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  2. JENKINS-35801

Replay of a run with modified Jenkinsfile

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      One critical feature is the ability to take a run, say a failed run, and tweak the Jenkinsfile, and run it again, without having to change the Jenkinsfile and push and trigger a build.

      this is CRITICAL for making Jenkinsfile practical, a feature which is heavily used by those that know about it.

      This can work by having an option that pops over "Replay and alter pipeline" (it could be grouped with "replay", just an option to tweak the Jenkinsfile).

      An ACE based editor could then popup allowing small changes, and then run it (in which case it goes immediately to the results/running screen for that new run).

      Once a user is happy with the result, it is up to them to grab the changes and paste them into their Jenkinsfile, so making it clear that they can click and view the Jenkinsfile once their replay has finished is also important.

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          Story - Created by Jira Software - do not edit or delete. Issue type for a user story. JENKINS-35839 Support Replay of a pipeline which allows a user to update a pipeline script before retrying

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          Story - Created by Jira Software - do not edit or delete. Issue type for a user story. JENKINS-35839 Support Replay of a pipeline which allows a user to update a pipeline script before retrying

          • Major - Major loss of function.
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            michaelneale Michael Neale added a comment -

            jdumay dogfood has taught me this is absolutely must have for a 1.0.

            michaelneale Michael Neale added a comment - jdumay dogfood has taught me this is absolutely must have for a 1.0.
            jamesdumay James Dumay added a comment -

            mneale let's do an exploration of that IDE style thing

            jamesdumay James Dumay added a comment - mneale let's do an exploration of that IDE style thing
            michaelneale Michael Neale added a comment -

            jdumay sure - but don't want this to be a big thing. It has to be simple, the basics.

            michaelneale Michael Neale added a comment - jdumay sure - but don't want this to be a big thing. It has to be simple, the basics.
            jamesdumay James Dumay added a comment -

            hrmpw and I would like this replay-modified-jenkinsfile functionality to work within the editor.

            jamesdumay James Dumay added a comment - hrmpw and I would like this replay-modified-jenkinsfile functionality to work within the editor.
            docwhat Christian Höltje added a comment -

            Isn't this done as the "replay" link on a given build?  Or did I misunderstand something?

            docwhat Christian Höltje added a comment - Isn't this done as the "replay" link on a given build?  Or did I misunderstand something?
            reinholdfuereder Reinhold Füreder added a comment - - edited

            docwhat yes, I guess it is the "replay" in classic UI; and this issue is about adding this to new/modern Blue Ocean UI.

            Hm, but what is the "rerun" (on a given pipeline) in Blue Ocean UI then? Is it the "replay" without possibility to adapt the "Jenkinsfile"?

            reinholdfuereder Reinhold Füreder added a comment - - edited docwhat yes, I guess it is the "replay" in classic UI; and this issue is about adding this to new/modern Blue Ocean UI. Hm, but what is the "rerun" (on a given pipeline) in Blue Ocean UI then? Is it the "replay" without possibility to adapt the "Jenkinsfile"?
            michaelneale Michael Neale added a comment -

            reinholdfuereder exactly - it replays the exact commit but without the ability (yet) to tweak the Jenkinsfile. To me this seems wrong. most of the time it is fine to just run it from the head of the branch again. When there is support to replay and edit, sure, maybe that makes sense (if debugging a flaky build)

            michaelneale Michael Neale added a comment - reinholdfuereder exactly - it replays the exact commit but without the ability (yet) to tweak the Jenkinsfile. To me this seems wrong. most of the time it is fine to just run it from the head of the branch again. When there is support to replay and edit, sure, maybe that makes sense (if debugging a flaky build)

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