[JENKINS-54357] withCredentials + file does not work with the same credentialsId across stages

when using multiple blocks such as:

 

withCredentials([file(credentialsId: 'KEYFILE', variable: 'KEYFILE')]) {

  sh 'ls -lh ${KEYFILE}'

}

 

across multiple stages within the same Jenkinsfile/pipeline - it will only work the first time. After the first credentials-binding block, the keyfile gets deleted but not re-created.

 

Expectations: either have the keyfile re-created each time, or have the keyfile only deleted after the build (documented behaviour)

 

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Originally reported by lifeofguenter, imported from: withCredentials + file does not work with the same credentialsId across stages

• status: Open
  
• priority: Minor
  
• component(s): credentials-binding-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 0
  
• watchers: 2
  
• imported: 20251211-141027
  

Raw content of original issue

when using multiple blocks such as:


 



withCredentials([file(credentialsId: 'KEYFILE', variable: 'KEYFILE')]) {

  sh 'ls -lh ${KEYFILE}'

}



 


across multiple stages within the same Jenkinsfile/pipeline - it will only work the first time. After the first credentials-binding block, the keyfile gets deleted but not re-created.


 


Expectations: either have the keyfile re-created each time, or have the keyfile only deleted after the build (documented behaviour)


 

environment

```
Jenkins ver. 2.138.2

credentials-binding: 1.17
```