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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+'''
+This script is used by schedule-type pipelines
+to automate triggering other pipelines (e.g. Iron Bank validation)
+against release branches
+
+Excepts a (comma separated) env var PIPELINES_TO_TRIGGER.
+An optional EXCLUDE_BRANCHES (comma separated) env var can also be supplied to skip specific branches (e.g. EXCLUDE_BRANCHES="main")
+
+For background info see:
+https://elasticco.atlassian.net/browse/ENGPRD-318 /
+https://github.com/elastic/ingest-dev/issues/2664
+'''
+
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+import typing
+import urllib.request
+from ruamel.yaml import YAML
+
+
+ACTIVE_BRANCHES_URL = "https://storage.googleapis.com/artifacts-api/snapshots/branches.json"
+
+
+class InputError(Exception):
+    """ Exception raised for input errors """
+
+
+class UrlOpenError(Exception):
+    """ Exception raised when hitting errors retrieving content from a URL """
+
+
+def fail_with_error(msg):
+    print(f"""^^^ +++
+Error: [{msg}].
+Exiting now.
+    """)
+    exit(1)
+
+
+def parse_csv_env_var(env_var_name: str, is_valid=False) -> typing.List:
+    if is_valid and env_var_name not in os.environ.keys():
+        fail_with_error(msg=f'Required environment variable [{env_var_name}] is missing.')
+
+    env_var = os.getenv(env_var_name, "")
+
+    if is_valid and env_var.strip() == "":
+        fail_with_error(msg=f'Required environment variable [{env_var_name}] is empty.')
+    return env_var.split(",")
+
+
+def get_json_with_retries(uri, retries=3, delay=5) -> typing.Dict:
+    for _ in range(retries):
+        try:
+            with urllib.request.urlopen(uri) as response:
+                data = response.read().decode('utf-8')
+                return json.loads(data)
+        except UrlOpenError as e:
+            print(f"Error: [{e}] when downloading from [{uri}]")
+            print(f"Retrying in {delay} seconds ...")
+            time.sleep(delay)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+            fail_with_error(f"Error [{e}] when deserialing JSON from [{uri}]")
+    fail_with_error(f"Failed to retrieve JSON content from [{uri}] after [{retries}] retries")
+    return {}  # for IDE typing checks
+
+
+def get_release_branches() -> typing.List[str]:
+    resp = get_json_with_retries(uri=ACTIVE_BRANCHES_URL)
+    try:
+        release_branches = [branch for branch in resp["branches"]]
+    except KeyError:
+        fail_with_error(f'''Didn't find the excepted structure ["branches"] in the response [{resp}] from [{ACTIVE_BRANCHES_URL}]''')
+
+    return release_branches
+
+
+def generate_pipeline(pipelines_to_trigger: typing.List[str], branches: typing.List[str]):
+    generated_pipeline = {"steps": []}
+
+    for pipeline in pipelines_to_trigger:
+        for branch in branches:
+            trigger = {
+                "trigger": pipeline,
+                "label": f":testexecute: Triggering {pipeline} / {branch}",
+                "build": {
+                    "branch": branch,
+                    "message": f":testexecute: Scheduled build for {branch}"
+                }
+            }
+            generated_pipeline["steps"].append(trigger)
+
+    return generated_pipeline
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    pipelines_to_trigger = parse_csv_env_var(env_var_name="PIPELINES_TO_TRIGGER", is_valid=True)
+    release_branches = get_release_branches()
+    exclude_branches = parse_csv_env_var(env_var_name="EXCLUDE_BRANCHES")
+
+    target_branches = sorted(list(set(release_branches).difference(exclude_branches)))
+    if len(target_branches) == 0 or target_branches[0].isspace():
+        fail_with_error(f"Calculated target branches were empty! You passed EXCLUDE_BRANCHES={exclude_branches} and release branches are {release_branches} the difference of which results in {target_branches}.")
+
+    pipeline = generate_pipeline(pipelines_to_trigger, branches=target_branches)
+    print('# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/buildkite/pipeline-schema/main/schema.json')
+    YAML().dump(pipeline, sys.stdout)