Same issue:
Version: Jenkins 1.424.2
Master: Suse Enterprise Linux Enterprise 10 SP2
Slave: Windows XP SP2

@Jesse Glick: I think "component=subversion" is incorrect. The original report happened to be during a Subversion checkout, but many follow up reports show this problem occurring all over the code base. I know I've see it during checkouts, builds, archiving, general file transfer, unit tests, etc.

+1 ... same issue here:
Jenkins: version 1.522
Host and Slaves: all on latest Java 7 x64 version, all running Windows 7 x64
The problem comes and goes, reconnecting the slave seems to help from time to time. The log usually says something like "java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError" e.g. in the subversion plugin. The slaves.jar file is up-to-date on all slaves.

Is there any way to debug this problem because this is a really annoying problem!

Also seen with git and gerrit and Jenkins master 1.509.2,

Retriggered by user ilatypov for Gerrit: http://gerrit.example.net/408143
[EnvInject] - Loading node environment variables.
Building remotely on NODE in workspace /usr/local/jenkins/workspace/PROJECT_Prebuild
Checkout:PROJECT_Prebuild / /usr/local/jenkins/workspace/PROJECT_Prebuild - hudson.remoting.Channel@123d7b31:NODE
Using strategy: Gerrit Trigger
Wiping out workspace first.
hudson.util.IOException2: remote file operation failed: /usr/local/jenkins/workspace/PROJECT_Prebuild at hudson.remoting.Channel@123d7b31:NODE
	at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:900)
	at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:877)
	at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.determineRevisionToBuild(GitSCM.java:942)
	at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.checkout(GitSCM.java:1108)
	at hudson.model.AbstractProject.checkout(AbstractProject.java:1367)
	at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.defaultCheckout(AbstractBuild.java:674)
	at jenkins.scm.SCMCheckoutStrategy.checkout(SCMCheckoutStrategy.java:88)
	at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:579)
	at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1575)
	at hudson.matrix.MatrixBuild.run(MatrixBuild.java:304)
	at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:88)
	at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:237)
	at hudson.model.OneOffExecutor.run(OneOffExecutor.java:66)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Unable to delete /usr/local/jenkins/workspace/PROJECT_Prebuild/.git/packed-refs
	at hudson.Util.deleteFile(Util.java:256)
	at hudson.Util.deleteRecursive(Util.java:308)
	at hudson.Util.deleteContentsRecursive(Util.java:205)
	at hudson.Util.deleteRecursive(Util.java:299)
	at hudson.Util.deleteContentsRecursive(Util.java:205)
	at hudson.FilePath$12.invoke(FilePath.java:1052)
	at hudson.FilePath$12.invoke(FilePath.java:1049)
	at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:904)
	at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:877)
	at hudson.FilePath.deleteContents(FilePath.java:1049)
	at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM$2.invoke(GitSCM.java:958)
	at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM$2.invoke(GitSCM.java:942)
	at hudson.FilePath$FileCallableWrapper.call(FilePath.java:2387)
	at hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform(UserRequest.java:118)
	at hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform(UserRequest.java:48)
	at hudson.remoting.Request$2.run(Request.java:326)
	at hudson.remoting.InterceptingExecutorService$1.call(InterceptingExecutorService.java:72)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
	at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Retrying after 10 seconds

The master runs jdk1.7.0_21, the node runs jdk1.6.0_31 after the master connects to it via SSH.

[08/14/13 22:27:07] [SSH] Checking java version of java
Couldn't figure out the Java version of java
bash: java: command not found

[08/14/13 22:27:07] [SSH] Checking java version of /usr/bin/java
Couldn't figure out the Java version of /usr/bin/java
bash: /usr/bin/java: No such file or directory

[08/14/13 22:27:07] [SSH] Checking java version of /usr/java/default/bin/java
[08/14/13 22:27:07] [SSH] /usr/java/default/bin/java -version returned 1.6.0_31.
[08/14/13 22:27:07] [SSH] Starting sftp client.
[08/14/13 22:27:07] [SSH] Copying latest slave.jar...
[08/14/13 22:27:07] [SSH] Copied 284,251 bytes.
Expanded the channel window size to 4MB
[08/14/13 22:27:07] [SSH] Starting slave process: cd '/usr/local/jenkins' && /usr/java/default/bin/java  -jar slave.jar
<===[JENKINS REMOTING CAPACITY]===>^@^@^@channel started
Slave.jar version: 2.23
This is a Unix slave
Copied maven-agent.jar
Copied maven3-agent.jar
Copied maven3-interceptor.jar
Copied maven-interceptor.jar
Copied maven2.1-interceptor.jar
Copied plexus-classworld.jar
Copied classworlds.jar
Evacuated stdout
just before slave NODE gets online ...
executing prepare script ...
setting up slave NODE ...
slave setup done.
Aug 14, 2013 10:27:08 PM com.youdevise.hudson.slavestatus.SlaveListener call
INFO: Slave-status listener starting
Aug 14, 2013 10:27:08 PM com.youdevise.hudson.slavestatus.SocketHTTPListener waitForConnection
INFO: Slave-status listener ready on port 3141
[StartupTrigger] - Scanning jobs for node NODE
Slave successfully connected and online
Successfully loaded native POSIX impl.
channel stopped
Connection terminated
[08/14/13 22:28:47] [SSH] Connection closed.

The "Connection closed" message in the node log came from my disconnecting the slave via the Jenkins web interface after observing IOException2.

same issue here:

hudson.util.IOException2: remote file operation failed: C:\DOCUME~1\pvadmin\LOCALS~1\Temp\hudson8254524424334557144.bat at hudson.remoting.Channel@13b42f4:vmxp3-72
at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:900)
at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:877)
at hudson.FilePath.delete(FilePath.java:1262)
at hudson.tasks.CommandInterpreter.perform(CommandInterpreter.java:101)
at hudson.tasks.CommandInterpreter.perform(CommandInterpreter.java:60)
at hudson.tasks.BuildStepMonitor$1.perform(BuildStepMonitor.java:19)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.perform(AbstractBuild.java:804)
at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.build(Build.java:199)
at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.doRun(Build.java:160)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:586)
at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1576)
at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:46)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:88)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:241)
Caused by: hudson.remoting.ChannelClosedException: channel is already closed
at hudson.remoting.Channel.send(Channel.java:494)
at hudson.remoting.Request.call(Request.java:129)
at hudson.remoting.Channel.call(Channel.java:672)
at hudson.FilePath.act(FilePath.java:893)
... 13 more
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: socket closed
at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method)
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
at java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(Unknown Source)
at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$PeekInputStream.peek(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$BlockDataInputStream.peek(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$BlockDataInputStream.peekByte(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(Unknown Source)
at hudson.remoting.Command.readFrom(Command.java:92)
at hudson.remoting.ClassicCommandTransport.read(ClassicCommandTransport.java:59)
at hudson.remoting.SynchronousCommandTransport$ReaderThread.run(SynchronousCommandTransport.java:48)
FATAL: hudson.remoting.RequestAbortedException: java.net.SocketException: socket closed
hudson.remoting.RequestAbortedException: hudson.remoting.RequestAbortedException: java.net.SocketException: socket closed
at hudson.remoting.Request.call(Request.java:174)
at hudson.remoting.Channel.call(Channel.java:672)
at hudson.remoting.RemoteInvocationHandler.invoke(RemoteInvocationHandler.java:158)
at $Proxy33.join(Unknown Source)
at hudson.Launcher$RemoteLauncher$ProcImpl.join(Launcher.java:915)
at hudson.Launcher$ProcStarter.join(Launcher.java:360)
at hudson.tasks.CommandInterpreter.perform(CommandInterpreter.java:91)
at hudson.tasks.CommandInterpreter.perform(CommandInterpreter.java:60)
at hudson.tasks.BuildStepMonitor$1.perform(BuildStepMonitor.java:19)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.perform(AbstractBuild.java:804)
at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.build(Build.java:199)
at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.doRun(Build.java:160)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:586)
at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1576)
at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:46)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:88)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:241)
Caused by: hudson.remoting.RequestAbortedException: java.net.SocketException: socket closed
at hudson.remoting.Request.abort(Request.java:299)
at hudson.remoting.Channel.terminate(Channel.java:732)
at hudson.remoting.SynchronousCommandTransport$ReaderThread.run(SynchronousCommandTransport.java:69)
Caused by: java.net.SocketException: socket closed
at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method)
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
at java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(Unknown Source)
at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$PeekInputStream.peek(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$BlockDataInputStream.peek(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$BlockDataInputStream.peekByte(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject0(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readObject(Unknown Source)
at hudson.remoting.Command.readFrom(Command.java:92)
at hudson.remoting.ClassicCommandTransport.read(ClassicCommandTransport.java:59)
at hudson.remoting.SynchronousCommandTransport$ReaderThread.run(SynchronousCommandTransport.java:48)

Don't make sense having this JIRA issue open.

Would be useful if you clarify the close reason. Do you think it's unrelated to the plugin?

oleg_nenashev Well, this JIRA was opened on 19/Aug/11. I'm trying to remove all issues related to very old environments and plugin versions. If it is necessary, the JIRA issue author can file another one provinding upgraded information.

New features: Yes.
Maintenace and bugfixing: No. It's not fun.

Crap.

lot, What version of Subversion Plugin are you using? Does the bug still continue?