# Invalid or missing pipeline section

**URL:** <https://drone.discourse.group/t/invalid-or-missing-pipeline-section/10579>\
**Category:** Drone Support\
**Created:** [May 3, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/invalid-or-missing-pipeline-section/10579 "2018-05-03T13:40:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![souravsekhar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@souravsekhar](https://drone.discourse.group/u/souravsekhar)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/invalid-or-missing-pipeline-section/10579/1 "2018-05-03T13:40:40Z")

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workspace:  
base: /drone  
path: app

```
pipeline:
  build:
when:
  event: push
  branch: develop
image: node:carbon-alpine
commands:
  - npm install
  - npm test

  gcr:
image: plugins/gcr
repo: gcr.io/lhi-ms/storelocatorbff
tags: ["${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA}", "latest"]
secrets: [google_credential]

```

the above pipeline throws me

> Invalid or missing pipeline section

Any hint?

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**Author:** ![souravsekhar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@souravsekhar](https://drone.discourse.group/u/souravsekhar)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://drone.discourse.group/t/invalid-or-missing-pipeline-section/10579/2 "2018-05-03T13:46:22Z")

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Found the issue. drone yaml should have an extension .yml instead of .yaml