There was similar error, but the message was different. If you find similar issue again, please attach as much information as possible. In case you're having problems with the data exchanged between TestLink and Jenkins, in order to help, I might need you to sniff the connection between Jenkins and TL (using QDPF, Wireshark, or some other tool of your preference). I'm cutting a new release anyway, but feel free to add any comment here or let me know if you find any blocker.

Hi There

I'm having the same error with testlink 1.9.6, jenkins 1.512 and plugin 3.5

doing a post to the API call with

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><methodCall xmlns:ex="http://ws.apache.org/xmlrpc/namespaces/extensions"><methodName>tl.checkDevKey</methodName><params><param><value><struct><member><name>devKey</name><value>041053c00fc00b7f3f895959bd0d6a09</value></member></struct></value></param></params></methodCall>

I get a response as

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<methodResponse>
  <params>
    <param>
      <value>
        <boolean>1</boolean>
      </value>
    </param>
  </params>
</methodResponse>

so it seem there is a newline before the xml header (code formatting is removing it, but it's there ).
doing a capture on the testlink server it seems it's getting the same response before failing.

is there a way to have this newline removed? is this editable in any testlink php file?

Hello,

check Testlink custom_config.inc.php/config_db.inc.php files for the extra new lines.

Our problem was caused by the extra line in end of the config_db.inc.php.

Removing \n after the ?> in config_db.inc.php resolved the issue.

Also it would be good to check that these configuration files starts and ends with proper php tags.

Closing since it's a problem with the TestLink installation, and not with the plug-in (nor we can hack a fix in the plug-in code, sorry)

Hi Sir kinow

I have the same problem in connecting testlink with jenkins.

The error was: Error verifying developer key: Failed to read server's response: Connection timed out.

Thank You,
Ed

FATAL: Error verifying developer key: Failed to read server's response: Connection timed out
br.eti.kinoshita.testlinkjavaapi.util.TestLinkAPIException: Error verifying developer key: Failed to read server's response: Connection timed out
at br.eti.kinoshita.testlinkjavaapi.MiscService.checkDevKey(MiscService.java:63)
at br.eti.kinoshita.testlinkjavaapi.TestLinkAPI.<init>(TestLinkAPI.java:144)
at hudson.plugins.testlink.TestLinkBuilder.getTestLinkSite(TestLinkBuilder.java:307)
at hudson.plugins.testlink.TestLinkBuilder.perform(TestLinkBuilder.java:186)
at hudson.tasks.BuildStepMonitor$1.perform(BuildStepMonitor.java:20)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.perform(AbstractBuild.java:782)
at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.build(Build.java:205)
at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.doRun(Build.java:162)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:534)
at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1738)
at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:43)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:98)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:410)
Caused by: org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcException: Failed to read server's response: Connection timed out
at org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcStreamTransport.sendRequest(XmlRpcStreamTransport.java:161)
at org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcHttpTransport.sendRequest(XmlRpcHttpTransport.java:143)
at org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcSunHttpTransport.sendRequest(XmlRpcSunHttpTransport.java:69)
at org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcClientWorker.execute(XmlRpcClientWorker.java:56)
at org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcClient.execute(XmlRpcClient.java:167)
at org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcClient.execute(XmlRpcClient.java:158)
at org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcClient.execute(XmlRpcClient.java:147)
at br.eti.kinoshita.testlinkjavaapi.BaseService.executeXmlRpcCall(BaseService.java:90)
at br.eti.kinoshita.testlinkjavaapi.MiscService.checkDevKey(MiscService.java:60)
... 12 more
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:350)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:206)
at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:188)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:589)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:538)
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:180)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:432)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:527)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.<init>(HttpClient.java:211)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:308)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:326)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(HttpURLConnection.java:1169)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect0(HttpURLConnection.java:1105)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:999)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(HttpURLConnection.java:933)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream0(HttpURLConnection.java:1283)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1258)
at org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcSunHttpTransport.writeRequest(XmlRpcSunHttpTransport.java:104)
at org.apache.xmlrpc.client.XmlRpcStreamTransport.sendRequest(XmlRpcStreamTransport.java:151)
... 20 more
ERROR: Error communicating with TestLink. Check your TestLink configuration.
[BFA] Scanning build for known causes...
[BFA] No failure causes found
[BFA] Done. 0s
Notifying upstream projects of job completion
Finished: FAILURE