[JENKINS-36529] jenkins blocks on pipeline, won't terminate until restart

Tried to run this tiny script from an git scm pipeline:

#!groovy

node {

git url: 'https://github.com/arangodb/arangodb.git'

if (isUnix())

{
echo 'Hello Unix'
sh 'cmake . '
sh 'make'
}

else

{
echo 'hello else'
}

}

Pressed twice 'play' by accident. stopped the upper run. This seemed to have voided my workspace. The checkout command below would block in all subsequent attepmts:

It starts cloning into arangodb:

[Pipeline] {

[Pipeline] git

> git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree # timeout=10

Fetching changes from the remote Git repository

> git config remote.origin.url https://github.com/arangodb/arangodb.git # timeout=10

Fetching upstream changes from https://github.com/arangodb/arangodb.git

> git --version # timeout=10

> git -c core.askpass=true fetch --tags --progress https://github.com/arangodb/arangodb.git +refs/heads/:refs/remotes/origin/

> git rev-parse refs/remotes/origin/master^

{commit} # timeout=10

> git rev-parse refs/remotes/origin/origin/master^{commit}

# timeout=10

Checking out Revision ed80c3d2e88953e5054c1ea43e35eda39052f043 (refs/remotes/origin/master)

> git config core.sparsecheckout # timeout=10

> git checkout -f ed80c3d2e88953e5054c1ea43e35eda39052f043 # timeout=10

it then remains stuck. the git process vanishes from top/pstree.

The complete pipeline will then remain in 'active' state, without a reaction to the X-button. Only restarting jenkins will get it out of this state.

Flushing my workspace resolved this issue.

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Originally reported by dothebart, imported from: jenkins blocks on pipeline, won't terminate until restart

• status: Open
  
• priority: Minor
  
• component(s): git-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 1
  
• watchers: 3
  
• imported: 2025-12-02
  

Raw content of original issue

Tried to run this tiny script from an git scm pipeline: 


#!groovy

node {

  git url: 'https://github.com/arangodb/arangodb.git'

  if (isUnix()) 

{

    echo 'Hello Unix'

    sh 'cmake . '

    sh 'make'

  }

  else 

{

    echo 'hello else'

  }

}


Pressed twice 'play' by accident. stopped the upper run. This seemed to have voided my workspace. The checkout command below would block in all subsequent attepmts:


It starts cloning into arangodb:

[Pipeline] {

[Pipeline] git

 > git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree # timeout=10

Fetching changes from the remote Git repository

 > git config remote.origin.url https://github.com/arangodb/arangodb.git # timeout=10

Fetching upstream changes from https://github.com/arangodb/arangodb.git

 > git --version # timeout=10

 > git -c core.askpass=true fetch --tags --progress https://github.com/arangodb/arangodb.git +refs/heads/:refs/remotes/origin/

 > git rev-parse refs/remotes/origin/master^

{commit} # timeout=10

 > git rev-parse refs/remotes/origin/origin/master^{commit}

 # timeout=10

Checking out Revision ed80c3d2e88953e5054c1ea43e35eda39052f043 (refs/remotes/origin/master)

 > git config core.sparsecheckout # timeout=10

 > git checkout -f ed80c3d2e88953e5054c1ea43e35eda39052f043 # timeout=10


it then remains stuck. the git process vanishes from top/pstree. 


The complete pipeline will then remain in 'active' state, without a reaction to the X-button. Only restarting jenkins will get it out of this state. 


Flushing my workspace resolved this issue.