Problem with Spring Batch step configuration

[gi tos]

Hello,

I need to configure 5 steps in a Flow but I have an exception:

Configuration problem: The element [step4] is unreachable
Offending resource: ServletContext resource [/WEB-INF/conf/applicationContext-Batch.xml]

<batch:flow id="myFlow">
		<batch:step id="step1" parent="step1Parent">
			<batch:end on="log" />
			<batch:next on="*" to="step2" />
		</batch:step>
		
		<batch:step id="step2" parent="step2Parent">
			<batch:next on="*" to="step3" />
		</batch:step>
		
		<batch:step id="step3" parent="step3Parent">
			<batch:next on="*" to="step4" />
		</batch:step>
		
		<batch:step id="step4" parent="step4Parent">
			<batch:next on="*" to="step5" />
		</batch:step>
		
		<batch:step id="step5" parent="step5Parent" />
	</batch:flow>

[Saifuddin Merchant]

nothing amiss in the config that you posted.
Could you post more of your config and the entire error stack trace?