My build scripts fail intermittently on the withMaven step. This configuration did work correctly when I first added it. It will still work occasionally, but usually produces the below error. I have not yet found a pattern as to when it does or doesn't work.

The call in the Jenkinsfile:
withMaven(maven: 'maven-3', mavenSettingsConfig: 'global-settings')

I turned on logging for the plugin:
Sep 12, 2016 2:53:08 AM FINE org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.maven.WithMavenStepExecution
Maven: maven-3
Sep 12, 2016 2:53:08 AM FINE org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.maven.WithMavenStepExecution
Jdk: null
Sep 12, 2016 2:53:08 AM FINE org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.maven.WithMavenStepExecution
MavenOpts: null
Sep 12, 2016 2:53:08 AM FINE org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.maven.WithMavenStepExecution
Settings Config: global-settings
Sep 12, 2016 2:53:08 AM FINE org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.maven.WithMavenStepExecution
Settings FilePath: null
Sep 12, 2016 2:53:08 AM FINE org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.maven.WithMavenStepExecution
Computer:
Sep 12, 2016 2:53:08 AM FINE org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.maven.WithMavenStepExecution
Env:

{GRADLE_HOME=/usr/local/gradle, HOME=, JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java, JAVA_OPTS=, JENKINS_HOME=/var/jenkins, M2=/usr/local/apache-maven/bin, M2_HOME=/usr/local/apache-maven, NLSPATH=/usr/dt/lib/nls/msg/%L/%N.cat, PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/bin, PORT=5000, SUPERVISOR_ENABLED=1, SUPERVISOR_GROUP_NAME=application, SUPERVISOR_PROCESS_NAME=application-web-1, SUPERVISOR_SERVER_URL=unix:///tmp/supervisor.sock, TERM=linux, UPSTART_INSTANCE=, UPSTART_JOB=supervisord, XFILESEARCHPATH=/usr/dt/app-defaults/%L/Dt}

Sep 12, 2016 2:53:08 AM FINE org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.maven.WithMavenStepExecution
Setting up maven
Sep 12, 2016 2:53:08 AM FINE org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.maven.WithMavenStepExecution
Maven Installation parameter: maven-3
Sep 12, 2016 2:53:08 AM FINE org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.maven.WithMavenStepExecution
Found maven installation on null
Sep 12, 2016 2:53:08 AM FINE org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.maven.WithMavenStepExecution
Found exec for maven on: /var/jenkins/tools/hudson.tasks.Maven_MavenInstallation/maven-3/bin/mvn
Sep 12, 2016 2:53:08 AM FINE org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.maven.WithMavenStepExecution
Using temp dir: /var/jenkins/workspace/Rachio/com.rachio.core/master@tmp/withMaven8a7377b3
Sep 12, 2016 2:53:08 AM FINE org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.maven.WithMavenStepExecution
Created config file /var/jenkins/workspace/Rachio/com.rachio.core/master@tmp/withMaven8a7377b3/settings.xml
Sep 12, 2016 2:53:08 AM FINE org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.maven.WithMavenStepExecution
Generated wrapper: #!/bin/sh -e
echo ----- withMaven Wrapper script -----
/var/jenkins/tools/hudson.tasks.Maven_MavenInstallation/maven-3/bin/mvn --settings /var/jenkins/workspace/Rachio/com.rachio.core/master@tmp/withMaven8a7377b3/settings.xml --batch-mode --show-version "$@"

Sep 12, 2016 2:53:08 AM FINE org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.maven.WithMavenStepExecution
Overrides:

{M2_HOME=/var/jenkins/tools/hudson.tasks.Maven_MavenInstallation/maven-3, MAVEN_HOME=/var/jenkins/tools/hudson.tasks.Maven_MavenInstallation/maven-3, MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD=on, MVN_SETTINGS=/var/jenkins/workspace/Rachio/com.rachio.core/master@tmp/withMaven8a7377b3/settings.xml, PATH+MAVEN=/var/jenkins/workspace/Rachio/com.rachio.core/master@tmp/withMaven8a7377b3}

The relevant part of the build logs:
[Pipeline] withMaven
Using Maven Installation maven-3
Using maven exec: /var/jenkins/tools/hudson.tasks.Maven_MavenInstallation/maven-3/bin/mvn
Using settings config with name Global Settings
Replacing all maven server entries not found in credentials list is true
[Pipeline]

{ [Pipeline] // withMaven [Pipeline] }

[Pipeline] // node
[Pipeline] End of Pipeline

GitHub has been notified of this commit?s build result

java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to serialize org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.support.storage.SimpleXStreamFlowNodeStorage$Tag#actions for class org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.support.storage.SimpleXStreamFlowNodeStorage$Tag
at hudson.util.RobustReflectionConverter$2.writeField(RobustReflectionConverter.java:215)
at hudson.util.RobustReflectionConverter$2.visit(RobustReflectionConverter.java:183)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.PureJavaReflectionProvider.visitSerializableFields(PureJavaReflectionProvider.java:138)
at hudson.util.RobustReflectionConverter.doMarshal(RobustReflectionConverter.java:168)
at hudson.util.RobustReflectionConverter.marshal(RobustReflectionConverter.java:109)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.AbstractReferenceMarshaller.convert(AbstractReferenceMarshaller.java:69)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeMarshaller.convertAnother(TreeMarshaller.java:58)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeMarshaller.convertAnother(TreeMarshaller.java:43)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeMarshaller.start(TreeMarshaller.java:82)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.AbstractTreeMarshallingStrategy.marshal(AbstractTreeMarshallingStrategy.java:37)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream.marshal(XStream.java:1026)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream.marshal(XStream.java:1015)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream.toXML(XStream.java:988)
at hudson.XmlFile.write(XmlFile.java:178)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.support.storage.SimpleXStreamFlowNodeStorage.saveActions(SimpleXStreamFlowNodeStorage.java:109)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsFlowExecution.saveActions(CpsFlowExecution.java:881)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.graph.FlowNode.save(FlowNode.java:312)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.graph.FlowNode$1.persist(FlowNode.java:299)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.graph.FlowNode$1.add(FlowNode.java:275)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.graph.FlowNode$1.add(FlowNode.java:266)
at java.util.AbstractList.add(AbstractList.java:108)
at hudson.model.Actionable.addAction(Actionable.java:129)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.FlowHead.markIfFail(FlowHead.java:142)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.DSL.invokeStep(DSL.java:203)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.DSL.invokeMethod(DSL.java:124)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsScript.invokeMethod(CpsScript.java:117)
at groovy.lang.GroovyObject$invokeMethod.call(Unknown Source)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:48)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:113)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker$1.call(Checker.java:151)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.GroovyInterceptor.onMethodCall(GroovyInterceptor.java:21)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.groovy.SandboxInterceptor.onMethodCall(SandboxInterceptor.java:115)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker$1.call(Checker.java:149)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:146)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:123)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:123)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.sandbox.SandboxInvoker.methodCall(SandboxInvoker.java:16)
at WorkflowScript.run(WorkflowScript:23)
at __cps.transform__(Native Method)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ContinuationGroup.methodCall(ContinuationGroup.java:48)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.FunctionCallBlock$ContinuationImpl.dispatchOrArg(FunctionCallBlock.java:109)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.FunctionCallBlock$ContinuationImpl.fixArg(FunctionCallBlock.java:82)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor231.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ContinuationPtr$ContinuationImpl.receive(ContinuationPtr.java:72)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.CollectionLiteralBlock$ContinuationImpl.dispatch(CollectionLiteralBlock.java:55)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.CollectionLiteralBlock$ContinuationImpl.item(CollectionLiteralBlock.java:45)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor184.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ContinuationPtr$ContinuationImpl.receive(ContinuationPtr.java:72)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.CollectionLiteralBlock$ContinuationImpl.dispatch(CollectionLiteralBlock.java:55)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.CollectionLiteralBlock$ContinuationImpl.item(CollectionLiteralBlock.java:45)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor184.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ContinuationPtr$ContinuationImpl.receive(ContinuationPtr.java:72)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ContinuationGroup.methodCall(ContinuationGroup.java:50)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.FunctionCallBlock$ContinuationImpl.dispatchOrArg(FunctionCallBlock.java:109)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.FunctionCallBlock$ContinuationImpl.fixArg(FunctionCallBlock.java:82)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor231.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ContinuationPtr$ContinuationImpl.receive(ContinuationPtr.java:72)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.CollectionLiteralBlock$ContinuationImpl.dispatch(CollectionLiteralBlock.java:55)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.CollectionLiteralBlock$ContinuationImpl.item(CollectionLiteralBlock.java:45)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor184.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ContinuationPtr$ContinuationImpl.receive(ContinuationPtr.java:72)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ConstantBlock.eval(ConstantBlock.java:21)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Next.step(Next.java:58)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Continuable.run0(Continuable.java:154)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable.access$001(SandboxContinuable.java:18)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable$1.call(SandboxContinuable.java:33)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable$1.call(SandboxContinuable.java:30)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.groovy.GroovySandbox.runInSandbox(GroovySandbox.java:108)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable.run0(SandboxContinuable.java:30)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThread.runNextChunk(CpsThread.java:164)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup.run(CpsThreadGroup.java:361)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup.access$100(CpsThreadGroup.java:80)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup$2.call(CpsThreadGroup.java:236)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup$2.call(CpsThreadGroup.java:226)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsVmExecutorService$2.call(CpsVmExecutorService.java:47)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at hudson.remoting.SingleLaneExecutorService$1.run(SingleLaneExecutorService.java:112)
at jenkins.util.ContextResettingExecutorService$1.run(ContextResettingExecutorService.java:28)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Failed to serialize org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.actions.ErrorAction#error for class org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.actions.ErrorAction
at hudson.util.RobustReflectionConverter$2.writeField(RobustReflectionConverter.java:215)
at hudson.util.RobustReflectionConverter$2.visit(RobustReflectionConverter.java:183)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.PureJavaReflectionProvider.visitSerializableFields(PureJavaReflectionProvider.java:138)
at hudson.util.RobustReflectionConverter.doMarshal(RobustReflectionConverter.java:168)
at hudson.util.RobustReflectionConverter.marshal(RobustReflectionConverter.java:109)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.AbstractReferenceMarshaller.convert(AbstractReferenceMarshaller.java:69)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeMarshaller.convertAnother(TreeMarshaller.java:58)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeMarshaller.convertAnother(TreeMarshaller.java:43)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.AbstractReferenceMarshaller$1.convertAnother(AbstractReferenceMarshaller.java:88)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.AbstractCollectionConverter.writeItem(AbstractCollectionConverter.java:64)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.collections.ArrayConverter.marshal(ArrayConverter.java:45)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.AbstractReferenceMarshaller.convert(AbstractReferenceMarshaller.java:69)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeMarshaller.convertAnother(TreeMarshaller.java:58)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.AbstractReferenceMarshaller$1.convertAnother(AbstractReferenceMarshaller.java:84)
at hudson.util.RobustReflectionConverter.marshallField(RobustReflectionConverter.java:224)
at hudson.util.RobustReflectionConverter$2.writeField(RobustReflectionConverter.java:211)
at hudson.util.RobustReflectionConverter$2.visit(RobustReflectionConverter.java:183)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.PureJavaReflectionProvider.visitSerializableFields(PureJavaReflectionProvider.java:138)
at hudson.util.RobustReflectionConverter.doMarshal(RobustReflectionConverter.java:168)
at hudson.util.RobustReflectionConverter.marshal(RobustReflectionConverter.java:109)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.AbstractReferenceMarshaller.convert(AbstractReferenceMarshaller.java:69)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeMarshaller.convertAnother(TreeMarshaller.java:58)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeMarshaller.convertAnother(TreeMarshaller.java:43)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeMarshaller.start(TreeMarshaller.java:82)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.AbstractTreeMarshallingStrategy.marshal(AbstractTreeMarshallingStrategy.java:37)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream.marshal(XStream.java:1026)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream.marshal(XStream.java:1015)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream.toXML(XStream.java:988)
at hudson.XmlFile.write(XmlFile.java:178)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.support.storage.SimpleXStreamFlowNodeStorage.saveActions(SimpleXStreamFlowNodeStorage.java:109)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsFlowExecution.saveActions(CpsFlowExecution.java:881)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.graph.FlowNode.save(FlowNode.java:312)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.graph.FlowNode$1.persist(FlowNode.java:299)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.graph.FlowNode$1.add(FlowNode.java:275)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.graph.FlowNode$1.add(FlowNode.java:266)
at java.util.AbstractList.add(AbstractList.java:108)
at hudson.model.Actionable.addAction(Actionable.java:129)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.FlowHead.markIfFail(FlowHead.java:142)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.DSL.invokeStep(DSL.java:203)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.DSL.invokeMethod(DSL.java:124)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsScript.invokeMethod(CpsScript.java:117)
at groovy.lang.GroovyObject$invokeMethod.call(Unknown Source)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:48)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:113)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker$1.call(Checker.java:151)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.GroovyInterceptor.onMethodCall(GroovyInterceptor.java:21)
at org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.groovy.SandboxInterceptor.onMethodCall(SandboxInterceptor.java:115)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker$1.call(Checker.java:149)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:146)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:123)
at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:123)
at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.sandbox.SandboxInvoker.methodCall(SandboxInvoker.java:16)
... 54 more
Caused by: java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Refusing to marshal com.google.inject.ConfigurationException for security reasons
at hudson.util.XStream2$BlacklistedTypesConverter.marshal(XStream2.java:442)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.AbstractReferenceMarshaller.convert(AbstractReferenceMarshaller.java:69)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.TreeMarshaller.convertAnother(TreeMarshaller.java:58)
at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.AbstractReferenceMarshaller$1.convertAnother(AbstractReferenceMarshaller.java:84)
at hudson.util.RobustReflectionConverter.marshallField(RobustReflectionConverter.java:224)
at hudson.util.RobustReflectionConverter$2.writeField(RobustReflectionConverter.java:211)
... 105 more
Finished: FAILURE