User unable to create pipeline in bitbucket repository

Platform Notice: Cloud Only - This article only applies to Atlassian products on the cloud platform.

Summary

Users encounter below error when creating a pipeline in Bitbucket cloud:

1 2 You need to be an admin to configure Pipelines Fork this repository or contact the admin to give you rights to configure Pipelines.

Diagnostics

Any user who is the owner (in case of personal workspace) or admin in personal or shared workspace can configure and create a pipeline without any issue.

A user with write access in the repository will be able to run an existing pipeline, however, users with read or write access to the repository would not be able to create a new pipeline for that repository.

Solution

Please assign the user admin access to the repository in order for the user to create pipeline. Below is the reference document to grant access to the repository:

  • Grant repository access to users and groups

    • Select the repository

    • Select Repository settings

    • Select Repository permissions

    • Either select on Add users or group on top right corner to add a user to the repository and assign admin permission to the user, or add the user in existing admin group.

Updated on February 26, 2025

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