Pilot - Error when distributing build to external group

[deglseder]

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Issue Description

I am using Jenkins/fastlane to automate my iOS build. My pilot action has been working but this week, I tried adding an external testing group. I have been trying to resolve the fastfile issues as they pop up, but this last one has me stumped. I searched but could not find any answer. Thanks in advance for your help.

I just added the groups option to my pilot action (after my last build failed with "You must specify at least one group using the :groups option to distribute externally"). From looking around, it appears the value needs to be an array, but I am not 100% certain on that.
It's possible that my groups value is just wrong, but I am not sure what it should be. When I execute the lane, I get the following error:

uninitialized constant Pilot::BuildManager::Group�

Here is my pilot action:

pilot( 
  distribute_external: true, 
  changelog: 'Blah blah blah',
  beta_app_description: 'Blah blah blah',
  beta_app_feedback_email: 'steve.jobs@apple.com',
  groups: ["MyExternalGroupNameAsSpecifiedIniTunesConnect"],
) 

Here is the line in build_manager.rb that it is crapping out on (I think):

    groups = Group.filter_groups(app_id: uploaded_build.app_id) do |group|

Here is my stack trace:

/Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/fastlane-2.28.3/pilot/lib/pilot/build_manager.rb:127:in distribute_build': �[31m[!] uninitialized constant Pilot::BuildManager::Group�[0m (NameError) from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/fastlane-2.28.3/pilot/lib/pilot/build_manager.rb:57:in distribute'
from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/fastlane-2.28.3/pilot/lib/pilot/build_manager.rb:40:in upload' from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/fastlane-2.28.3/fastlane/lib/fastlane/actions/pilot.rb:15:in run'
from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/fastlane-2.28.3/fastlane/lib/fastlane/runner.rb:252:in block (2 levels) in execute_action' from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/fastlane-2.28.3/fastlane/lib/fastlane/actions/actions_helper.rb:50:in execute_action'
from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/fastlane-2.28.3/fastlane/lib/fastlane/runner.rb:230:in block in execute_action' from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/fastlane-2.28.3/fastlane/lib/fastlane/runner.rb:226:in chdir'
from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/fastlane-2.28.3/fastlane/lib/fastlane/runner.rb:226:in execute_action' from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/fastlane-2.28.3/fastlane/lib/fastlane/runner.rb:148:in trigger_action_by_name'
from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/fastlane-2.28.3/fastlane/lib/fastlane/fast_file.rb:146:in method_missing' from Fastfile:203:in block (2 levels) in parsing_binding'
from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/fastlane-2.28.3/fastlane/lib/fastlane/lane.rb:33:in call' from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/fastlane-2.28.3/fastlane/lib/fastlane/lane.rb:33:in call'
from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/fastlane-2.28.3/fastlane/lib/fastlane/runner.rb:49:in block in execute' from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/fastlane-2.28.3/fastlane/lib/fastlane/runner.rb:45:in chdir'
from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/fastlane-2.28.3/fastlane/lib/fastlane/runner.rb:45:in execute' from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/fastlane-2.28.3/fastlane/lib/fastlane/lane_manager.rb:52:in cruise_lane'
from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/fastlane-2.28.3/fastlane/lib/fastlane/command_line_handler.rb:30:in handle' from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/fastlane-2.28.3/fastlane/lib/fastlane/commands_generator.rb:104:in block (2 levels) in run'
from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/commander-fastlane-4.4.4/lib/commander/command.rb:178:in call' from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/commander-fastlane-4.4.4/lib/commander/command.rb:178:in call'
from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/commander-fastlane-4.4.4/lib/commander/command.rb:153:in run' from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/commander-fastlane-4.4.4/lib/commander/runner.rb:476:in run_active_command'
from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/fastlane-2.28.3/fastlane_core/lib/fastlane_core/ui/fastlane_runner.rb:40:in run!' from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/commander-fastlane-4.4.4/lib/commander/delegates.rb:15:in run!'
from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/fastlane-2.28.3/fastlane/lib/fastlane/commands_generator.rb:303:in run' from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/fastlane-2.28.3/fastlane/lib/fastlane/commands_generator.rb:42:in start'
from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/fastlane-2.28.3/fastlane/lib/fastlane/cli_tools_distributor.rb:66:in take_off' from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/lib/ruby/gems/2.2.0/gems/fastlane-2.28.3/bin/fastlane:20:in <top (required)>'
from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/bin/fastlane:22:in load' from /Users/admin/.fastlane/bin/bundle/bin/fastlane:22:in

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generated on: 2017-04-21

[AndyDunn]

So what was the result of this? Is this the correct way to supply the :groups parameter?

groups: ["MyExternalGroupNameAsSpecifiedIniTunesConnect"]

[deglseder]

@AndyDunn yes. It would be nice if they updated the documentation to reflect that this should be an array.