[JENKINS-42390] Search of multibranch branch jobs is broken if the branch contains a slash

[jenkins-infra-bot]

When using the Jenkins Search functionality to retrieve branches containing a `/`, the results are correct:

But the links are broken:

In this example, the search found the following branches:

testSharedLibsMultibranch-3 feature%2Ffeature1
testSharedLibsMultibranch-3 feature%2Ffeature2
testSharedLibsMultibranch-3 feature%2Ffeature3
testSharedLibsMultibranch-3 feature%2Ffeature4
testSharedLibsMultibranch-4 feature%2Ffeature1
testSharedLibsMultibranch-4 feature%2Ffeature2

And the links are:

$JENKINS_URL/search/?q=testSharedLibsMultibranch-3%20feature%2Ffeature1
$JENKINS_URL/search/?q=testSharedLibsMultibranch-3%20feature%2Ffeature2
$JENKINS_URL/search/?q=testSharedLibsMultibranch-3%20feature%2Ffeature3
$JENKINS_URL/search/?q=testSharedLibsMultibranch-3%20feature%2Ffeature4
$JENKINS_URL/search/?q=testSharedLibsMultibranch-4%20feature%2Ffeature1
$JENKINS_URL/search/?q=testSharedLibsMultibranch-4%20feature%2Ffeature2

It fails because of the encoding of the `/`. Using double encoding `%252F` make this work:

$JENKINS_URL/search/?q=testSharedLibsMultibranch-3%20feature%252Ffeature1
$JENKINS_URL/search/?q=testSharedLibsMultibranch-3%20feature%252Ffeature2
$JENKINS_URL/search/?q=testSharedLibsMultibranch-3%20feature%252Ffeature3
$JENKINS_URL/search/?q=testSharedLibsMultibranch-3%20feature%252Ffeature4
$JENKINS_URL/search/?q=testSharedLibsMultibranch-4%20feature%252Ffeature1
$JENKINS_URL/search/?q=testSharedLibsMultibranch-4%20feature%252Ffeature2

Note: It is not possible to create a job containing `%` in the name. This is enforced by Pipeline Multibranch.

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Originally reported by allan_burdajewicz, imported from: Search of multibranch branch jobs is broken if the branch contains a slash

• assignee: stephenconnolly
• status: Closed
• priority: Minor
• component(s): core
• label(s): 2.46.2-fixed, multibranch, search, slash, url-encoding
• resolution: Fixed
• resolved: 2017-04-12T19:56:53+00:00
• votes: 0
• watchers: 3
• imported: 2025-11-24

Raw content of original issue

When using the Jenkins Search functionality to retrieve branches containing a `/`, the results are correct:

  

But the links are broken:

  

In this example, the search found the following branches:


testSharedLibsMultibranch-3 feature%2Ffeature1
testSharedLibsMultibranch-3 feature%2Ffeature2
testSharedLibsMultibranch-3 feature%2Ffeature3
testSharedLibsMultibranch-3 feature%2Ffeature4
testSharedLibsMultibranch-4 feature%2Ffeature1
testSharedLibsMultibranch-4 feature%2Ffeature2


And the links are:

$JENKINS_URL/search/?q=testSharedLibsMultibranch-3%20feature%2Ffeature1
$JENKINS_URL/search/?q=testSharedLibsMultibranch-3%20feature%2Ffeature2
$JENKINS_URL/search/?q=testSharedLibsMultibranch-3%20feature%2Ffeature3
$JENKINS_URL/search/?q=testSharedLibsMultibranch-3%20feature%2Ffeature4
$JENKINS_URL/search/?q=testSharedLibsMultibranch-4%20feature%2Ffeature1
$JENKINS_URL/search/?q=testSharedLibsMultibranch-4%20feature%2Ffeature2


It fails because of the encoding of the `/`. Using double encoding `%252F` make this work:

$JENKINS_URL/search/?q=testSharedLibsMultibranch-3%20feature%252Ffeature1
$JENKINS_URL/search/?q=testSharedLibsMultibranch-3%20feature%252Ffeature2
$JENKINS_URL/search/?q=testSharedLibsMultibranch-3%20feature%252Ffeature3
$JENKINS_URL/search/?q=testSharedLibsMultibranch-3%20feature%252Ffeature4
$JENKINS_URL/search/?q=testSharedLibsMultibranch-4%20feature%252Ffeature1
$JENKINS_URL/search/?q=testSharedLibsMultibranch-4%20feature%252Ffeature2


Note: It is not possible to create a job containing `%` in the name. This is enforced by Pipeline Multibranch.

environment

Jenkins 2.32<br/>
workflow-multibranch: 2.9.2

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[jenkins-infra-bot]

• Remote links associated with this issue:

  • PR#​2781
  • CloudBees Internal OSS-2054

[jenkins-infra-bot]

jglick:

• Original comment link
• Raw content of original comment:

  Probably a core bug, but TBD.
  

Probably a core bug, but TBD.

[jenkins-infra-bot]

scm_issue_link:

• Original comment link
• Raw content of original comment:

  Code changed in jenkins
  User: Stephen Connolly
  Path:
   core/src/main/java/hudson/search/Search.java
   core/src/main/resources/hudson/search/Search/search-failed.jelly
  http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/jenkins/5d920577484dff973d6fa5bb002024f4e154a471
  Log:
    [FIXED JENKINS-42390] Search results were not correctly encoding URL query parameters
  
  
  

Code changed in jenkins
User: Stephen Connolly
Path:
core/src/main/java/hudson/search/Search.java
core/src/main/resources/hudson/search/Search/search-failed.jelly
http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/jenkins/5d920577484dff973d6fa5bb002024f4e154a471
Log:
[FIXED JENKINS-42390] Search results were not correctly encoding URL query parameters

[jenkins-infra-bot]

scm_issue_link:

• Original comment link
• Raw content of original comment:

  Code changed in jenkins
  User: R. Tyler Croy
  Path:
   content/_data/changelogs/weekly.yml
  http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/jenkins.io/42da0e56a37333a995841b3ac1ed79847c1fac04
  Log:
    Merge pull request #739 from stephenc/patch-3
  
  Noting merge of JENKINS-42390
  
  
  Compare: jenkins-infra/jenkins.io@f722d89...42da0e5
  
  

Code changed in jenkins
User: R. Tyler Croy
Path:
content/_data/changelogs/weekly.yml
http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/jenkins.io/42da0e56a37333a995841b3ac1ed79847c1fac04
Log:
Merge pull request #739 from stephenc/patch-3

Noting merge of JENKINS-42390

Compare: jenkins-infra/jenkins.io@f722d89...42da0e5

[jenkins-infra-bot]

danielbeck:

• Original comment link
• Raw content of original comment:

  Assuming fixed since a PR with that commit message was merged (and released).
  

Assuming fixed since a PR with that commit message was merged (and released).

[jenkins-infra-bot]

scm_issue_link:

• Original comment link
• Raw content of original comment:

  Code changed in jenkins
  User: Stephen Connolly
  Path:
   core/src/main/java/hudson/search/Search.java
   core/src/main/resources/hudson/search/Search/search-failed.jelly
  http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/jenkins/a5a2bab2afcc11351c248795b25be74cb1e1251d
  Log:
    [FIXED JENKINS-42390] Search results were not correctly encoding URL query parameters
  
  (cherry picked from commit 5d920577484dff973d6fa5bb002024f4e154a471)
  
  
  

Code changed in jenkins
User: Stephen Connolly
Path:
core/src/main/java/hudson/search/Search.java
core/src/main/resources/hudson/search/Search/search-failed.jelly
http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/jenkins/a5a2bab2afcc11351c248795b25be74cb1e1251d
Log:
[FIXED JENKINS-42390] Search results were not correctly encoding URL query parameters

(cherry picked from commit 5d92057)