We are also affected. In our case a matrix job was created that contained a label-expression-axis. The label contained an AND-conjunction (&&). The problem remains even after removing the label expression and deleting all builds that were made with the former configuration.
Jenkins Log:
Recording fingerprints
ERROR: Failed to record fingerprints
hudson.util.IOException2: Unable to read /var/lib/jenkins/fingerprints/d5/81/09a8248d03246c105969439fef56.xml
at hudson.XmlFile.read(XmlFile.java:147)
at hudson.model.Fingerprint.load(Fingerprint.java:1211)
at hudson.model.Fingerprint.load(Fingerprint.java:1199)
at hudson.model.FingerprintMap.load(FingerprintMap.java:94)
at hudson.model.FingerprintMap.load(FingerprintMap.java:45)
at hudson.util.KeyedDataStorage.get(KeyedDataStorage.java:154)
at hudson.model.FingerprintMap.get(FingerprintMap.java:79)
at hudson.model.FingerprintMap.get(FingerprintMap.java:45)
at hudson.util.KeyedDataStorage.getOrCreate(KeyedDataStorage.java:108)
at hudson.model.FingerprintMap.getOrCreate(FingerprintMap.java:65)
at hudson.tasks.Fingerprinter$1Record.addRecord(Fingerprinter.java:208)
at hudson.tasks.Fingerprinter.record(Fingerprinter.java:252)
at hudson.tasks.Fingerprinter.perform(Fingerprinter.java:133)
at hudson.tasks.BuildStepMonitor$1.perform(BuildStepMonitor.java:20)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.perform(AbstractBuild.java:804)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.performAllBuildSteps(AbstractBuild.java:776)
at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.post2(Build.java:183)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.post(AbstractBuild.java:726)
at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1628)
at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:46)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:88)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:247)
Caused by: com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.ConversionException: : entity reference names can not start with character '&' (position: START_TAG seen ...<string>generateCodeCoverage/branch=release-7.4.0,label_exp=ant&&... @20:72) : : entity reference names can not start with character '&' (position: START_TAG seen ...<string>generateCodeCoverage/branch=release-7.4.0,label_exp=ant&&... @20:72)
---- Debugging information ----
message : : entity reference names can not start with character '&' (position: START_TAG seen ...<string>generateCodeCoverage/branch=release-7.4.0,label_exp=ant&&... @20:72)
cause-exception : com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.StreamException
cause-message : : entity reference names can not start with character '&' (position: START_TAG seen ...<string>generateCodeCoverage/branch=release-7.4.0,label_exp=ant&&... @20:72)
class : java.lang.String
required-type : java.lang.String
converter-type : com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.SingleValueConverterWrapper
wrapped-converter : com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.basic.StringConverter
path : /fingerprint/usages/entry[4]/string
line number : 20
class[1] : java.util.Hashtable
converter-type[1] : com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.MapConverter
class[2] : hudson.model.Fingerprint
converter-type[2] : hudson.util.RobustReflectionConverter
version : null
-------------------------------
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeUnmarshaller.convert(TreeUnmarshaller.java:79)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.AbstractReferenceUnmarshaller.convert(AbstractReferenceUnmarshaller.java:65)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeUnmarshaller.convertAnother(TreeUnmarshaller.java:66)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeUnmarshaller.convertAnother(TreeUnmarshaller.java:50)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.AbstractCollectionConverter.readItem(AbstractCollectionConverter.java:71)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.MapConverter.putCurrentEntryIntoMap(MapConverter.java:86)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.MapConverter.populateMap(MapConverter.java:78)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.MapConverter.populateMap(MapConverter.java:72)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.MapConverter.unmarshal(MapConverter.java:67)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeUnmarshaller.convert(TreeUnmarshaller.java:72)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.AbstractReferenceUnmarshaller.convert(AbstractReferenceUnmarshaller.java:65)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeUnmarshaller.convertAnother(TreeUnmarshaller.java:66)
at hudson.util.RobustReflectionConverter.unmarshalField(RobustReflectionConverter.java:333)
at hudson.util.RobustReflectionConverter.doUnmarshal(RobustReflectionConverter.java:275)
at hudson.util.RobustReflectionConverter.unmarshal(RobustReflectionConverter.java:222)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeUnmarshaller.convert(TreeUnmarshaller.java:72)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.AbstractReferenceUnmarshaller.convert(AbstractReferenceUnmarshaller.java:65)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeUnmarshaller.convertAnother(TreeUnmarshaller.java:66)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeUnmarshaller.convertAnother(TreeUnmarshaller.java:50)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeUnmarshaller.start(TreeUnmarshaller.java:134)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.AbstractTreeMarshallingStrategy.unmarshal(AbstractTreeMarshallingStrategy.java:32)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream.unmarshal(XStream.java:1061)
at hudson.util.XStream2.unmarshal(XStream2.java:109)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream.unmarshal(XStream.java:1045)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream.fromXML(XStream.java:925)
at hudson.XmlFile.read(XmlFile.java:143)
... 21 more
Caused by: com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.StreamException: : entity reference names can not start with character '&' (position: START_TAG seen ...<string>generateCodeCoverage/branch=release-7.4.0,label_exp=ant&&... @20:72)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml.XppReader.pullNextEvent(XppReader.java:124)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml.AbstractPullReader.readRealEvent(AbstractPullReader.java:148)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml.AbstractPullReader.readEvent(AbstractPullReader.java:135)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml.AbstractPullReader.getValue(AbstractPullReader.java:180)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.ReaderWrapper.getValue(ReaderWrapper.java:48)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.SingleValueConverterWrapper.unmarshal(SingleValueConverterWrapper.java:49)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeUnmarshaller.convert(TreeUnmarshaller.java:72)
... 46 more
Caused by: org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException: entity reference names can not start with character '&' (position: START_TAG seen ...<string>generateCodeCoverage/branch=release-7.4.0,label_exp=ant&&... @20:72)
at org.xmlpull.mxp1.MXParser.parseEntityRef(MXParser.java:2212)
at org.xmlpull.mxp1.MXParser.nextImpl(MXParser.java:1275)
at org.xmlpull.mxp1.MXParser.next(MXParser.java:1093)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml.XppReader.pullNextEvent(XppReader.java:109)
... 52 more
Build step 'Record fingerprints of files to track usage' changed build result to FAILURE
We are also affected. In our case a matrix job was created that contained a label-expression-axis. The label contained an AND-conjunction (&&). The problem remains even after removing the label expression and deleting all builds that were made with the former configuration.
Jenkins Log:
Recording fingerprints
ERROR: Failed to record fingerprints
hudson.util.IOException2: Unable to read /var/lib/jenkins/fingerprints/d5/81/09a8248d03246c105969439fef56.xml
at hudson.XmlFile.read(XmlFile.java:147)
at hudson.model.Fingerprint.load(Fingerprint.java:1211)
at hudson.model.Fingerprint.load(Fingerprint.java:1199)
at hudson.model.FingerprintMap.load(FingerprintMap.java:94)
at hudson.model.FingerprintMap.load(FingerprintMap.java:45)
at hudson.util.KeyedDataStorage.get(KeyedDataStorage.java:154)
at hudson.model.FingerprintMap.get(FingerprintMap.java:79)
at hudson.model.FingerprintMap.get(FingerprintMap.java:45)
at hudson.util.KeyedDataStorage.getOrCreate(KeyedDataStorage.java:108)
at hudson.model.FingerprintMap.getOrCreate(FingerprintMap.java:65)
at hudson.tasks.Fingerprinter$1Record.addRecord(Fingerprinter.java:208)
at hudson.tasks.Fingerprinter.record(Fingerprinter.java:252)
at hudson.tasks.Fingerprinter.perform(Fingerprinter.java:133)
at hudson.tasks.BuildStepMonitor$1.perform(BuildStepMonitor.java:20)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.perform(AbstractBuild.java:804)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.performAllBuildSteps(AbstractBuild.java:776)
at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.post2(Build.java:183)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.post(AbstractBuild.java:726)
at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1628)
at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:46)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:88)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:247)
Caused by: com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.ConversionException: : entity reference names can not start with character '&' (position: START_TAG seen ...<string>generateCodeCoverage/branch=release-7.4.0,label_exp=ant&&... @20:72) : : entity reference names can not start with character '&' (position: START_TAG seen ...<string>generateCodeCoverage/branch=release-7.4.0,label_exp=ant&&... @20:72)
---- Debugging information ----
message : : entity reference names can not start with character '&' (position: START_TAG seen ...<string>generateCodeCoverage/branch=release-7.4.0,label_exp=ant&&... @20:72)
cause-exception : com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.StreamException
cause-message : : entity reference names can not start with character '&' (position: START_TAG seen ...<string>generateCodeCoverage/branch=release-7.4.0,label_exp=ant&&... @20:72)
class : java.lang.String
required-type : java.lang.String
converter-type : com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.SingleValueConverterWrapper
wrapped-converter : com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.basic.StringConverter
path : /fingerprint/usages/entry[4]/string
line number : 20
class[1] : java.util.Hashtable
converter-type[1] : com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.MapConverter
class[2] : hudson.model.Fingerprint
converter-type[2] : hudson.util.RobustReflectionConverter
version : null
-------------------------------
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeUnmarshaller.convert(TreeUnmarshaller.java:79)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.AbstractReferenceUnmarshaller.convert(AbstractReferenceUnmarshaller.java:65)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeUnmarshaller.convertAnother(TreeUnmarshaller.java:66)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeUnmarshaller.convertAnother(TreeUnmarshaller.java:50)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.AbstractCollectionConverter.readItem(AbstractCollectionConverter.java:71)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.MapConverter.putCurrentEntryIntoMap(MapConverter.java:86)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.MapConverter.populateMap(MapConverter.java:78)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.MapConverter.populateMap(MapConverter.java:72)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.MapConverter.unmarshal(MapConverter.java:67)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeUnmarshaller.convert(TreeUnmarshaller.java:72)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.AbstractReferenceUnmarshaller.convert(AbstractReferenceUnmarshaller.java:65)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeUnmarshaller.convertAnother(TreeUnmarshaller.java:66)
at hudson.util.RobustReflectionConverter.unmarshalField(RobustReflectionConverter.java:333)
at hudson.util.RobustReflectionConverter.doUnmarshal(RobustReflectionConverter.java:275)
at hudson.util.RobustReflectionConverter.unmarshal(RobustReflectionConverter.java:222)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeUnmarshaller.convert(TreeUnmarshaller.java:72)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.AbstractReferenceUnmarshaller.convert(AbstractReferenceUnmarshaller.java:65)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeUnmarshaller.convertAnother(TreeUnmarshaller.java:66)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeUnmarshaller.convertAnother(TreeUnmarshaller.java:50)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeUnmarshaller.start(TreeUnmarshaller.java:134)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.AbstractTreeMarshallingStrategy.unmarshal(AbstractTreeMarshallingStrategy.java:32)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream.unmarshal(XStream.java:1061)
at hudson.util.XStream2.unmarshal(XStream2.java:109)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream.unmarshal(XStream.java:1045)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream.fromXML(XStream.java:925)
at hudson.XmlFile.read(XmlFile.java:143)
... 21 more
Caused by: com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.StreamException: : entity reference names can not start with character '&' (position: START_TAG seen ...<string>generateCodeCoverage/branch=release-7.4.0,label_exp=ant&&... @20:72)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml.XppReader.pullNextEvent(XppReader.java:124)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml.AbstractPullReader.readRealEvent(AbstractPullReader.java:148)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml.AbstractPullReader.readEvent(AbstractPullReader.java:135)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml.AbstractPullReader.getValue(AbstractPullReader.java:180)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.ReaderWrapper.getValue(ReaderWrapper.java:48)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.SingleValueConverterWrapper.unmarshal(SingleValueConverterWrapper.java:49)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeUnmarshaller.convert(TreeUnmarshaller.java:72)
... 46 more
Caused by: org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException: entity reference names can not start with character '&' (position: START_TAG seen ...<string>generateCodeCoverage/branch=release-7.4.0,label_exp=ant&&... @20:72)
at org.xmlpull.mxp1.MXParser.parseEntityRef(MXParser.java:2212)
at org.xmlpull.mxp1.MXParser.nextImpl(MXParser.java:1275)
at org.xmlpull.mxp1.MXParser.next(MXParser.java:1093)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.xml.XppReader.pullNextEvent(XppReader.java:109)
... 52 more
Build step 'Record fingerprints of files to track usage' changed build result to FAILURE