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diff --git a/doc/ci/parent_child_pipelines.md b/doc/ci/parent_child_pipelines.md index b39e0b6e540..2bc897901fa 100644 --- a/doc/ci/parent_child_pipelines.md +++ b/doc/ci/parent_child_pipelines.md @@ -136,12 +136,11 @@ your own script to generate a YAML file, which is then [used to trigger a child This technique can be very powerful in generating pipelines targeting content that changed or to build a matrix of targets and architectures. +In GitLab 12.9, the child pipeline could fail to be created in certain cases, causing the parent pipeline to fail. +This is [resolved in GitLab 12.10](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/209070). + ## Limitations A parent pipeline can trigger many child pipelines, but a child pipeline cannot trigger further child pipelines. See the [related issue](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/29651) for discussion on possible future improvements. - -When triggering dynamic child pipelines, if the job containing the CI config artifact is not a predecessor of the -trigger job, the child pipeline will fail to be created, causing also the parent pipeline to fail. -In the future we want to validate the trigger job's dependencies [at the time the parent pipeline is created](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/209070) rather than when the child pipeline is created. |