title: gitlab pipeline encountering an "external: failed" error
body: <p>So I'm trying to create a gitlab page but I'm encountering an "external: failed" error in the pipeline and I'm not sure what's causing it.</p>
  
  <p>When I push my commit to the branch, it tests three stages:</p>
  
  <p>"test: passed", "deploy: passed", "external: failed"</p>
  
  <p>I don't know what the last one is and what causes it.</p>
  
  <p>here's my <code>.gitlab-ci.yml</code> file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>image: node
  
  cache:
    paths:
      - node_modules/
  
  before_script:
    - npm install
  
  pages:
    script:
      - npm run build
    artifacts:
      paths:
      - public
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I open the error it reads: <code>now - deployment has failed</code></p>