bundle_retry: 3
          bundle_path: "vendor/bundle"
          bundle_gemfile: "Gemfile"
          bundle_clean: true

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Source of sue445/ruby-orbs@dev:6c8f5340a25b6b325920f88c12e42ad99eec05e is following.

github.com

sue445/circleci-ruby-orbs/blob/6c8f5340a25b6b325920f88c12e42ad99eec05ec/src/commands/bundle-install.yml#L46-L148


steps:
- when:
    condition: << parameters.with_gemfile_lock >>
    steps:
      - restore_cache:
          keys:
            - << parameters.cache_key_prefix >>-{{ .Environment.CIRCLE_JOB }}-{{ checksum "<< parameters.bundle_gemfile >>.lock" }}-{{ .Branch }}
            - << parameters.cache_key_prefix >>-{{ .Environment.CIRCLE_JOB }}-{{ checksum "<< parameters.bundle_gemfile >>.lock" }}
            - << parameters.cache_key_prefix >>-{{ .Environment.CIRCLE_JOB }}
            - << parameters.cache_key_prefix >>


- unless:
    condition: << parameters.with_gemfile_lock >>
    steps:
      - restore_cache:
          keys:
            - << parameters.cache_key_prefix >>-{{ .Environment.CIRCLE_JOB }}-{{ checksum "<< parameters.bundle_gemfile >>" }}-{{ checksum "<< parameters.gemspec_name >>.gemspec" }}-{{ .Branch }}
            - << parameters.cache_key_prefix >>-{{ .Environment.CIRCLE_JOB }}-{{ checksum "<< parameters.bundle_gemfile >>" }}-{{ checksum "<< parameters.gemspec_name >>.gemspec" }}
            - << parameters.cache_key_prefix >>-{{ .Environment.CIRCLE_JOB }}-{{ checksum "<< parameters.bundle_gemfile >>" }}
            - << parameters.cache_key_prefix >>-{{ .Environment.CIRCLE_JOB }}

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Successful config

I commented out some conditional steps, so test is passed.
https://circleci.com/workflow-run/7b8003aa-eeb7-466a-9a8d-a8578ea8583f

github.com

sue445/circleci-ruby-orbs-test/blob/smoke_test/7dd60f84b9d036e5f99feebd74e6b3eb86fc2ca1/.circleci/config.yml

version: 2.1

orbs:
  ruby-orbs: sue445/ruby-orbs@dev:7dd60f84b9d036e5f99feebd74e6b3eb86fc2ca1

jobs:
  bundle-install-test:
    docker:
      - image: circleci/ruby:2.5
    working_directory: ~/app
    steps:
      - checkout

      - ruby-orbs/bundle-install:
          cache_key_prefix: "v1-bundle"
          bundle_jobs: 4
          bundle_retry: 3
          bundle_path: "vendor/bundle"
          bundle_gemfile: "Gemfile"
          bundle_clean: true

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Source of sue445/ruby-orbs@dev:7dd60f84b9d036e5f99feebd74e6b3eb86fc2ca1 is following.

github.com

sue445/circleci-ruby-orbs/blob/7dd60f84b9d036e5f99feebd74e6b3eb86fc2ca1/src/commands/bundle-install.yml#L46-L148


steps:
- restore_cache:
    keys:
      - << parameters.cache_key_prefix >>-{{ .Environment.CIRCLE_JOB }}-{{ checksum "<< parameters.bundle_gemfile >>.lock" }}-{{ .Branch }}
      - << parameters.cache_key_prefix >>-{{ .Environment.CIRCLE_JOB }}-{{ checksum "<< parameters.bundle_gemfile >>.lock" }}
      - << parameters.cache_key_prefix >>-{{ .Environment.CIRCLE_JOB }}
      - << parameters.cache_key_prefix >>


# TODO: debug
#  - when:
#      condition: << parameters.with_gemfile_lock >>
#      steps:
#        - restore_cache:
#            keys:
#              - << parameters.cache_key_prefix >>-{{ .Environment.CIRCLE_JOB }}-{{ checksum "<< parameters.bundle_gemfile >>.lock" }}-{{ .Branch }}
#              - << parameters.cache_key_prefix >>-{{ .Environment.CIRCLE_JOB }}-{{ checksum "<< parameters.bundle_gemfile >>.lock" }}
#              - << parameters.cache_key_prefix >>-{{ .Environment.CIRCLE_JOB }}
#              - << parameters.cache_key_prefix >>
#
#  - unless:

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These two differences are commented out of conditional steps.

I imagine that config couldn’t be parsed if many conditional steps are contained in a orb.

Do you think?

kimh · January 23, 2019, 11:52pm

We’ve pushed a fix for this. Can you try again?

sue445 · January 24, 2019, 12:09am

Thank you ! I confirmed this problem is resolved

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"Cannot parse step" error when orb including (many?) conditional steps

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