Linter failing on TemplateRef for WorkflowTemplate

[bmaggi]

Hi,

I got a "template reference not found" when using the linter on the following example.

Did I missed something ? Is there an issue in the linter ?

Notes :

• I transformed one of the official example from kind Workflow to kind : WorkflowTemplate
  (Should be correct according to Workflow template Spec)
• I checked the discussions around "templateRef" and from my understanding the use cas inside a step is still valid.

Example :

apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
kind: WorkflowTemplate # used to be Workflow
metadata:
  generateName: workflow-template-hello-world-
spec:
  entrypoint: whalesay
  templates:
    - name: whalesay
      steps:                              # You should only reference external "templates" in a "steps" or "dag" "template".
        - - name: call-whalesay-template
            templateRef:                  # You can reference a "template" from another "WorkflowTemplate" using this field
              name: workflow-template-1   # This is the name of the "WorkflowTemplate" CRD that contains the "template" you want
              template: whalesay-template # This is the name of the "template" you want to reference
            arguments:                    # You can pass in arguments as normal
              parameters:
                - name: message
                  value: "hello world"

---
apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
kind: WorkflowTemplate
metadata:
  name: workflow-template-1
spec:
  entrypoint: whalesay-template     # Fields other than "arguments" and "templates" not supported in v2.4 - v2.6
  arguments:
    parameters:
      - name: message
        value: hello world
  templates:
    - name: whalesay-template
      inputs:
        parameters:
          - name: message
      container:
        image: docker/whalesay
        command: [cowsay]
        args: ["{{inputs.parameters.message}}"]

λ argo-windows-amd64-2.12.9.exe -v
time="2021-02-23T15:16:34.878Z" level=debug msg="CLI version" version="{v2.12.9 2021-02-16T22:46:55Z 737905345d70ba1ebd566ce1230e4f971993dfd0 v2.12.9 clean go1.13 gc windows/amd64}"

λ argo-windows-amd64-2.12.9.exe template lint ref-example.yaml
time="2021-02-23T15:40:54.449Z" level=error msg="templates.whalesay.steps[0].call-whalesay-template template reference workflow-template-1.whalesay-template not found"
time="2021-02-23T15:40:54.492Z" level=fatal msg="Errors encountered in validation"

[alexec]

Is this a discussion or issue?

[bmaggi]

Maybe an issue.

I'm pretty new to argo, so it's difficult to say if I made an honest mistake :) or if it's a bug.

I can raise it as an issue if you prefer.

[alexec]

please, or maybe there is an existing issue?

[bmaggi]

I created this issue 5173

(I didn't found a similar issue)