[JENKINS-69875] Feature: abort job while performing scm checkout cause retry instead of aborting it

If you increase  SCM checkout retry, and you abort a job while it performing scm checkout, it will not detect that the job has been aborted and it will retry the job instead of aborting it. see log:

Started by user BLABLA

Obtained Jenkinsfile from c123456789101112131415

[Pipeline] Start of Pipeline

[Pipeline] library

Loading library pipeline-library@​master

Attempting to resolve my-branch from remote references...

 > git --version # timeout=10

 > git --version # 'git version 2.30.2'

using GIT_ASKPASS to set credentials 

 > git ls-remote -h -- https://bitbucket.org/account_name/repo_name.git # timeout=10

Found match: refs/heads/my-branch revision 164e4f446c6fb83a07a71f6f657c3ec1b5c35779

Selected Git installation does not exist. Using Default

The recommended git tool is: NONE

using credential my-token

Wiping out workspace first.

Cloning the remote Git repository

Cloning with configured refspecs honoured and without tags

Cloning repository https://bitbucket.org/account_name/repo_name.git

 > git init /var/jenkins_home/workspace/_repos_my-repo_master@​libs/c123456789101112131415 # timeout=10

Fetching upstream changes from https://bitbucket.org/account_name/repo_name.git

 > git --version # timeout=10

 > git --version # 'git version 2.30.2'

using GIT_ASKPASS to set credentials 

 > git fetch --no-tags --force --progress -- https://bitbucket.org/account_name/repo_name.git +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* # timeout=10

Aborted by BLABLA

ERROR: Checkout failed

java.lang.NullPointerException

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.launchCommandIn(CliGitAPIImpl.java:2702)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.launchCommandWithCredentials(CliGitAPIImpl.java:2111)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.access$500(CliGitAPIImpl.java:87)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl$1.execute(CliGitAPIImpl.java:623)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl$2.execute(CliGitAPIImpl.java:852)

    at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.retrieveChanges(GitSCM.java:1229)

    at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.checkout(GitSCM.java:1312)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.steps.scm.SCMStep.checkout(SCMStep.java:129)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.libs.SCMSourceRetriever.lambda$doRetrieve$1(SCMSourceRetriever.java:201)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.libs.SCMSourceRetriever.retrySCMOperation(SCMSourceRetriever.java:148)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.libs.SCMSourceRetriever.doRetrieve(SCMSourceRetriever.java:200)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.libs.SCMSourceRetriever.retrieve(SCMSourceRetriever.java:137)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.libs.LibraryAdder.retrieve(LibraryAdder.java:260)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.libs.LibraryStep$Execution.run(LibraryStep.java:229)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.libs.LibraryStep$Execution.run(LibraryStep.java:157)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.steps.AbstractSynchronousNonBlockingStepExecution$1$1.call(AbstractSynchronousNonBlockingStepExecution.java:47)

    at hudson.security.ACL.impersonate2(ACL.java:451)

    at hudson.security.ACL.impersonate(ACL.java:463)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.steps.AbstractSynchronousNonBlockingStepExecution$1.run(AbstractSynchronousNonBlockingStepExecution.java:44)

    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:515)

    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)

    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128)

    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)

    at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829)

Retrying after 10 seconds

Selected Git installation does not exist. Using Default

The recommended git tool is: NONE

using credential my-token

Wiping out workspace first.

Cloning the remote Git repository

Cloning with configured refspecs honoured and without tags

Cloning repository https://bitbucket.org/account_name/repo_name.git 

How to reproduce

Create new jenkins pipeline that has scm checkout step (enabled by default) & has shared libs in it

Go to Configure System --> and increase SCM checkout retry count to 2

Then, try to abort the job while it performing scm checkout

Note: I wasn't sure if this is related to the git plugin or to pipeline scm step plugin, sorry if I got it wrong

---
Originally reported by dordor, imported from: Feature: abort job while performing scm checkout cause retry instead of aborting it

• status: Open
  
• priority: Minor
  
• component(s): git-client-plugin, git-plugin, scm-api-plugin
  
• label(s): checkout, git, git-client, git-plugin, scm
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 0
  
• watchers: 1
  
• imported: 2025-12-02
  

If you increase  SCM checkout retry, and you abort a job while it performing scm checkout, it will not detect that the job has been aborted and it will retry the job instead of aborting it. see log:



Started by user BLABLA

Obtained Jenkinsfile from c123456789101112131415

[Pipeline] Start of Pipeline

[Pipeline] library

Loading library pipeline-library@master

Attempting to resolve my-branch from remote references...

 > git --version # timeout=10

 > git --version # 'git version 2.30.2'

using GIT_ASKPASS to set credentials 

 > git ls-remote -h -- https://bitbucket.org/account_name/repo_name.git # timeout=10

Found match: refs/heads/my-branch revision 164e4f446c6fb83a07a71f6f657c3ec1b5c35779

Selected Git installation does not exist. Using Default

The recommended git tool is: NONE

using credential my-token

Wiping out workspace first.

Cloning the remote Git repository

Cloning with configured refspecs honoured and without tags

Cloning repository https://bitbucket.org/account_name/repo_name.git

 > git init /var/jenkins_home/workspace/_repos_my-repo_master@libs/c123456789101112131415 # timeout=10

Fetching upstream changes from https://bitbucket.org/account_name/repo_name.git

 > git --version # timeout=10

 > git --version # 'git version 2.30.2'

using GIT_ASKPASS to set credentials 

 > git fetch --no-tags --force --progress -- https://bitbucket.org/account_name/repo_name.git +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* # timeout=10

Aborted by BLABLA

ERROR: Checkout failed

java.lang.NullPointerException

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.launchCommandIn(CliGitAPIImpl.java:2702)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.launchCommandWithCredentials(CliGitAPIImpl.java:2111)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.access$500(CliGitAPIImpl.java:87)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl$1.execute(CliGitAPIImpl.java:623)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl$2.execute(CliGitAPIImpl.java:852)

    at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.retrieveChanges(GitSCM.java:1229)

    at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.checkout(GitSCM.java:1312)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.steps.scm.SCMStep.checkout(SCMStep.java:129)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.libs.SCMSourceRetriever.lambda$doRetrieve$1(SCMSourceRetriever.java:201)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.libs.SCMSourceRetriever.retrySCMOperation(SCMSourceRetriever.java:148)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.libs.SCMSourceRetriever.doRetrieve(SCMSourceRetriever.java:200)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.libs.SCMSourceRetriever.retrieve(SCMSourceRetriever.java:137)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.libs.LibraryAdder.retrieve(LibraryAdder.java:260)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.libs.LibraryStep$Execution.run(LibraryStep.java:229)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.libs.LibraryStep$Execution.run(LibraryStep.java:157)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.steps.AbstractSynchronousNonBlockingStepExecution$1$1.call(AbstractSynchronousNonBlockingStepExecution.java:47)

    at hudson.security.ACL.impersonate2(ACL.java:451)

    at hudson.security.ACL.impersonate(ACL.java:463)

    at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.steps.AbstractSynchronousNonBlockingStepExecution$1.run(AbstractSynchronousNonBlockingStepExecution.java:44)

    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:515)

    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)

    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128)

    at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)

    at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829)

Retrying after 10 seconds

Selected Git installation does not exist. Using Default

The recommended git tool is: NONE

using credential my-token

Wiping out workspace first.

Cloning the remote Git repository

Cloning with configured refspecs honoured and without tags

Cloning repository https://bitbucket.org/account_name/repo_name.git 



 


 


 


How to reproduce


Create new jenkins pipeline that has scm checkout step (enabled by default) & has shared libs in it


Go to Configure System --> and increase SCM checkout retry count to 2




Then, try to abort the job while it performing scm checkout


 


Note: I wasn't sure if this is related to the git plugin or to pipeline scm step plugin, sorry if I got it wrong

environment

```
Jenkins 2.361.2

Git client plugin 3.12.1

Git plugin 4.12.1

Pipeline: SCM Step 400.v6b_89a_1317c9a_

SCM API Plugin 621.vda_a_b_055e58f7
```

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