NixOS / NixOS/hydra

Builds being deleted immediately

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Description

Hi,

It seems that builds vanish immediately after they finish. Eg at time of writing,
http://hydra.nixos.org/build/51448202
is only 30 minutes old, but already it says "Note: this build is no longer available.". Clicking the "Actions: contents" button results in a 404. This is especially problematic with failed builds when you want to investigate in more detail why they failed, eg
http://hydra.nixos.org/build/51447018
The "Failed build produced output. Click here to inspect the output" and closure referred to in the "Actions: help" link seem to go 404 right after the job ends.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the behavior using builds 51448202 and 51447018, checking the build page, “Actions: contents,” failed-build output, and the closure after completion. Done means completed builds and failed-build outputs remain available for investigation instead of returning a 404.

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Assessment

Domain
build-system, ci-cd
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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