Amplify CI: CI Build ID could not be generated and was not specified error

[anastasiyamazheika]

Hello, I have a question on how to parallelize tests in AWS Amplify.

If I pass --parallel param, I get such an error:

We encountered an unexpected error talking to our servers.
There is likely something wrong with the request.
The --tag flag you passed was:
The --parallel flag you passed was: true
The server's response was:
StatusCodeError: 422
{
"message": "CI Build ID could not be generated and was not specified.",
"code": "INDETERMINATE_CI_BUILD_ID"
}

Thanks for help!

[anastasiyamazheika]

Hello, any updates on this?

[dgentle03]

Try adding '--ci-build-id $CODEBUILD_INITIATOR' to the build command.

For example:

npx cypress run --record --parallel --spec 'cypress/e2e/your-custom-folders/**/*-cy.js' --ci-build-id $CODEBUILD_INITIATOR

Cypress Documentation: https://docs.cypress.io/guides/continuous-integration/aws-codebuild
Real World Project: https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress-realworld-app/blob/develop/buildspec.yml