[JENKINS-46980] Jobname with single quote breaks pipeline sh command

Using a backtick in the Job name does not work together with the sh command in a pipeline.

E.g. a pipeline job with the name "Developer Test" and the following pipeline script

node{

sh 'echo "hello world"'

}

will print "hello world".

Changing the name of the Job to "Developer's Test" (or any other name with a single backtick) breaks the build and fails with "ERROR: script returned exit code -2".

I would expect a more expressive error message in the pipeline or a check to forbid such characters in the job name.

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Originally reported by dhaftstein, imported from: Jobname with single quote breaks pipeline sh command

• status: Open
  
• priority: Minor
  
• component(s): workflow-durable-task-step-plugin
  
• resolution: Unresolved
  
• votes: 0
  
• watchers: 2
  
• imported: 20251212-090250
  

Raw content of original issue

Using a backtick in the Job name does not work together with the sh command in a pipeline.

E.g. a pipeline job with the name "Developer Test" and the following pipeline script



node{

sh 'echo "hello world"'

}





will print "hello world".


Changing the name of the Job to "Developer's Test" (or any other name with a single backtick) breaks the build and fails with "ERROR: script returned exit code -2".


I would expect a more expressive error message in the pipeline or a check to forbid such characters in the job name.

• environment: Jenkins 2.60.1 on Linux 64 bit