I have the same problem using Jenkins 2.20 and TFS-plugin 5.1.0. After a 2-3 days all jobs start failing with same message in output. Fixed by restarting Jenkins service on the windows server.

15:31:06 FATAL: null
15:31:06
java.lang.StackOverflowError
15:31:06 at com.microsoft.tfs.util.listeners.StandardListenerList$ListenerNode.addListener(StandardListenerList.java:295)
15:31:06 at com.microsoft.tfs.util.listeners.StandardListenerList$ListenerNode.addListener(StandardListenerList.java:304)
15:31:06 at com.microsoft.tfs.util.listeners.StandardListenerList$ListenerNode.addListener(StandardListenerList.java:304)
15:31:06 at com.microsoft.tfs.util.listeners.StandardListenerList$ListenerNode.addListener(StandardListenerList.java:304)
...

I am also facing similar issue with Jenkins ver. 1.642.18.3 (CloudBees Jenkins Enterprise 15.11) and TFS plugin 5.2.1. After every 3-4 days all jobs start failing on windows slave and need a restart of slave service to fix the issue.

Does anyone has a permanent fix for this issue?

This was supposed to be fixed in the Team Explorer Everywhere SDK v14.0.3 Release. This was included in version 5.1.0 of the TFS-plugin.

I'm not sure why this is still happening, unless it wasn't actually fixed in the Team Explorer Anywhere 14.0.3.

I'm on plugin version 5.3 and we still get this error occasionally.

The only permanent fix would be to get it fixed in the TFS SDK.

Thank you for using the tfs-plugin. It appears that your issue was found in an older version of the plugin. There have been a number of improvements made in the recent releases that may have resolved your issue. Please update to the most recent 5.126.0 release. If your issue persists, please open a new ticket and we will investigate.

Hi all,

unfortunately I can still confirm the bug/problem with the latest Jenkins and TFS-Versions.
Environment is:

• Windows Server 2012 R2
  Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (1.8.0_151)
• Jenkins ver. 2.121.1
• TFS Plugin 5.133.0

So this topic is not solved and still being pending. If some further input or traces are required please let me know. I'll try to provide them as far as possible.

Thanks and best regards
Flocki

kelliejos - 

I have just seen this recreated as well using:

• Jenkins Version: 2.89.4.2
• TFS Plugin Version: 5.133.0
• Java Version: 1.8.0_181
• Operating System: RedHat Linux 3.10.0-862.14.4.el7.x86_64

Is there any plan to address this? Or a potential workaround to allow for jobs to continue running?

Mitch,

The workaround I settled on was to schedule a nightly job to restart Jenkins.

This is the command I use:
java -jar "%JENKINS_HOME%/war/WEB-INF/jenkins-cli.jar" -s "http://localhost" safe-restart --username <user> --password <pass>

I recommend using one of the credential add-ins to protect the credentials for the job.