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  2. JENKINS-61145

dir() step fails with docker agent when API version is prior to 1.35

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      When using the RedHat Docker distribution, the dir step fails.

      Given this example pipeline :

      pipeline {
    agent {
        docker {
            image 'alpine'
        }
    }
    stages {
        stage('Test') {
            steps {
                dir('test') {
                    sh 'pwd'
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

      After a couple of minutes doing nothing in the dir step, the build finally fails with this error :

       

      [Pipeline] dir
Running in /home/jenkins/agent/workspace/test/test
[Pipeline] {
[Pipeline] sh
process apparently never started in /home/jenkins/agent/workspace/test/test@tmp/durable-e1730f3c
(running Jenkins temporarily with -Dorg.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.BourneShellScript.LAUNCH_DIAGNOSTICS=true might make the problem clearer)
[Pipeline] }
[Pipeline] // dir

      When running Jenkins with -Dorg.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.BourneShellScript.LAUNCH_DIAGNOSTICS=true as suggested, it outputs more info :

       

      [Pipeline] dir
Running in /home/jenkins/agent/workspace/test/test
[Pipeline] {
[Pipeline] sh
"--workdir" requires API version 1.35, but the Docker daemon API version is 1.26
process apparently never started in /home/jenkins/agent/workspace/test/test@tmp/durable-af2c36e9
[Pipeline] }
[Pipeline] // dir

       

      I guess the dir step has a specific behavior when running on a Docker agent and tries to use --workdir option to change directory. Unfortunately, this option is not available with Docker API < 1.35, which is the case with the RedHat distribution.

      IMHO, the dir step should be agnostic of whether or not the step is running in a Docker agent.

      I didn't find the piece of code that is responsible for this behavior. I would be glad to submit a PR as soon as someone helps me find it.

            csanchez Carlos Sanchez
            ericcitaire Eric Citaire
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