jglick I hit the same issue by aborting a build (abort, then clicking the link at the end of the console). After the weekend I noticed that a new build got stuck waiting on an aborted build. Searching for Cleaning up apparently deleted showed no results (in jenkins.err.log)
In the log I found: Build 259 is the most recent build, triggered after the a restart(LTS patch update, should be unrelated), still waiting. Build 258 hung waiting on 256 for two days (I only noticed that after the fact because waiting builds are only shown on the jobs page and not on /). The logs below document my cancelling of 258, not sure they are helpful.
Mär 21, 2016 11:04:22 AM org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.support.steps.StageStepExecution cancel
WARNING: cannot cancel dead CpsStepContext[223]:Owner[jobname/master/258:null] or CpsStepContext[223]:Ownerjobname/master/259:jobname/master #259
Mär 21, 2016 11:08:52 AM org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsFlowExecution$6 onSuccess
WARNING: Failed to abort CpsFlowExecutionOwner[jobname/master/258:jobname/master #258]
java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.support.steps.StageStepExecution.stop(StageStepExecution.java:66)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsFlowExecution$6.onSuccess(CpsFlowExecution.java:760)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsFlowExecution$6.onSuccess(CpsFlowExecution.java:755)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.support.concurrent.Futures$1.run(Futures.java:150)
at com.google.common.util.concurrent.MoreExecutors$SameThreadExecutorService.execute(MoreExecutors.java:253)
at com.google.common.util.concurrent.ExecutionList$RunnableExecutorPair.execute(ExecutionList.java:149)
at com.google.common.util.concurrent.ExecutionList.add(ExecutionList.java:105)
at com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractFuture.addListener(AbstractFuture.java:155)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.support.concurrent.Futures.addCallback(Futures.java:160)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.support.concurrent.Futures.addCallback(Futures.java:90)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsFlowExecution.interrupt(CpsFlowExecution.java:755)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowRun$2.interrupt(WorkflowRun.java:230)
at hudson.model.Executor.interrupt(Executor.java:227)
at hudson.model.Executor.interrupt(Executor.java:197)
at hudson.model.Executor.interrupt(Executor.java:187)
at hudson.model.Executor.interrupt(Executor.java:173)
at hudson.model.Executor.doStop(Executor.java:867)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowRun.doStop(WorkflowRun.java:629)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function$InstanceFunction.invoke(Function.java:298)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.interceptor.RequirePOST$Processor.invoke(RequirePOST.java:46)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function$InterceptedFunction.invoke(Function.java:399)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvoke(Function.java:161)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvokeAndServeResponse(Function.java:96)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$1.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:121)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:53)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:746)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:876)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$13.dispatch(MetaClass.java:411)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:746)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:876)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$6.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:249)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:53)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:746)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:876)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$6.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:249)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:53)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:746)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:876)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:649)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.service(Stapler.java:238)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:848)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:686)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1494)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:132)
at com.smartcodeltd.jenkinsci.plugin.assetbundler.filters.LessCSS.doFilter(LessCSS.java:47)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:129)
at hudson.plugins.scm_sync_configuration.extensions.ScmSyncConfigurationFilter$1.call(ScmSyncConfigurationFilter.java:49)
at hudson.plugins.scm_sync_configuration.extensions.ScmSyncConfigurationFilter$1.call(ScmSyncConfigurationFilter.java:44)
at hudson.plugins.scm_sync_configuration.ScmSyncConfigurationDataProvider.provideRequestDuring(ScmSyncConfigurationDataProvider.java:106)
at hudson.plugins.scm_sync_configuration.extensions.ScmSyncConfigurationFilter.doFilter(ScmSyncConfigurationFilter.java:44)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:129)
at hudson.plugins.greenballs.GreenBallFilter.doFilter(GreenBallFilter.java:59)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:129)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:123)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1482)
at hudson.security.csrf.CrumbFilter.doFilter(CrumbFilter.java:49)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1482)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:84)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:76)
at hudson.security.HudsonFilter.doFilter(HudsonFilter.java:171)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1482)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.compression.CompressionFilter.doFilter(CompressionFilter.java:49)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1482)
at hudson.util.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:81)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1482)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.DiagnosticThreadNameFilter.doFilter(DiagnosticThreadNameFilter.java:30)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1474)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:499)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:137)
at org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:533)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:231)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1086)
at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:428)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:193)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1020)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:135)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:116)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:370)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection.handleRequest(AbstractHttpConnection.java:489)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection.headerComplete(AbstractHttpConnection.java:949)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection$RequestHandler.headerComplete(AbstractHttpConnection.java:1011)
at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:644)
at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:235)
at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AsyncHttpConnection.handle(AsyncHttpConnection.java:82)
at org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.handle(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:668)
at org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint$1.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:52)
at winstone.BoundedExecutorService$1.run(BoundedExecutorService.java:77)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Mär 21, 2016 11:09:09 AM org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowRun finish
INFO: jobname/master #258 completed: ABORTED
Hmm, you might need to edit $JENKINS_HOME/org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.support.steps.StageStep.xml as a last resort.
I am surprised at this report since there is a cleanUp function specifically to remove entries corresponding to builds that disappeared somehow without a clean exit. For some reason it is not getting called here, or is failing to detect the deleted build. It should have printed a warning to your log at some point saying Cleaning up apparently deleted job-name#480. I wonder if your job was renamed/moved at any point, or anything else unusual occurred?