[JENKINS-3982] Option to quietly skip publisher if test reports do not exist

Hi,

I've some trouble with the "Publish JUnit test result report" option. The fact

is that I've about 200 jobs to build my application. Some of them with junit

tests and others without. But no tests today doesn't mean no test tomorrow. My

problem is that the option doesn't check if the directory defined as the one

containing tests results exist or not. Then jobs without tests fail. Is there a

way to publish the reports only if the directory is existing or regarding the

value of a variable or...

Regards.

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Originally reported by lahatch, imported from: Option to quietly skip publisher if test reports do not exist

• status: Open
  
• priority: Major
  
• component(s): junit-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 3
  
• watchers: 4
  
• imported: 2025-11-26
  

Hi,


I've some trouble with the "Publish JUnit test result report" option. The fact

is that I've about 200 jobs to build my application. Some of them with junit

tests and others without. But no tests today doesn't mean no test tomorrow. My

problem is that the option doesn't check if the directory defined as the one

containing tests results exist or not. Then jobs without tests fail. Is there a

way to publish the reports only if the directory is existing or regarding the

value of a variable or... 


Regards.

• environment: Platform: All, OS: All

Start by locating the JUnit publisher implementation and its handling of a configured results directory. Reproduce a job with no JUnit reports, then verify the behavior when reports are present. Done means jobs without reports do not fail, while available reports are still published.

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