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Improvement
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Resolution: Not A Defect
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Minor
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*OS*
{code}
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="14.04.5 LTS, Trusty Tahr"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS"
VERSION_ID="14.04"
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*JVM*
{code}
java version "1.8.0_101"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_101-b13)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.101-b13, mixed mode)
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*Jenkins*
{code}
ver. 2.168
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*Plugins*
{code}
Pipeline 2.6
Pipeline Graph Analysis Plugin 1.9
Pipeline Utility Steps 2.3.0
Pipeline: API 2.33
Pipeline: Basic Steps 2.15
Pipeline: Build Step 2.8
Pipeline: Declarative 1.3.7
Pipeline: Declarative Agent API 1.1.1
Pipeline: Declarative Extension Points API 1.3.7
Pipeline: Groovy 2.64
Pipeline: Input Step 2.10
Pipeline: Job 2.32
Pipeline: Milestone Step 1.3.1
Pipeline: Model API 1.3.7
Pipeline: Multibranch 2.21
Pipeline: Multibranch with defaults 2.0
Pipeline: Nodes and Processes 2.29
Pipeline: REST API Plugin 2.10
Pipeline: SCM Step 2.7
Pipeline: Shared Groovy Libraries 2.13
Pipeline: Stage Step 2.3
Pipeline: Stage Tags Metadata 1.3.7
Pipeline: Stage View Plugin 2.10
Pipeline: Step API 2.19
Pipeline: Supporting APIs 3.2
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Pipeline jobs do not allocate workspace automatically
Steps to reproduce for scripted pipeline
- Create pipeline job
- Put the following script into "Pipeline Script" field
node {
stage('Prepare') {
echo "WS: ${pwd()}, EXISTS: ${new File(pwd()).exists()}"
echo "WS_TMP: ${pwd(tmp: true)}, EXISTS: ${new File(pwd(tmp: true)).exists()}"
echo "CWD: ${new File('.').absolutePath}"
echo "USER_DIR: ${System.getProperty('user.dir')}"
}
}
- Uncheck "Use Groovy Sandbox"
- Run the job
Expected result: workspace directory exists
Actual result: workspace directory does not exist
Running in Durability level: MAX_SURVIVABILITY [Pipeline] Start of Pipeline [Pipeline] node Running on Jenkins in /var/lib/jenkins/jobs/automation/jobs/test2/workspace [Pipeline] { [Pipeline] stage [Pipeline] { (Prepare) [Pipeline] pwd [Pipeline] pwd [Pipeline] echo WS: /var/lib/jenkins/jobs/automation/jobs/test2/workspace, EXISTS: false [Pipeline] pwd [Pipeline] pwd [Pipeline] echo WS_TMP: /var/lib/jenkins/jobs/automation/jobs/test2/workspace@tmp, EXISTS: false [Pipeline] echo CWD: /. [Pipeline] echo USER_DIR: / [Pipeline] } [Pipeline] // stage [Pipeline] } [Pipeline] // node [Pipeline] End of Pipeline Finished: SUCCESS
Steps to reproduce for declarative pipeline
- Create pipeline job
- Put the following script into "Pipeline Script" field
pipeline {
agent any
stages {
stage ('Prepare') {
steps {
echo "WS: ${pwd()}, EXISTS: ${new File(pwd()).exists()}"
echo "WS_TMP: ${pwd(tmp: true)}, EXISTS: ${new File(pwd(tmp: true)).exists()}"
echo "CWD: ${new File('.').absolutePath}"
echo "USER_DIR: ${System.getProperty('user.dir')}"
}
}
}
}
- Uncheck "Use Groovy Sandbox"
- Run the job
Expected result: workspace directory exists
Actual result: workspace directory does not exist
Running in Durability level: MAX_SURVIVABILITY [Pipeline] Start of Pipeline [Pipeline] node Running on Jenkins in /var/lib/jenkins/jobs/automation/jobs/test/workspace [Pipeline] { [Pipeline] stage [Pipeline] { (Prepare) [Pipeline] pwd [Pipeline] pwd [Pipeline] echo WS: /var/lib/jenkins/jobs/automation/jobs/test/workspace, EXISTS: false [Pipeline] pwd [Pipeline] pwd [Pipeline] echo WS_TMP: /var/lib/jenkins/jobs/automation/jobs/test/workspace@tmp, EXISTS: false [Pipeline] echo CWD: /. [Pipeline] echo USER_DIR: / [Pipeline] } [Pipeline] // stage [Pipeline] } [Pipeline] // node [Pipeline] End of Pipeline Finished: SUCCESS
[JENKINS-56867] Jenkins does not allocate workspace for neither declarative pipeline nor scripted pipeline jobs
Indeed the node and ws steps do not currently force creation of the workspace directory. This is not a bug; it would be a bug in some other plugin if a Step taking a FilePath context assumed that the directory existed when it started running and neglected to call mkdirs.
john
added a comment - It seems that the ansible plugin does not force the workspace creation.
i found that pipelines would fail with the error "unable to create workspace if ansiblePlaybook was the first stage.
If i ran my first stage as
stage('write') {
steps {
script
}
}
Then ran the rest of the pipeline. the workspace was created fine.
john
added a comment - It seems that the ansible plugin does not force the workspace creation.
i found that pipelines would fail with the error "unable to create workspace if ansiblePlaybook was the first stage.
If i ran my first stage as
stage('write') {
steps {
script
{
def date = new Date()
def data = "Hello World\nSecond line\n" + date
writeFile(file: 'zorg.txt', text: data)
sh "ls -l"
}
}
}
Then ran the rest of the pipeline. the workspace was created fine. 
We are also facing the same issue. Is there any update on it?