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  2. JENKINS-18346

Corruption of workspace due to incomplete parameters substitution (no validation)

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      Hello,

      We have experienced several issues with substitution of parameters during execution of operation.

      For example, ${EXECUTOR_NUMBER} works well for checkout(), but this parameter is not accessible during execution processWorkspaceBeforeDeletion(). It causes corruption of job, which requires manual fix at server’s side. Reproduction steps:
      • We start job, and checkout() successfully creates workspace.
      • Cleanup workspace…
      • getWorkspace() in processWorkspaceBeforeDeletion() creates new workspace at Perforce server (name contains unsubstituted EXECUTOR_NUMBER parameter) and then deletes it. BTW, it deletes local folders as well.
      • Run job again…
      • Checkout() completes successfully, because P4 server thinks that workspace is up to date
      • Job fails, because there’s no data in job’s workspace after p4 checkout

      Best regards,
      Oleg Nenashev

          [JENKINS-18346] Corruption of workspace due to incomplete parameters substitution (no validation)

          Oleg Nenashev added a comment -

          Pull request, which partially resolves issue:
          https://github.com/jenkinsci/perforce-plugin/pull/29

          Oleg Nenashev added a comment - Pull request, which partially resolves issue: https://github.com/jenkinsci/perforce-plugin/pull/29

          Rob Petti added a comment -

          Pull request has been merged. I'm not sure what else there is to do here?

          Rob Petti added a comment - Pull request has been merged. I'm not sure what else there is to do here?

          Oleg Nenashev added a comment -

          I've tested plugin at my servers, and there weren't any additional issues with workspaces. I suppose that patch has successfully passed tests at your test stand as well. Therefore, issue seems to be resolved.

          Regarding this issue, I'm going to add validation of unsupported variables during configuration of p4 SCM. It will allow to prevent errors in variables usage.

          When are you going to release new version? Probably, I could add several additional features to current or future version:

          • Built-in p4 checkout timeout, which will prevent hanging of p4 client. BTW, it's just a workaround for the bug.
          • Validation of client name (according to pattern from a global configuration)

          Oleg Nenashev added a comment - I've tested plugin at my servers, and there weren't any additional issues with workspaces. I suppose that patch has successfully passed tests at your test stand as well. Therefore, issue seems to be resolved. Regarding this issue, I'm going to add validation of unsupported variables during configuration of p4 SCM. It will allow to prevent errors in variables usage. When are you going to release new version? Probably, I could add several additional features to current or future version: Built-in p4 checkout timeout, which will prevent hanging of p4 client. BTW, it's just a workaround for the bug. Validation of client name (according to pattern from a global configuration)

          Oleg Nenashev added a comment - - edited

          Resolved by the pull request

          Oleg Nenashev added a comment - - edited Resolved by the pull request

          Rob Petti added a comment -

          I'll probably kick off a release at the end of the week if I don't find anything wrong with it.

          The checkout timeout is a bit tricky to implement, since it's entirely possible that a user might have a checkout that takes hours. Toss me an email if you want to discuss further.

          Rob Petti added a comment - I'll probably kick off a release at the end of the week if I don't find anything wrong with it. The checkout timeout is a bit tricky to implement, since it's entirely possible that a user might have a checkout that takes hours. Toss me an email if you want to discuss further.

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