Unable to configure pipelines after deleting the bitbucket-pipelines.yml file
Platform Notice: Cloud Only - This article only applies to Atlassian products on the cloud platform.
Summary
After deleting the bitbucket-pipelines.yml file, users are unable to configure Pipelines.
Environment
Bitbucket Cloud Pipelines
Diagnosis
Sometimes, users can, intentionally or not, delete the bitbucket-pipelines.yml from the main branch of the repository.
With that, if the user navigates to the Repository Settings > Pipelines > Settings and clicks on the Configure bitbucket-pipelines.yml button, the user will see a spinning page like the one below:
Cause
This happens because the repository tries to find the bitbucket-pipelines.yml to configure, but there is no file available.
Solution
It's possible to solve it by pushing the file back to the repository. You can achieve that with the commands below:
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$ touch bitbucket-pipelines.yml
$ git add bitbucket-pipelines.yml
$ git commit -m 'Add bitbucket-pipelines.yml back to remote'
$ git pushWas this helpful?