# Not able to execute child pipeline in scale mode

**URL:** <https://community.codefresh.io/t/not-able-to-execute-child-pipeline-in-scale-mode/775>\
**Category:** Pipeline Workflows\
**Created:** [May 4, 2022, 4:43am UTC](https://community.codefresh.io/t/not-able-to-execute-child-pipeline-in-scale-mode/775 "2022-05-04T04:43:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![manishjainctr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.codefresh.io/manishjainctr/32/494_2.png) [@manishjainctr](https://community.codefresh.io/u/manishjainctr)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 4:43am UTC](https://community.codefresh.io/t/not-able-to-execute-child-pipeline-in-scale-mode/775/1 "2022-05-04T04:43:01Z")

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We are following below docuement to run child pipeline in scale parallel steps.  
[Advanced Workflows with Parallel steps · Codefresh | Docs](https://codefresh.io/docs/docs/codefresh-yaml/advanced-workflows/#scale-parallel-steps-one-dimension). Below is the sample code.

```auto
upgrade_pipeline version:
  type: freestyle
  stage: update
  arguments:
    PIPELINE_ID: 'blueprints/multi-repo-upgrader tool'
	  environment: 
	    - 'CF_REPO_OWNER="Github_Org"'
	    - 'CF_COMMIT_AUTHOR=$CF_COMMIT_AUTHOR'
	    - 'CF_COMMIT_MESSAGE=$CF_COMMIT_MESSAGE'
	    - 'SKIP_APPROVAL=true'
	    - 'DRYRUN_ONLY=${{DRYRUN_ONLY}}'
	    - 'BRANCH="test"'
	  scale:
	    upgrade-multi-repo-upgrader:
		  title: Upgrade pipeline version of Repo1
		  environment:
		    - 'CF_REPO_NAME="XXXXXXX"'
	    upgrade-hscmanishjainctr:
		  title: Upgrade pipeline version of Repo2
		  environment:
		    - 'CF_REPO_NAME="XXXXXXX"' 

```

Its giving me below error  
####################################  
Running plugin upgrade\_pipeline version  
Failed to prepare plugin. Validation error  
should NOT have additional properties  
keyword:additionalProperties  
schema path: #/additionalProperties  
params:  
additionalProperty:scale  
[SYSTEM]  
Message Validation error  
Documentation Link [Steps · Codefresh | Docs](https://codefresh.io/docs/docs/codefresh-yaml/steps)  
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**Author:** ![Kostis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.codefresh.io/kostis/32/391_2.png) [@Kostis](https://community.codefresh.io/u/Kostis)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 7:25am UTC](https://community.codefresh.io/t/not-able-to-execute-child-pipeline-in-scale-mode/775/2 "2022-05-09T07:25:58Z")

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Hello @manishjainctr

It is hard to answer this question without knowning how you have implemented the ` upgrade_pipeline version` plugin.

You need to ask the person that created it for the available options.

Alternatively please open an issue with us. Our support team will investigate. Be sure to include the Git repo that has the source code of this custom plugin.