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Bug
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Blocker
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None
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Jenkins 2.516.2 (current LTS version)
When we updated the EC2 plugin from 2018.vc13c882e22db_ to 2029.v50458f410ef9, Agents were not longer able to start. Reverting to 2018.vc13c882e22db_ fixed the problem, so it's pretty clearly a bad release, at least in our environment.
Here's what we saw in the logs:
Sep 09, 2025 8:38:52 AM WARNING hudson.plugins.ec2.EC2Cloud logUnable to check the server key java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal base64 character 5d at java.base/java.util.Base64$Decoder.decode0(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.util.Base64$Decoder.decode(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.util.Base64$Decoder.decode(Unknown Source) at PluginClassLoader for ec2//hudson.plugins.ec2.ssh.verifiers.SshHostKeyVerificationStrategy.getKeyFromLine(SshHostKeyVerificationStrategy.java:178) at PluginClassLoader for ec2//hudson.plugins.ec2.ssh.verifiers.SshHostKeyVerificationStrategy.getHostKeyFromConsole(SshHostKeyVerificationStrategy.java:115) at PluginClassLoader for ec2//hudson.plugins.ec2.ssh.verifiers.CheckNewHardStrategy.verify(CheckNewHardStrategy.java:50) at PluginClassLoader for ec2//hudson.plugins.ec2.ssh.verifiers.SshHostKeyVerificationStrategy.verify(SshHostKeyVerificationStrategy.java:79) at PluginClassLoader for ec2//hudson.plugins.ec2.ssh.EC2SSHLauncher$ServerKeyVerifierImpl.verifyServerKey(EC2SSHLauncher.java:404) at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.sshd.client.session.AbstractClientSession.checkKeys(AbstractClientSession.java:620) at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.sshd.common.session.helpers.AbstractSession.handleKexMessage(AbstractSession.java:776) at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.sshd.common.session.helpers.AbstractSession.doHandleMessage(AbstractSession.java:631) at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.sshd.common.session.helpers.AbstractSession.lambda$handleMessage$0(AbstractSession.java:555) at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-common//org.apache.sshd.common.util.threads.ThreadUtils.runAsInternal(ThreadUtils.java:68) at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.sshd.common.session.helpers.AbstractSession.handleMessage(AbstractSession.java:554) at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.sshd.common.session.helpers.AbstractSession.decode(AbstractSession.java:1738) at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.sshd.common.session.helpers.AbstractSession.messageReceived(AbstractSession.java:515) at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.sshd.common.session.helpers.AbstractSessionIoHandler.messageReceived(AbstractSessionIoHandler.java:76) at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.sshd.mina.MinaService.messageReceived(MinaService.java:163) at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.mina.core.filterchain.DefaultIoFilterChain$TailFilter.messageReceived(DefaultIoFilterChain.java:1015) at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.mina.core.filterchain.DefaultIoFilterChain.callNextMessageReceived(DefaultIoFilterChain.java:650) at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.mina.core.filterchain.DefaultIoFilterChain.access$1300(DefaultIoFilterChain.java:49) at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.mina.core.filterchain.DefaultIoFilterChain$EntryImpl$1.messageReceived(DefaultIoFilterChain.java:1128) at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.mina.core.filterchain.IoFilterAdapter.messageReceived(IoFilterAdapter.java:122) at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.mina.core.filterchain.DefaultIoFilterChain.callNextMessageReceived(DefaultIoFilterChain.java:650) at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.mina.core.filterchain.DefaultIoFilterChain.fireMessageReceived(DefaultIoFilterChain.java:643) at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.mina.core.polling.AbstractPollingIoProcessor.read(AbstractPollingIoProcessor.java:539) at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.mina.core.polling.AbstractPollingIoProcessor.access$1200(AbstractPollingIoProcessor.java:68) at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.mina.core.polling.AbstractPollingIoProcessor$Processor.process(AbstractPollingIoProcessor.java:1224) at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.mina.core.polling.AbstractPollingIoProcessor$Processor.process(AbstractPollingIoProcessor.java:1213) at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.mina.core.polling.AbstractPollingIoProcessor$Processor.run(AbstractPollingIoProcessor.java:683) at PluginClassLoader for mina-sshd-api-core//org.apache.mina.util.NamePreservingRunnable.run(NamePreservingRunnable.java:64) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
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JENKINS-76083 SSH using invalid HostKeyAlgorithms value of EC
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- In Review
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