I have code similar to the one below in my Jenkinsfile:
node {
checkout scm
// do some stuff
try {
// do some maven magic
} catch (error) {
stage "Cleanup after fail"
emailext attachLog: true, body: "Build failed (see ${env.BUILD_URL}): ${error}", subject: "[JENKINS] ${env.JOB_NAME} failed", to: 'someone@example.com'
throw error
} finally {
step $class: 'JUnitResultArchiver', testResults: '**/TEST-*.xml'
}
}
If the above code fails because of some jenkins-pipeline related errors in the try { }
(e.g. using unapproved static method) the script fails silently. When I remove the try/catch/finally I can see the errors.
Am I doing something wrong? Shouldn't rethrowing error
make the pipeline errors appear in the log?
EDIT:
I've managed to nail down the problem to groovy syntax, when e.g. I use a variable that hasn't been assigned yet.
Example:
echo foo
If foo
is not declared/assigned anywhere Jenkins will fail the build and won't show the reason if it is inside the try/catch/finally which rethrows the exception.