I am trying to run a security scan as pre stage on my gitlab pipeline, I need to add this ".pre" stage in a template yaml file which is included in .gitlab.yml. I couldnt find any relevant information on the issue that I am facing.

if I write a ".pre" stage on my .gitlab.yml file this stage runs perfectly before all other stages, but if I add this as template and include it in .gitlab.yml file ".pre" stage is ignored.

Is it a bug or am I doing something wrong

This runs fine

stages:
  - build
  - test

job1:
  stage: build
  script:
    - echo "This job runs in the build stage."

first-job:
  stage: .pre
  script:
    - echo "This job runs in the .pre stage, before all other stages."

job2:
  stage: test
  script:
    - echo "This job runs in the test stage."

This doesn't run the ".pre" stage

include:
  - local: "prestage.yml"

  
stages:
  - build
  - test

job1:
  stage: build
  script:
    - echo "This job runs in the build stage."
job2:
  stage: test
  script:
    - echo "This job runs in the test stage."

contents of prestage.yml

first-job:
  stage: .pre
  script:
    - echo "This job runs in the .pre stage, before all other stages."

I am trying to run a security scan as pre stage on my gitlab pipeline, I need to add this ".pre" stage in a template yaml file which is included in .gitlab.yml. I couldnt find any relevant information on the issue that I am facing.

if I write a ".pre" stage on my .gitlab.yml file this stage runs perfectly before all other stages, but if I add this as template and include it in .gitlab.yml file ".pre" stage is ignored.

Is it a bug or am I doing something wrong

This runs fine

stages:
  - build
  - test

job1:
  stage: build
  script:
    - echo "This job runs in the build stage."

first-job:
  stage: .pre
  script:
    - echo "This job runs in the .pre stage, before all other stages."

job2:
  stage: test
  script:
    - echo "This job runs in the test stage."

This doesn't run the ".pre" stage

include:
  - local: "prestage.yml"

  
stages:
  - build
  - test

job1:
  stage: build
  script:
    - echo "This job runs in the build stage."
job2:
  stage: test
  script:
    - echo "This job runs in the test stage."

contents of prestage.yml

first-job:
  stage: .pre
  script:
    - echo "This job runs in the .pre stage, before all other stages."

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• I tested this on gitlab and it works normally. Must be something you omitted. gitlab/Rulqu/testpre/-/pipelines/1750180133 – Rulqu Commented 2 days ago

1 Answer 1

Yo, so the main reason that its not working is because the stages keyword in your .gitlab.yml file overwrites the stages. Since .pre is a special stage that isn't listed in .gitlab.yml, it gets ignored when you define stages:.

Just add - .pre to stages .

include:
  - local: "prestage.yml"

stages:
  - .pre  # Add here
  - build
  - test

job1:
  stage: build
  script:
    - echo "This job runs in the build stage."

job2:
  stage: test
  script:
    - echo "This job runs in the test stage."

Other settings leave as it is was. And it should work