[JIRA] (JENKINS-56809) No lastCompletedBuild symlink

Issue Type:	Bug
Assignee:	Unassigned
Components:	core
Created:	2019-03-29 11:29
Environment:	Jenkins 2.46.2 openjdk 1.8.0 ubnutu 16.04 lts
Priority:	Minor
Reporter:	Daniel Jeznach

I maintain few jenkinses, various versions (2.x). Some of them publish artifacts even when build result is failure.

Using jenkins UI I can access artifacts via http url JENKINS_URL/job/jobname/lastCompletedBuild/artifact/file.ext

But I need to access this artifact directly from filesystem where artifacts are stored, in my case it is custom path:

/mnt/jenkins/builds/jobname/lastCompletedBuild/archive/file.ext

but lastCompletedBuild symlink is not created. I still can access the file, but I have to know build number. The same is for lastBuild.

It works for lastCompletedBuild, lastUnstableBuild, lastFailedBuild, lastUnsuccessfulBuild.

All short url from job page have their respective symlinks except lastCompletedBuild.

Is it intentional?

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Change By:	Daniel Jeznach
Labels:	symlink

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I maintain few jenkinses, various versions (2.x). Some of jobs on them publish artifacts even when build result is failure.

Using jenkins UI I can access artifacts via http url JENKINS_URL/job/jobname/lastCompletedBuild/artifact/file.ext

But I need to access this artifact directly from filesystem where artifacts are stored, in my case it is custom path:

/mnt/jenkins/builds/jobname/lastCompletedBuild/archive/file.ext

but lastCompletedBuild symlink is not created. I still can access the file, but I have to know build number. The same is for lastBuild.

It works for lastCompletedBuild, lastUnstableBuild, lastFailedBuild, lastUnsuccessfulBuild.

All short url from job page have their respective symlinks except lastCompletedBuild.

Is it intentional?

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Change By:	Daniel Jeznach

I maintain few jenkinses, various versions (2.x). Some of jobs on them publish artifacts even when build result is failure.

Using jenkins UI I can access artifacts via http url JENKINS_URL/job/jobname/lastCompletedBuild/artifact/file.ext

But I need to access this artifact directly from filesystem where artifacts are stored, in my case it is custom path:

{{ /mnt/jenkins/builds/jobname/lastCompletedBuild/archive/file.ext }}

but lastCompletedBuild symlink is not created. I still can access the file, but I have to know build number. The same is for lastBuild.

It works for lastCompletedBuild, lastUnstableBuild, lastFailedBuild, lastUnsuccessfulBuild.

All short url shorthand urls from job page have their respective symlinks created, except lastCompletedBuild.

Is it intentional?

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Change By:	Daniel Jeznach

I maintain few jenkinses, various versions (2.x). Some of jobs on them publish artifacts even when build result is failure. Using jenkins UI I can access artifacts via http url

{{ JENKINS_URL/job/jobname/lastCompletedBuild/artifact/file.ext }}

But I need to access this artifact directly from filesystem where artifacts are stored, in my case it is custom path:

{{/mnt/jenkins/builds/jobname/lastCompletedBuild/archive/file.ext}}

On disk, lastCompletedBuild symlink is not created. I still can access the file, but I have to know build number. The same is for lastBuild. To sum up: it works for lastCompletedBuild, lastUnstableBuild, lastFailedBuild, lastUnsuccessfulBuild. All shorthand urls from job page have their respective symlinks created, except lastCompletedBuild.

Is it intentional?

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Change By:	Daniel Jeznach

I maintain few jenkinses, various versions (2.x). Some of jobs on them publish artifacts even when build result is failure.

Using jenkins UI I can access artifacts via http url

{{ JENKINS_URL/job/jobname/lastCompletedBuild/artifact/file.ext }}

But I need to access this artifact directly from filesystem where artifacts are stored, in my case it is custom path:

{{/mnt/jenkins/builds/jobname/lastCompletedBuild/archive/file.ext}}

but On disk, lastCompletedBuild symlink is not created. I still can access the file, but I have to know build number. The same is for lastBuild.

It To sum up: it works for lastCompletedBuild, lastUnstableBuild, lastFailedBuild, lastUnsuccessfulBuild. All shorthand urls from job page have their respective symlinks created, except lastCompletedBuild.

Is it intentional?

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Jesse Glick resolved as Won't Fix

Not sure offhand, but note that as of ~~JENKINS-37862~~ in new versions of Jenkins, symlinks are not created at all. If you have some need for them, you need to install the Build Symlink plugin. If you have any issues with that, file them in that component (though I would consider it a very low priority).

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Change By:	Jesse Glick
Status:	Open Resolved
Resolution:	Won't Fix

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Note that normally you would use the Copy Artifact plugin and not mess around with $JENKINS_HOME.

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Thanks for explaining. Still, I don't see new solution handles lastCompletedBuild.

Copy Artifact does not satisfy me, because I need to access files directly on filesystem, before jenkins handles it (I use reverse proxy to intercept /artifact/ url.

For my test job, I found there is permalinks file created, which can be use as symlinks equivalent, this is great, so I don't need to install plugin, but its contents is:

lastFailedBuild -1
lastStableBuild 2
lastSuccessfulBuild 2
lastUnstableBuild -1
lastUnsuccessfulBuild -1

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Thanks for explaining. Still, I don't see new solution handles lastCompletedBuild.

Copy Artifact does not satisfy me, because I need to access files directly on filesystem, before jenkins handles it (I use reverse proxy to intercept /artifact/ url.

For my test job, I found there is permalinks file created, which can be use as symlinks equivalent, this is great, so I don't need to install plugin, but its contents is:

{{lastFailedBuild -1}}
{{lastStableBuild 2}}
{{lastSuccessfulBuild 2}}
{{lastUnstableBuild -1}}
{{lastUnsuccessfulBuild -1}}

As you can see, no lastCompletedBuild entry, but when I type lastCompletedBuild in build URL, it's handled correctly. So it seems inconsistent to me.

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Daniel Jeznach edited a comment on

Thanks for explaining. Still, I don't see new solution handles lastCompletedBuild.

Copy Artifact does not satisfy me, because I need to access files directly on filesystem, before jenkins handles it (I use reverse proxy to intercept /artifact/ url ) .

For my test job, I found there is permalinks file created, which can be use as symlinks equivalent, this is great, so I don't need to install plugin, but its contents is:

{{lastFailedBuild -1}}
{{lastStableBuild 2}}
{{lastSuccessfulBuild 2}}
{{lastUnstableBuild -1}}
{{lastUnsuccessfulBuild -1}}

As you can see, no lastCompletedBuild entry, but when I type lastCompletedBuild in build URL (/job/test/lastCompletedBuild/), it's handled correctly. So it seems inconsistent to me.

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Daniel Jeznach edited a comment on

Thanks for explaining. Still, I don't see new solution handles lastCompletedBuild.

Copy Artifact does not satisfy me, because I need to access files directly on filesystem, before jenkins handles it (I use reverse proxy to intercept /artifact/ url.

For my test job, I found there is permalinks file created, which can be use as symlinks equivalent, this is great, so I don't need to install plugin, but its contents is:

{{lastFailedBuild -1}}
{{lastStableBuild 2}}
{{lastSuccessfulBuild 2}}
{{lastUnstableBuild -1}}
{{lastUnsuccessfulBuild -1}}

As you can see, no lastCompletedBuild entry, but when I type lastCompletedBuild in build URL (/job/test/lastCompletedBuild/) , it's handled correctly. So it seems inconsistent to me.

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Change By:	Daniel Jeznach
Resolution:	Won't Fix
Status:	Resolved In Review

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