aws pipeline_error ai_generated true

Action execution failed: The action failed because either the action owner or the action provider is not valid

ID: aws/aws-codepipeline-action-failed

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83%Fix Rate
85%Confidence
70Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

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Root Cause

A CodePipeline action stage failed due to provider misconfiguration, IAM issues, or downstream service errors.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 88% success Check the failed action's execution details and error message 
    aws codepipeline get-pipeline-execution --pipeline-name NAME --pipeline-execution-id ID

    Sources: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codepipeline/latest/userguide/troubleshooting.html

  2. 82% success Verify the pipeline service role has permissions for all action providers 
    Ensure CodePipeline role can access CodeBuild, S3, ECS, Lambda, or whatever action providers are configured

    Sources: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/codepipeline/latest/userguide/security-iam.html

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Delete and recreate the entire pipeline 80% fail

    The failure is usually in the action configuration, not the pipeline itself; recreation loses history

  2. Retry the pipeline without investigating which action failed 75% fail

    Configuration errors are deterministic and will fail again on retry

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