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)"
}
}
Story
Minor
JENKINS-39848 Impossible to view steps that are outside stages/parallels
JENKINS-43231 Running on <node> message not present in Blueocean log
