[JENKINS-38000] Make Jenkins post a vote but not comments

We get too many comments from Jenkins which clutters up comments in a change and makes reviewing difficult. I would like Jenkins to vote (Verified +1/-1) on my change but not send any comments back to Gerrit. Essentially I want silent to be true, while skip vote to be false. However it looks like enabling silentMode will override skipVote and make Jenkins not vote.

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Originally reported by zaro0508, imported from: Make Jenkins post a vote but not comments

• assignee: zaro0508
  
• status: In Review
  
• priority: Minor
  
• component(s): gerrit-trigger-plugin
  
• label(s): gerrit-trigger, plugins
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 0
  
• watchers: 2
  
• imported: 2025-12-06
  

We get too many comments from Jenkins which clutters up comments in a change and makes reviewing difficult.  I would like Jenkins to vote (Verified +1/-1) on my change but not send any comments back to Gerrit.  Essentially I want silent to be true, while skip vote to be false.  However it looks like enabling silentMode will override skipVote and make Jenkins not vote.

environment

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Jenkins 1.625.3

Gerrit Trigger Plugin 2.22.0

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The issue concerns the gerrit-trigger-plugin settings silentMode and skipVote. Start by locating where these two options are interpreted and review the related configuration and tests. Done means Jenkins posts the Verified +1/-1 vote to Gerrit without adding comments when silent mode is enabled and voting remains enabled.

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