[JENKINS-60806] Orphaned Item Strategy not work in multibranch job

I tested setting the Orphaned Item Strategy for several multi-branch projects, but none of them worked.

For example, I set numsToKeep = 2, but there will still be many branches (unless the branch is deleted in SCM)

scm type contains github/svn/git

some logs

Recording BranchIndexing[project-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count] @​java.util.GregorianCalendar[time=0,areFieldsSet=true,areAllFieldsSet=true,lenient=true,zone=sun.util.calendar.ZoneInfo[id="Etc/UTC",offset=0,dstSavings=0,useDaylight=false,transitions=0,lastRule=null],firstDayOfWeek=1,minimalDaysInFirstWeek=1,ERA=1,YEAR=1970,MONTH=0,WEEK_OF_YEAR=1,WEEK_OF_MONTH=1,DAY_OF_MONTH=1,DAY_OF_YEAR=1,DAY_OF_WEEK=5,DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH=1,AM_PM=0,HOUR=0,HOUR_OF_DAY=0,MINUTE=0,SECOND=0,MILLISECOND=0,ZONE_OFFSET=0,DST_OFFSET=0]

Jan 17, 2020 8:36:00 AM FINE com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.computed.ComputedFolder updateChildrenupdating project-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count

Jan 17, 2020 8:36:04 AM FINE com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.computed.ComputedFolder$FullReindexChildObserver shouldUpdateproject-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count: existing runzexia-patch-2: org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowJob@​61da0066[project-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count/runzexia-patch-2]

Jan 17, 2020 8:36:04 AM FINE com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.computed.ComputedFolder$FullReindexChildObserver shouldUpdateproject-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count: existing master: org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowJob@​16e3c7b0[project-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count/master]

Jan 17, 2020 8:36:04 AM FINE com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.computed.ComputedFolder$FullReindexChildObserver shouldUpdateproject-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count: existing dev-01: org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowJob@​25fb50f6[project-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count/dev-01]

Jan 17, 2020 8:36:04 AM FINE com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.computed.ComputedFolder$FullReindexChildObserver shouldUpdateproject-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count: existing dev-02: org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowJob@​234f5561[project-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count/dev-02]

Jan 17, 2020 8:36:04 AM FINE com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.computed.ComputedFolder$FullReindexChildObserver shouldUpdateproject-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count: existing dev-03: org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowJob@​4c29c088[project-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count/dev-03]

Jan 17, 2020 8:36:04 AM FINE com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.computed.ComputedFolder$FullReindexChildObserver shouldUpdateproject-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count: existing dev-04: org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowJob@​d45011a[project-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count/dev-04]

Jan 17, 2020 8:36:04 AM FINE com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.computed.ComputedFolder updateChildrenproject-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count: orphaned [runzexia-patch-1]

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Originally reported by runzexia, imported from: Orphaned Item Strategy not work in multibranch job

• assignee: fcojfernandez
  
• status: Open
  
• priority: Major
  
• component(s): branch-api-plugin, cloudbees-folder-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 0
  
• watchers: 2
  
• imported: 20251211-141027
  

I tested setting the Orphaned Item Strategy for several multi-branch projects, but none of them worked.

 For example, I set numsToKeep = 2, but there will still be many branches (unless the branch is deleted in SCM)


scm type contains github/svn/git


 


some logs



Recording BranchIndexing[project-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count] @java.util.GregorianCalendar[time=0,areFieldsSet=true,areAllFieldsSet=true,lenient=true,zone=sun.util.calendar.ZoneInfo[id="Etc/UTC",offset=0,dstSavings=0,useDaylight=false,transitions=0,lastRule=null],firstDayOfWeek=1,minimalDaysInFirstWeek=1,ERA=1,YEAR=1970,MONTH=0,WEEK_OF_YEAR=1,WEEK_OF_MONTH=1,DAY_OF_MONTH=1,DAY_OF_YEAR=1,DAY_OF_WEEK=5,DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH=1,AM_PM=0,HOUR=0,HOUR_OF_DAY=0,MINUTE=0,SECOND=0,MILLISECOND=0,ZONE_OFFSET=0,DST_OFFSET=0]

Jan 17, 2020 8:36:00 AM FINE com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.computed.ComputedFolder updateChildrenupdating project-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count

Jan 17, 2020 8:36:04 AM FINE com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.computed.ComputedFolder$FullReindexChildObserver shouldUpdateproject-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count: existing runzexia-patch-2: org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowJob@61da0066[project-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count/runzexia-patch-2]

Jan 17, 2020 8:36:04 AM FINE com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.computed.ComputedFolder$FullReindexChildObserver shouldUpdateproject-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count: existing master: org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowJob@16e3c7b0[project-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count/master]

Jan 17, 2020 8:36:04 AM FINE com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.computed.ComputedFolder$FullReindexChildObserver shouldUpdateproject-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count: existing dev-01: org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowJob@25fb50f6[project-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count/dev-01]

Jan 17, 2020 8:36:04 AM FINE com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.computed.ComputedFolder$FullReindexChildObserver shouldUpdateproject-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count: existing dev-02: org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowJob@234f5561[project-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count/dev-02]

Jan 17, 2020 8:36:04 AM FINE com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.computed.ComputedFolder$FullReindexChildObserver shouldUpdateproject-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count: existing dev-03: org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowJob@4c29c088[project-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count/dev-03]

Jan 17, 2020 8:36:04 AM FINE com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.computed.ComputedFolder$FullReindexChildObserver shouldUpdateproject-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count: existing dev-04: org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowJob@d45011a[project-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count/dev-04]

Jan 17, 2020 8:36:04 AM FINE com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.computed.ComputedFolder updateChildrenproject-MQJ61w4Nv5mv/test-b-git-count: orphaned [runzexia-patch-1]