How to fix "groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method: Script1.pipeline() is applicable "

Question

This is driving me crazy :( I had a large script with matrix and other impressive commands (newbie here!) - and it wouldn't work. And even after cutting it down to a minimalized repro, I get the same error...and have no idea what's wrong. Other cases that I saw here were due to using wrong number or arguments when calling methods etc., but I don't see how I could be doing that here.

    pipeline {
      agent none
      stages {
                stage ('GetPath') {
                    agent{
                      label 'mac'
                    }
                    steps {                
                        sh'echo "hello world"'
                      }
                    }
                }
              }

Result

groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method: Script1.pipeline() is applicable for argument types: (Script1$_run_closure1) values: [Script1$_run_closure1@7fc0098d] at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.ScriptBytecodeAdapter.unwrap(ScriptBytecodeAdapter.java:58) at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PogoMetaClassSite.callCurrent(PogoMetaClassSite.java:81) at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCallCurrent(CallSiteArray.java:52) at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callCurrent(AbstractCallSite.java:154) at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callCurrent(AbstractCallSite.java:166) at Script1.run(Script1.groovy:1) at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.evaluate(GroovyShell.java:585) at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.evaluate(GroovyShell.java:623) at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.evaluate(GroovyShell.java:594) at hudson.util.RemotingDiagnostics$Script.call(RemotingDiagnostics.java:142) at hudson.util.RemotingDiagnostics$Script.call(RemotingDiagnostics.java:114) at hudson.remoting.LocalChannel.call(LocalChannel.java:46) at hudson.util.RemotingDiagnostics.executeGroovy(RemotingDiagnostics.java:111) at jenkins.model.Jenkins._doScript(Jenkins.java:4558) at jenkins.model.Jenkins.doScript(Jenkins.java:4529) at java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle.invokeWithArguments(MethodHandle.java:627) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function$MethodFunction.invoke(Function.java:396) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function$InstanceFunction.invoke(Function.java:408) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvoke(Function.java:212) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvokeAndServeResponse(Function.java:145) at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$11.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:536) at org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:58) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:766) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:898) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:694) at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.service(Stapler.java:240) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:790) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:791) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$ChainEnd.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1626) at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:154) at jenkins.security.ResourceDomainFilter.doFilter(ResourceDomainFilter.java:76) at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:151) at jenkins.telemetry.impl.UserLanguages$AcceptLanguageFilter.doFilter(UserLanguages.java:129) at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:151) at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:157) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doFilter(FilterHolder.java:193) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$Chain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1601) at hudson.security.csrf.CrumbFilter.doFilter(CrumbFilter.java:153) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doFilter(FilterHolder.java:193) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$Chain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1601) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:92) at jenkins.security.AcegiSecurityExceptionFilter.doFilter(AcegiSecurityExceptionFilter.java:52) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:97) at hudson.security.UnwrapSecurityExceptionFilter.doFilter(UnwrapSecurityExceptionFilter.java:51) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:97) at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:119) at org.springframework.security.web.access.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:113) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:97) at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(AnonymousAuthenticationFilter.java:105) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:97) at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.rememberme.RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.java:101) at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.rememberme.RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.doFilter(RememberMeAuthenticationFilter.java:92) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:97) at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:218) at org.springframework.security.web.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractAuthenticationProcessingFilter.java:212) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:97) at jenkins.security.BasicHeaderProcessor.doFilter(BasicHeaderProcessor.java:93) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:97) at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:110) at org.springframework.security.web.context.SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.doFilter(SecurityContextPersistenceFilter.java:80) at hudson.security.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.java:62) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:97) at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:109) at hudson.security.HudsonFilter.doFilter(HudsonFilter.java:168) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doFilter(FilterHolder.java:193) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$Chain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1601) at org.kohsuke.stapler.compression.CompressionFilter.doFilter(CompressionFilter.java:51) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doFilter(FilterHolder.java:193) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$Chain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1601) at hudson.util.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:82) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doFilter(FilterHolder.java:193) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$Chain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1601) at org.kohsuke.stapler.DiagnosticThreadNameFilter.doFilter(DiagnosticThreadNameFilter.java:30) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doFilter(FilterHolder.java:193) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$Chain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1601) at jenkins.security.SuspiciousRequestFilter.doFilter(SuspiciousRequestFilter.java:36) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder.doFilter(FilterHolder.java:193) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$Chain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1601) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:548) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:143) at org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:578) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:127) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextHandle(ScopedHandler.java:235) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:1624) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextHandle(ScopedHandler.java:233) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1435) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextScope(ScopedHandler.java:188) at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:501) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:1594) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.nextScope(ScopedHandler.java:186) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1350) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:141) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:127) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:516) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.lambda$handle$1(HttpChannel.java:388) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.dispatch(HttpChannel.java:633) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpChannel.handle(HttpChannel.java:380) at org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnection.onFillable(HttpConnection.java:279) at org.eclipse.jetty.io.AbstractConnection$ReadCallback.succeeded(AbstractConnection.java:311) at org.eclipse.jetty.io.FillInterest.fillable(FillInterest.java:105) at org.eclipse.jetty.io.ChannelEndPoint$1.run(ChannelEndPoint.java:104) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.EatWhatYouKill.runTask(EatWhatYouKill.java:336) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.EatWhatYouKill.doProduce(EatWhatYouKill.java:313) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.EatWhatYouKill.tryProduce(EatWhatYouKill.java:171) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.strategy.EatWhatYouKill.run(EatWhatYouKill.java:129) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.ReservedThreadExecutor$ReservedThread.run(ReservedThreadExecutor.java:383) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool.runJob(QueuedThreadPool.java:882) at org.eclipse.jetty.util.thread.QueuedThreadPool$Runner.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:1036) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)

Answer 1

The error message:

groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No signature of method: Script1.pipeline() is applicable for argument types: (Script1$_run_closure1)

indicates that there is an undefined reference to a pipeline method with a Closure type argument. This is the correct argument type for the pipeline method, so this becomes an error related to the method being undefined rather than incorrect usage.

The method could be resolved as undefined during pre-execution for any or all of the following reasons:

• The Jenkins Pipeline plugin is not installed
• Only the scripted pipeline plugin is installed and you are using the declarative DSL
• The plugin(s) is misconfigured
• Your user does not have permission to leverage the plugin
• The pipeline code is executing as a generic groovy script instead of as pipeline code (ergo the pipeline groovy methods would not be automatically loaded as invocable references, and would need to be explicitly imported instead)