Steps outside a stage or within a stage but outside a parallel do not get visualized

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      This feature request is unplanned and is not actively being worked on

      We are unable to merge orphaned steps (that is, steps that exist outside of a stage or outside of a parallel within a stage) into the closest stage or a synthetic without considerable engineering effort to ensure that all steps are available in the visualization.

      As a workaround we recommend that you wrap any steps within stage and do not include steps sitting outside a parallel in the same stage or try Declarative Pipeline which was designed not to have this problem.

      Scope
      For visualisation purposes:

      • Step outside stage is relocated to the previous stage or next stage (depending if at start, middle or end of the pipeline)
      • Step before a parallel block is relocated to the first parallel branch
      • Step after a parallel block is relocated to the last parallel branch

      Problem
      It is possible that a stage, that has parallel branches under it, also has steps before or after a parallel section.

      Example 1 - step outside stage block
      The output of the step that echos never going to let you down will never be visible from the UI.

      node {
  stage "Stage 1" {
    sh "echo never going to give you up"
  }
  sh "echo never going to let you down"
  stage "Stage 2" {
    parallel (
      "Firefox" : { echo "Never run around" },
      "Edge" : { echo "Never desert you" }
    ) 
  }
  
  stage "Stage 3" {
    echo "Make you cry (never)"
    echo "Tell a lie and hurt you (never)"
  }
}

      Example 2 - step inside stage but not within parallel
      The output of the step that echos never going to let you down will never be visible from the UI.

      node {
  stage "Stage 1" {
    sh "echo never going to give you up"
  }
  
  stage "Stage 2" {
    sh "echo never going to let you down"
    parallel (
      "Firefox" : { echo "Never run around" },
      "Edge" : { echo "Never desert you" }
    ) 
  }
  
  stage "Stage 3" {
    echo "Make you cry (never)"
    echo "Tell a lie and hurt you (never)"
  }
}

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            Reporter:
            James Dumay
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