These typed steps do not require a version number:`pending-approval`,`github-action`,`parallel`, and`services`.

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**TIP**

If your pipeline includes typed steps without corresponding version numbers, Codefresh issues a warning as assigning the latest version can introduce breaking changes and fail the pipeline.

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If your pipeline includes typed steps without corresponding version numbers, Codefresh issues a warning as assigning the latest version can introduce breaking changes and fail the pipeline.

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lightbox="true"

file="/images/pipeline/typed-steps/typed-step-version-warning.png"

url="/images/pipeline/typed-steps/typed-step-version-warning.png"

alt="Warning for typed steps without explicit versions"

caption="Warning for typed steps without explicit versions"

max-width="60%"

%}

Let's create a very simple step called*node-version*. This step will read the application version from a NodeJS project and expose it as an environment variable. This way we can use the application version later in the pipeline, for example to tag a docker image.