[JENKINS-56803] Failed to checkout SVN keeps files open

If a pipeline step "checkout scm" on a build fails midway through an SVN checkout, files within the working directory are kept open by the jenkins process and later builds on the same host fail because the old workspace cannot be fully deleted.

The original SVN failure looks like (with hostname scubbed):

ERROR: Failed to check out https://host.example.com/svn/project/trunk

org.tmatesoft.svn.core.SVNException: svn: E175002: Connection reset

svn: E175002: REPORT request failed on '/svn/!svn/vcc/default'

at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.SVNErrorManager.error(SVNErrorManager.java:112)

at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.SVNErrorManager.error(SVNErrorManager.java:96)

at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.dav.http.HTTPConnection.request(HTTPConnection.java:765)

at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.dav.http.HTTPConnection.request(HTTPConnection.java:352)

at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.dav.http.HTTPConnection.request(HTTPConnection.java:340)

at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.dav.DAVConnection.performHttpRequest(DAVConnection.java:910)

at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.dav.DAVConnection.doReport(DAVConnection.java:363)

at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.dav.DAVRepository.runReport(DAVRepository.java:1349)

at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.dav.DAVRepository.update(DAVRepository.java:847)

at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc2.ng.SvnNgAbstractUpdate.updateInternal(SvnNgAbstractUpdate.java:263)

at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc2.ng.SvnNgAbstractUpdate.update(SvnNgAbstractUpdate.java:115)

at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc2.ng.SvnNgAbstractUpdate.checkout(SvnNgAbstractUpdate.java:877)

at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc2.ng.SvnNgCheckout.run(SvnNgCheckout.java:26)

at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc2.ng.SvnNgCheckout.run(SvnNgCheckout.java:11)

at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc2.ng.SvnNgOperationRunner.run(SvnNgOperationRunner.java:20)

at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc2.SvnOperationRunner.run(SvnOperationRunner.java:21)

at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.wc2.SvnOperationFactory.run(SvnOperationFactory.java:1239)

at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.wc2.SvnOperation.run(SvnOperation.java:294)

at hudson.scm.subversion.CheckoutUpdater$SubversionUpdateTask.perform(CheckoutUpdater.java:133)

at hudson.scm.subversion.WorkspaceUpdater$UpdateTask.delegateTo(WorkspaceUpdater.java:168)

at hudson.scm.subversion.WorkspaceUpdater$UpdateTask.delegateTo(WorkspaceUpdater.java:176)

at hudson.scm.subversion.UpdateUpdater$TaskImpl.perform(UpdateUpdater.java:134)

at hudson.scm.subversion.WorkspaceUpdater$UpdateTask.delegateTo(WorkspaceUpdater.java:168)

at hudson.scm.SubversionSCM$CheckOutTask.perform(SubversionSCM.java:1041)

at hudson.scm.SubversionSCM$CheckOutTask.invoke(SubversionSCM.java:1017)

at hudson.scm.SubversionSCM$CheckOutTask.invoke(SubversionSCM.java:990)

at hudson.FilePath$FileCallableWrapper.call(FilePath.java:3086)

at hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform(UserRequest.java:212)

at hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform(UserRequest.java:54)

at hudson.remoting.Request$2.run(Request.java:369)

at hudson.remoting.InterceptingExecutorService$1.call(InterceptingExecutorService.java:72)

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)

at hudson.remoting.Engine$1.lambda$newThread$0(Engine.java:93)

at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

with the later failure looking like:

[WS-CLEANUP] Deleting project workspace...

[WS-CLEANUP] Deferred wipeout is used...

ERROR: Cannot delete workspace :Unable to delete 'c:\jenkins\workspace\project\.svn\svn.da1e85c5-6901-0010-a2aa-8db97d3cc16d.tmp'. Tried 3 times (of a maximum of 3) waiting 0.1 sec between attempts.

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Originally reported by bsipos, imported from: Failed to checkout SVN keeps files open

• status: Open
  
• priority: Major
  
• component(s): subversion-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 5
  
• watchers: 7
  
• imported: 20251212-090250
  

Raw content of original issue

If a pipeline step "checkout scm" on a build fails midway through an SVN checkout, files within the working directory are kept open by the jenkins process and later builds on the same host fail because the old workspace cannot be fully deleted.


The original SVN failure looks like (with hostname scubbed):

ERROR: Failed to check out https://host.example.com/svn/project/trunk

 org.tmatesoft.svn.core.SVNException: svn: E175002: Connection reset

 svn: E175002: REPORT request failed on '/svn/!svn/vcc/default'

 at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.SVNErrorManager.error(SVNErrorManager.java:112)

 at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.SVNErrorManager.error(SVNErrorManager.java:96)

 at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.dav.http.HTTPConnection.request(HTTPConnection.java:765)

 at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.dav.http.HTTPConnection.request(HTTPConnection.java:352)

 at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.dav.http.HTTPConnection.request(HTTPConnection.java:340)

 at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.dav.DAVConnection.performHttpRequest(DAVConnection.java:910)

 at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.dav.DAVConnection.doReport(DAVConnection.java:363)

 at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.dav.DAVRepository.runReport(DAVRepository.java:1349)

 at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.dav.DAVRepository.update(DAVRepository.java:847)

 at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc2.ng.SvnNgAbstractUpdate.updateInternal(SvnNgAbstractUpdate.java:263)

 at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc2.ng.SvnNgAbstractUpdate.update(SvnNgAbstractUpdate.java:115)

 at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc2.ng.SvnNgAbstractUpdate.checkout(SvnNgAbstractUpdate.java:877)

 at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc2.ng.SvnNgCheckout.run(SvnNgCheckout.java:26)

 at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc2.ng.SvnNgCheckout.run(SvnNgCheckout.java:11)

 at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc2.ng.SvnNgOperationRunner.run(SvnNgOperationRunner.java:20)

 at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc2.SvnOperationRunner.run(SvnOperationRunner.java:21)

 at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.wc2.SvnOperationFactory.run(SvnOperationFactory.java:1239)

 at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.wc2.SvnOperation.run(SvnOperation.java:294)

 at hudson.scm.subversion.CheckoutUpdater$SubversionUpdateTask.perform(CheckoutUpdater.java:133)

 at hudson.scm.subversion.WorkspaceUpdater$UpdateTask.delegateTo(WorkspaceUpdater.java:168)

 at hudson.scm.subversion.WorkspaceUpdater$UpdateTask.delegateTo(WorkspaceUpdater.java:176)

 at hudson.scm.subversion.UpdateUpdater$TaskImpl.perform(UpdateUpdater.java:134)

 at hudson.scm.subversion.WorkspaceUpdater$UpdateTask.delegateTo(WorkspaceUpdater.java:168)

 at hudson.scm.SubversionSCM$CheckOutTask.perform(SubversionSCM.java:1041)

 at hudson.scm.SubversionSCM$CheckOutTask.invoke(SubversionSCM.java:1017)

 at hudson.scm.SubversionSCM$CheckOutTask.invoke(SubversionSCM.java:990)

 at hudson.FilePath$FileCallableWrapper.call(FilePath.java:3086)

 at hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform(UserRequest.java:212)

 at hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform(UserRequest.java:54)

 at hudson.remoting.Request$2.run(Request.java:369)

 at hudson.remoting.InterceptingExecutorService$1.call(InterceptingExecutorService.java:72)

 at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)

 at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)

 at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)

 at hudson.remoting.Engine$1.lambda$newThread$0(Engine.java:93)

 at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

with the later failure looking like:



[WS-CLEANUP] Deleting project workspace...

[WS-CLEANUP] Deferred wipeout is used...

ERROR: Cannot delete workspace :Unable to delete 'c:\jenkins\workspace\project\.svn\svn.da1e85c5-6901-0010-a2aa-8db97d3cc16d.tmp'. Tried 3 times (of a maximum of 3) waiting 0.1 sec between attempts.

environment

```
Jenkins 2.150.3 on master

Windows 10 slave with JRE version 1.8.0_201-b09
```