[JENKINS-75653] durable-task-lib binary wrapper not correctly spawning independent processes on windows agents

Should actually be for `durable-task-lib` (https://github.com/jenkinsci/lib-durable-task) but that did not come up as a possible component

Stand up a controller and create a permanent windows agent. I used the following system properties:

JENKINS_OPTIONS="-Dorg.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.WindowsBatchScript.USE_BINARY_WRAPPER=true -Dorg.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.PowershellScript.USE_BINARY_WRAPPER=true -Dorg.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.BourneShellScript.USE_BINARY_WRAPPER=true -Dorg.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.steps.durable_task.DurableTaskStep.USE_WATCHING=true -Dorg.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.BourneShellScript.HEARTBEAT_CHECK_INTERVAL=30"

Create a job like this:

pipeline {

    agent {

      label 'seco'

    }


     stages {

stage('Long Running Process') {

    steps {

echo "Starting long-running process on Windows node"

// Use a single command with ping to create a long-running process

// Ping 127.0.0.1 1800 times with 1 second interval = 30 minutes

//bat 'ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1800 > null'

bat 'ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1800'

//bat 'c:\test.bat'



echo "After long-running process"

    }

}

    }

}

now execute this job. After it starts to run, kill the agent process in windows. Observe that the wrapper and its child ping process both exit immediately.

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Originally reported by mikecirioli, imported from: durable-task-lib binary wrapper not correctly spawning independent processes on windows agents

• status: Open
  
• priority: Minor
  
• component(s): durable-task-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 0
  
• watchers: 1
  
• imported: 2025-12-09
  

Raw content of original issue

Should actually be for `durable-task-lib` (https://github.com/jenkinsci/lib-durable-task) but that did not come up as a possible component


Stand up a controller and create a permanent windows agent.  I used the following system properties:




JENKINS_OPTIONS="-Dorg.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.WindowsBatchScript.USE_BINARY_WRAPPER=true -Dorg.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.PowershellScript.USE_BINARY_WRAPPER=true -Dorg.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.BourneShellScript.USE_BINARY_WRAPPER=true -Dorg.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.steps.durable_task.DurableTaskStep.USE_WATCHING=true -Dorg.jenkinsci.plugins.durabletask.BourneShellScript.HEARTBEAT_CHECK_INTERVAL=30"






Create a job like this:




pipeline {

    agent {

      label 'seco'

    }


     stages {

        stage('Long Running Process') {

            steps {

                echo "Starting long-running process on Windows node"

                

                // Use a single command with ping to create a long-running process

                // Ping 127.0.0.1 1800 times with 1 second interval = 30 minutes

                //bat 'ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1800 > null'

                bat 'ping 127.0.0.1 -n 1800'

                //bat 'c:\test.bat'



                echo "After long-running process"

            }

        }

    }

}





now execute this job.  After it starts to run, kill the agent process in windows.  Observe that the wrapper and its child ping process both exit immediately.

• environment: using latest jenkins and a windows VM to host the permanent agent. OpenSSH installed on VM and agent connection is via SSH