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  2. JENKINS-38995

Choice parameters cannot be used inside of Multibranch Pipelines

    • Icon: Bug Bug
    • Resolution: Duplicate
    • Icon: Minor Minor
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      In a project I need parameters (with defaults) to execute property - imagine having a default to "debug" build parameter with the option for a user to select "release" build/deploys every now and again.

      I can accomplish this with a "non-multibranch Pipeline" by using the Choice parameters when configuring the project, but when I use the properties step my Multibranch Pipeline cannot execute properly.

      Given the following Jenkinsfile

      properties([parameters([choice(choices: ['debug', 'release', 'dev'],
              description: '', name: 'buildType')]), pipelineTriggers([])])
      
      node {
          echo buildType
         // echo "buildType is: ${buildType}"
      }
      

      This will result in the exception below:

      Fetching origin...
      Fetching changes from the remote Git repository
      Checking out Revision 3471f057dff0ca3c958f7f522edb687b0f355988 (master)
      [Pipeline] properties
      [Pipeline] End of Pipeline
      java.lang.ClassCastException: hudson.model.ChoiceParameterDefinition.choices expects class java.lang.String but received class java.util.ArrayList
      	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.structs.describable.DescribableModel.coerce(DescribableModel.java:384)
      	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.structs.describable.DescribableModel.buildArguments(DescribableModel.java:313)
      	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.structs.describable.DescribableModel.instantiate(DescribableModel.java:257)
      	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.structs.describable.UninstantiatedDescribable.instantiate(UninstantiatedDescribable.java:175)
      	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.structs.describable.DescribableModel.coerce(DescribableModel.java:364)
      	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.structs.describable.DescribableModel.coerceList(DescribableModel.java:453)
      	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.structs.describable.DescribableModel.coerce(DescribableModel.java:357)
      	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.structs.describable.DescribableModel.buildArguments(DescribableModel.java:313)
      	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.structs.describable.DescribableModel.instantiate(DescribableModel.java:257)
      	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.structs.describable.UninstantiatedDescribable.instantiate(UninstantiatedDescribable.java:175)
      	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.structs.describable.DescribableModel.coerce(DescribableModel.java:364)
      	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.structs.describable.DescribableModel.coerceList(DescribableModel.java:453)
      	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.structs.describable.DescribableModel.coerce(DescribableModel.java:357)
      	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.structs.describable.DescribableModel.buildArguments(DescribableModel.java:313)
      	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.structs.describable.DescribableModel.instantiate(DescribableModel.java:257)
      	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.steps.StepDescriptor.newInstance(StepDescriptor.java:195)
      	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.DSL.invokeStep(DSL.java:181)
      	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.DSL.invokeMethod(DSL.java:126)
      	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsScript.invokeMethod(CpsScript.java:120)
      	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.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.groovy.SandboxInterceptor.onMethodCall(SandboxInterceptor.java:103)
      	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker$1.call(Checker.java:149)
      	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:146)
      	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.sandbox.SandboxInvoker.methodCall(SandboxInvoker.java:16)
      	at WorkflowScript.run(WorkflowScript:3)
      	at ___cps.transform___(Native Method)
      	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ContinuationGroup.methodCall(ContinuationGroup.java:48)
      	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.FunctionCallBlock$ContinuationImpl.dispatchOrArg(FunctionCallBlock.java:109)
      	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.FunctionCallBlock$ContinuationImpl.fixArg(FunctionCallBlock.java:82)
      	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor102.invoke(Unknown Source)
      	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
      	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
      	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ContinuationPtr$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.GeneratedMethodAccessor103.invoke(Unknown Source)
      	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
      	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
      	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$ContinuationImpl.fixArg(FunctionCallBlock.java:82)
      	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor102.invoke(Unknown Source)
      	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
      	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
      	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ContinuationPtr$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.access$000(CollectionLiteralBlock.java:31)
      	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.CollectionLiteralBlock.eval(CollectionLiteralBlock.java:26)
      	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:324)
      	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup.access$100(CpsThreadGroup.java:78)
      	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup$2.call(CpsThreadGroup.java:236)
      	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup$2.call(CpsThreadGroup.java:224)
      	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)
      Finished: FAILURE
      

      I should note, the project is not properly scanned for the parameter properties as the "Build Now" sidebar item does not change to "Build with Parameters".

          [JENKINS-38995] Choice parameters cannot be used inside of Multibranch Pipelines

          Jesse Glick added a comment -

          See JENKINS-26143 for the syntax which is accepted.

          Jesse Glick added a comment - See JENKINS-26143 for the syntax which is accepted.

          R. Tyler Croy added a comment -

          jglick, that ticket is for the choice parameter for the input step and doesn't clearly map to the properties step as far as I can tell? Perhaps that ticket title needs to be changed to something like "all choice parameters generated by the snippet generator are wrong?"

          R. Tyler Croy added a comment - jglick , that ticket is for the choice parameter for the input step and doesn't clearly map to the properties step as far as I can tell? Perhaps that ticket title needs to be changed to something like "all choice parameters generated by the snippet generator are wrong?"

          Jesse Glick added a comment -

          Same code either way.

          Jesse Glick added a comment - Same code either way.

          Peter Niederlag added a comment - - edited

          This problem is really anoying and filling quite a bunch of places on the net.

          It seems that the array syntax of defining the choices is not supported and must be replaced by a string that is concatenated by \n. This snippet did the trick for me:

          properties([parameters([choice(choices: "debug\nrelease\ndev",
                  description: '', name: 'buildType')]), pipelineTriggers([])])
          

          Peter Niederlag added a comment - - edited This problem is really anoying and filling quite a bunch of places on the net. It seems that the array syntax of defining the choices is not supported and must be replaced by a string that is concatenated by \n. This snippet did the trick for me: properties([parameters([choice(choices: "debug\nrelease\ndev" , description: '', name: ' buildType')]), pipelineTriggers([])])

            cloudbees CloudBees Inc.
            rtyler R. Tyler Croy
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