Why is there no "retry job" feature or plugin?

[Stabledog]

I have used Jenkins for years.   The one thing that I find perpetually annoying is the absence of a "retry" button -- seems like this should be present on any page which shows information about a past build... "scrape the parameters, and start it again".   Simple, yes?  Obvious?  I would think so?

But googling the topic reveals a vast silence.   Nobody is complaining about having to cut-and-paste the parameters from a previous job, one at a time, onto the build-params page (which always supplies the defaults).   How can it be that nobody else is bothered by this? 

So I think "I must just be missing the feature..." and I scan each page more carefully, and go look for plugins which do this.   Nothing.

Am I really the only one who thinks this is serious inconvenience?   We have plugins to let jenkins drive a coffeemaker, but not to restart a job without a lot of data entry?

[Slide]

This would indeed be useful, I'll see about implementing something and submitting either a pull request, or creating a new plugin for it.

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[Les Matheson]

That would be fantastic!   I'd do it myself if I had any experience doing Jenkins plugins... but it seems like a lengthy learning curve for this one feature :)

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[Hemang Lavana]

Hi,

Please take a look at the rebuild plugin:

https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Rebuild+Plugin

I believe it does exactly what you are asking for.

Thanks,

Hemang.

[Stabledog]

Wow... that does indeed look like the solution.  Can't believe I've missed it for so long.

Perhaps because I've always searched for "retry" or "restart", not "rebuild".  Will give it a spin right now!

Thanks!

[Stabledog]

Another user pointed out that the "Rebuild" plugin ( https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Rebuild+Plugin ) does what I'm asking for.   I've hooked it up, and indeed it does.   So I withdraw my complaint about the lack of a plugin! :)

On Wednesday, October 30, 2013 6:37:18 PM UTC-7, Stabledog wrote:

That would be fantastic!   I'd do it myself if I had any experience doing Jenkins plugins... but it seems like a lengthy learning curve for this one feature :)

On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 6:35 PM, Slide  wrote:

This would indeed be useful, I'll see about implementing something and submitting either a pull request, or creating a new plugin for it.

On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Stabledog  wrote:

I have used Jenkins for years.   The one thing that I find perpetually annoying is the absence of a "retry" button -- seems like this should be present on any page which shows information about a past build... "scrape the parameters, and start it again".   Simple, yes?  Obvious?  I would think so?

But googling the topic reveals a vast silence.   Nobody is complaining about having to cut-and-paste the parameters from a previous job, one at a time, onto the build-params page (which always supplies the defaults).   How can it be that nobody else is bothered by this? 

So I think "I must just be missing the feature..." and I scan each page more carefully, and go look for plugins which do this.   Nothing.

Am I really the only one who thinks this is serious inconvenience?   We have plugins to let jenkins drive a coffeemaker, but not to restart a job without a lot of data entry?

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