# "circleci config process" fails with pipeline-parameters

**URL:** <https://discuss.circleci.com/t/circleci-config-process-fails-with-pipeline-parameters/45692>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** cli\
**Created:** [October 6, 2022, 4:06am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/circleci-config-process-fails-with-pipeline-parameters/45692 "2022-10-06T04:06:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![ebiryu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/ebiryu/32/31303_2.png) [@ebiryu](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/ebiryu)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 4:06am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/circleci-config-process-fails-with-pipeline-parameters/45692/1 "2022-10-06T04:06:36Z")

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Hello.

We updated circleci-cli to v0.1.22100 which was released yesterday.  
In new cli, `circleci config process` command fails if the pipeline-parameters option is provided.  
Here is the error message.

```auto
Error: invalid character 'I' looking for beginning of value

Exited with code exit status 255

```

(the response body from API is “Invalid input”)

According to [the PR merged yesterday](https://github.com/CircleCI-Public/circleci-cli/pull/792), it seems that the API to compile config was replaced with a new one (new URL: “[https://api.circleci.com/api/v2/compile-config-with-defaults](https://api.circleci.com/api/v2/compile-config-with-defaults)”, protocol: REST (originally GraphQL)). So, I assume that the new API cannot parse pipeline parameters properly.  
Is the new API compatible with pipeline-parameters option?

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**Author:** ![Jules](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/jules/32/32159_2.png) [@Jules](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/Jules)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 9:23am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/circleci-config-process-fails-with-pipeline-parameters/45692/2 "2023-02-20T09:23:24Z")

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Hello @ebiryu

Thanks for the feedback! I tried to reproduce the problem but was did not find any error. Do you still have the problem with the latest version? If yes can you provide a minimal reproducible example of yaml?

Thanks in advance
