Unrecognised active scan policy name for job activeScan

[Jernej Rus]

I have a ZAP YAML file with multiple jobs, including activeScan-policy and activeScan. activeScan-policy defines a policy named testPolicy and activeScan uses it. Trying to run the plan fails with error:

25890 [main] ERROR org.parosproxy.paros.CommandLine - Unrecognised active scan policy name for job activeScan : testPolicy

Running -autocheck fails with the same error.

I'm running this in an image where the add-ons have the latest versions. I did not get this error in an older image. I also see that you added validation of the Scan Policy in 0.54.0. Perhaps it broke something? Is this a valid error or a bug?

[kingthorin+zap]

Could you provide the actual yaml, with creds/URLs redacted

[Jernej Rus]

Here is a version of my YAML file with some env masked and some jobs removed. It still produces the error.

[Austin Bruch]

I am seeing a similar error. I have a ZAP scan set to run once a week, pulling the docker image `zaproxy/zap-stable`, and this seemed to start happening somewhere between 2025-11-04 and 2025-11-11, with no changes to the ZAP YAML file on my end. Possibly a change introduced in the stable image that was released within that time range?

[thc202]

Checking…

Best regards.

>>>> <https://github.com/zaproxy/zap-extensions/blob/main/addOns/automation/CHANGELOG.md#0540---2025-10-27>. Perhaps

[Jernej Rus]

Hello. Have you discovered anything?

[Jernej Rus]

:) I see that you have made https://github.com/zaproxy/zap-extensions/pull/6954. Indeed, ZAP no longer fails when running my YAML file.

[Simon Bennetts]

Yes, thank you for reporting that issue, and it has now been fixed :D