[JENKINS-47448] New Oracle website prevents the JDKInstaller to download binaries from archives (Unable to find a form in the response)

[jenkins-infra-bot]

Oracle recently deployed a new version of its web site and it breaks the JDKInstaller.

On MacOS :

Installing JDK jdk-8u92-oth-JPR
Downloading JDK from http://download.oracle.com/otn/java/jdk/8u92-b14/jdk-8u92-macosx-x64.dmg
ERROR: Build step failed with exception
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to find a form in the response:






"-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3c.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd">










"en">


  
<title>Sign On</title>
"content-type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" />
"viewport" content="width=320; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=1;" />









"stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/oaam_server/css/oaam_uio.css">



  "stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/oaam_server/client/oam/css/e_oaam_style.css">





<script type="text/javascript" charset="UTF-8" language="javascript" src="/oaam_server/js/oaam_uio.js"></script>
<style id="acj">body{ display:none !important;}</style> 
<script type="text/javascript" charset="UTF-8">
if (self === top) { 
var acj = document.getElementById("acj"); 
acj.parentNode.removeChild(acj); 
} else { 
top.location = self.location; 
} 
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="UTF-8">
	loginIdRegExpr = /[^\s\\\<\>]/gi;
	var app_messages = {
							validateInvalidChars: "{0} has invalid characters.",
							validateMinMaxLength: "Your answer should be {0}-{1} characters.",
							validateDuplicateQuestion: "You can\u0027t select the same question again.",
							validateEmptyAnswers: "Please enter the answer for question number(s)",
							validateEmptyAnswer: "Please enter your answer.",
							validateSelectQuestions: "Please select your questions.",
							validatePasswordFormat: "Invalid password format.",
							validatePasswordComplete: "Completed",
							validatePasswordNotEntered: "Not entered.",
							validateChallenge: "Please enter the answer."
						};
</script>
  

"f17 f17v2">
<style type="text/css">
	.bharosaPage{
		width:auto !important;
	}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/oaam_server/client/oam/js/oaam_check.js?v=2.0"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  if (top != self){
    if (top.location.replace){
      top.location.replace(self.location.href);
    } else {
      top.location.href = self.location.href;
    }
  }
</script>
<script>stripHTML();</script>
"f17w1">
"f17w2" style="display:none">"/oaam_server/client/oam/images/sso-f17v2-bgimg.jpg">

"u16" class="u16 u16v0">
	
"u16w1">
		"https://www.oracle.com/index.html">Oracle
	



"bharosaPageTitle">

"bharosaPageMessage">

"loginError" id="errorMessage" title="Your session has expired.   Please try again.">
"/oaam_server/images/red_square.gif" height="7" width="7" align="top" valign="top" border="0" alt="Error">
      Your session has expired.   Please try again.

"loginFailLinks">

<script type="text/javascript" src="/oaam_server/client/oam/js/jquery.js?v=1.0"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/oaam_server/client/oam/js/sso.js?v=1.0"></script>



at hudson.tools.JDKInstaller.locate(JDKInstaller.java:484)
at hudson.tools.JDKInstaller.performInstallation(JDKInstaller.java:139)
at hudson.tools.InstallerTranslator.getToolHome(InstallerTranslator.java:72)
at hudson.tools.ToolLocationNodeProperty.getToolHome(ToolLocationNodeProperty.java:109)
at hudson.tools.ToolInstallation.translateFor(ToolInstallation.java:206)
at hudson.model.JDK.forNode(JDK.java:144)
at hudson.model.AbstractProject.getEnvironment(AbstractProject.java:341)
at hudson.model.Run.getEnvironment(Run.java:2283)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild.getEnvironment(AbstractBuild.java:878)
at hudson.tasks.CommandInterpreter.perform(CommandInterpreter.java:102)
at hudson.tasks.CommandInterpreter.perform(CommandInterpreter.java:66)
at hudson.tasks.BuildStepMonitor$1.perform(BuildStepMonitor.java:20)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.perform(AbstractBuild.java:736)
at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.build(Build.java:206)
at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.doRun(Build.java:163)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:496)
at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1737)
at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:43)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:97)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:421)</pre>

On Linux :
14:15:21 Installing JDK jdk-8u121-oth-JPR
14:15:21 Downloading JDK from http://download.oracle.com/otn/java/jdk/8u121-b13/e9e7ea248e2c4826b92b3f075a80e441/jdk-8u121-linux-x64.tar.gz
14:15:29 java.io.IOException: Unable to find the login form
14:15:29 	at hudson.tools.JDKInstaller.locate(JDKInstaller.java:464)
14:15:29 	at hudson.tools.JDKInstaller.performInstallation(JDKInstaller.java:139)
14:15:29 	at hudson.tools.InstallerTranslator.getToolHome(InstallerTranslator.java:72)
14:15:29 	at hudson.tools.ToolLocationNodeProperty.getToolHome(ToolLocationNodeProperty.java:109)
14:15:29 	at hudson.tools.ToolInstallation.translateFor(ToolInstallation.java:206)
14:15:29 	at hudson.model.JDK.forNode(JDK.java:144)
14:15:29 	at hudson.model.AbstractProject.getEnvironment(AbstractProject.java:341)
14:15:29 	at hudson.model.Run.getEnvironment(Run.java:2283)
14:15:29 	at hudson.model.AbstractBuild.getEnvironment(AbstractBuild.java:888)
14:15:29 	at hudson.maven.AbstractMavenBuild.getEnvironment(AbstractMavenBuild.java:56)
14:15:29 	at hudson.maven.MavenModuleSetBuild.getEnvironment(MavenModuleSetBuild.java:167)
14:15:29 	at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.checkout(GitSCM.java:1103)
14:15:29 	at hudson.scm.SCM.checkout(SCM.java:495)
14:15:29 	at hudson.model.AbstractProject.checkout(AbstractProject.java:1212)
14:15:29 	at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.defaultCheckout(AbstractBuild.java:576)
14:15:29 	at jenkins.scm.SCMCheckoutStrategy.checkout(SCMCheckoutStrategy.java:86)
14:15:29 	at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:501)
14:15:29 	at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1737)
14:15:29 	at hudson.maven.MavenModuleSetBuild.run(MavenModuleSetBuild.java:542)
14:15:29 	at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:97)
14:15:29 	at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:421)
Latest binaries (thus not archived and not protected are still ok) 
It is a critical bug for all users of JDKInstallers cc danielbeck,  kohsuke, oleg_nenashev

Originally reported by  aheritier, imported from: New Oracle website prevents the JDKInstaller to download binaries from archives (Unable to find a form in the response)

status: Resolved
priority: Blocker
component(s): core, ssh-slaves-plugin
label(s): 2.73.3-fixed, 2.89.1-fixed
resolution: Fixed
resolved: 2017-10-22T18:12:03+00:00
votes: 1
watchers: 13
imported: 2025-11-24

Raw content of original issue
Oracle recently deployed a new version of its web site and it breaks the JDKInstaller.

On MacOS :

Installing JDK jdk-8u92-oth-JPR
Downloading JDK from http://download.oracle.com/otn/java/jdk/8u92-b14/jdk-8u92-macosx-x64.dmg
ERROR: Build step failed with exception
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to find a form in the response:






<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3c.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd">










<html  lang="en">

<head>
  
<title>Sign On</title>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=320; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=1;" />









<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/oaam_server/css/oaam_uio.css">



  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/oaam_server/client/oam/css/e_oaam_style.css">





<script type="text/javascript" charset="UTF-8" language="javascript" src="/oaam_server/js/oaam_uio.js"></script>



<style id="acj">body{ display:none !important;}</style> 
<script type="text/javascript" charset="UTF-8">
if (self === top) { 
var acj = document.getElementById("acj"); 
acj.parentNode.removeChild(acj); 
} else { 
top.location = self.location; 
} 
</script>


<script type="text/javascript" charset="UTF-8">
	loginIdRegExpr = /[^\s\\\<\>]/gi;
	var app_messages = {
							validateInvalidChars: "{0} has invalid characters.",
							validateMinMaxLength: "Your answer should be {0}-{1} characters.",
							validateDuplicateQuestion: "You can\u0027t select the same question again.",
							validateEmptyAnswers: "Please enter the answer for question number(s)",
							validateEmptyAnswer: "Please enter your answer.",
							validateSelectQuestions: "Please select your questions.",
							validatePasswordFormat: "Invalid password format.",
							validatePasswordComplete: "Completed",
							validatePasswordNotEntered: "Not entered.",
							validateChallenge: "Please enter the answer."
						};
</script>


  <!-- 11.1.2.3.0.OAAM_11.1.2.3.0_GENERIC_RELEASE : N/A : oam -->
</head>



<body class="f17 f17v2">
  





<style type="text/css">
	.bharosaPage{
		width:auto !important;
	}
</style>

<script type="text/javascript" src="/oaam_server/client/oam/js/oaam_check.js?v=2.0"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  if (top != self){
    if (top.location.replace){
      top.location.replace(self.location.href);
    } else {
      top.location.href = self.location.href;
    }
  }
</script>
<script>stripHTML();</script>

<div class="f17w1">
<div class="f17w2" style="display:none"><img src="/oaam_server/client/oam/images/sso-f17v2-bgimg.jpg"></div>

<!-- U16v0 -->
<div id="u16" class="u16 u16v0">
	<div class="u16w1">
		<a href="https://www.oracle.com/index.html">Oracle</a>
	</div>
</div>
<!-- /U16v0 -->

<!-- CB41v0 -->


      
      
        












<div class="bharosaPageTitle">
    
</div>
<div class="bharosaPageMessage">
    
</div>

	  

    
        <div class="loginError" id="errorMessage" title="Your session has expired. &#160;&#160;Please try again.">
        <img src="/oaam_server/images/red_square.gif" height="7" width="7" align="top" valign="top" border="0" alt="Error">
      Your session has expired. &#160;&#160;Please try again.
        </div>
    

<div class="loginFailLinks">
  
</div>

      
      

  



<script type="text/javascript" src="/oaam_server/client/oam/js/jquery.js?v=1.0"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/oaam_server/client/oam/js/sso.js?v=1.0"></script>
</div>

</body>

</html>

	at hudson.tools.JDKInstaller.locate(JDKInstaller.java:484)
	at hudson.tools.JDKInstaller.performInstallation(JDKInstaller.java:139)
	at hudson.tools.InstallerTranslator.getToolHome(InstallerTranslator.java:72)
	at hudson.tools.ToolLocationNodeProperty.getToolHome(ToolLocationNodeProperty.java:109)
	at hudson.tools.ToolInstallation.translateFor(ToolInstallation.java:206)
	at hudson.model.JDK.forNode(JDK.java:144)
	at hudson.model.AbstractProject.getEnvironment(AbstractProject.java:341)
	at hudson.model.Run.getEnvironment(Run.java:2283)
	at hudson.model.AbstractBuild.getEnvironment(AbstractBuild.java:878)
	at hudson.tasks.CommandInterpreter.perform(CommandInterpreter.java:102)
	at hudson.tasks.CommandInterpreter.perform(CommandInterpreter.java:66)
	at hudson.tasks.BuildStepMonitor$1.perform(BuildStepMonitor.java:20)
	at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.perform(AbstractBuild.java:736)
	at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.build(Build.java:206)
	at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.doRun(Build.java:163)
	at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:496)
	at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1737)
	at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:43)
	at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:97)
	at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:421)

On Linux :

14:15:21 Installing JDK jdk-8u121-oth-JPR
14:15:21 Downloading JDK from http://download.oracle.com/otn/java/jdk/8u121-b13/e9e7ea248e2c4826b92b3f075a80e441/jdk-8u121-linux-x64.tar.gz
14:15:29 java.io.IOException: Unable to find the login form
14:15:29 	at hudson.tools.JDKInstaller.locate(JDKInstaller.java:464)
14:15:29 	at hudson.tools.JDKInstaller.performInstallation(JDKInstaller.java:139)
14:15:29 	at hudson.tools.InstallerTranslator.getToolHome(InstallerTranslator.java:72)
14:15:29 	at hudson.tools.ToolLocationNodeProperty.getToolHome(ToolLocationNodeProperty.java:109)
14:15:29 	at hudson.tools.ToolInstallation.translateFor(ToolInstallation.java:206)
14:15:29 	at hudson.model.JDK.forNode(JDK.java:144)
14:15:29 	at hudson.model.AbstractProject.getEnvironment(AbstractProject.java:341)
14:15:29 	at hudson.model.Run.getEnvironment(Run.java:2283)
14:15:29 	at hudson.model.AbstractBuild.getEnvironment(AbstractBuild.java:888)
14:15:29 	at hudson.maven.AbstractMavenBuild.getEnvironment(AbstractMavenBuild.java:56)
14:15:29 	at hudson.maven.MavenModuleSetBuild.getEnvironment(MavenModuleSetBuild.java:167)
14:15:29 	at hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.checkout(GitSCM.java:1103)
14:15:29 	at hudson.scm.SCM.checkout(SCM.java:495)
14:15:29 	at hudson.model.AbstractProject.checkout(AbstractProject.java:1212)
14:15:29 	at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.defaultCheckout(AbstractBuild.java:576)
14:15:29 	at jenkins.scm.SCMCheckoutStrategy.checkout(SCMCheckoutStrategy.java:86)
14:15:29 	at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:501)
14:15:29 	at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1737)
14:15:29 	at hudson.maven.MavenModuleSetBuild.run(MavenModuleSetBuild.java:542)
14:15:29 	at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:97)
14:15:29 	at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:421)

Latest binaries (thus not archived and not protected are still ok) 
It is a critical bug for all users of JDKInstallers cc danielbeck,  kohsuke, oleg_nenashev

[jenkins-infra-bot]

• Remote links associated with this issue:

  • SSH Slaves Pull Request #​72
  • CloudBees Internal OSS-2526
  • CloudBees Internal CE-1174
  • CloudBees Internal JARVIS-390

[jenkins-infra-bot]

oleg_nenashev:

• Original comment link
• Raw content of original comment:

  My proposal would be to create a new ToolInstaller in a plugin and then to deprecate the core's one. It requires some work to make it correctly since JDKInstaller is a part of Jenkins' core API. Detaching to a pluggable core component would be reasonable, but the engine is not ready yet.
  

My proposal would be to create a new ToolInstaller in a plugin and then to deprecate the core's one. It requires some work to make it correctly since JDKInstaller is a part of Jenkins' core API. Detaching to a pluggable core component would be reasonable, but the engine is not ready yet.

[jenkins-infra-bot]

aheritier:

• Original comment link
• Raw content of original comment:

  If we had JENKINS-22367 ...
  

If we had JENKINS-22367 ...

[jenkins-infra-bot]

oleg_nenashev:

• Original comment link
• Raw content of original comment:

   I tried to decouple JDKInstaller as a part of SECURITY-555. It cannot be done in an easy way. JDK and JDKInstaller are the part of the core API. If I find some time, I could try to finalize my PoC. Likely I won't have time in October  
  

I tried to decouple JDKInstaller as a part of SECURITY-555. It cannot be done in an easy way. JDK and JDKInstaller are the part of the core API. If I find some time, I could try to finalize my PoC. Likely I won't have time in October

[jenkins-infra-bot]

jglick:

• Original comment link
• Raw content of original comment:

  IMO all Jenkins downloadables should actually be hosted on servers controlled by Jenkins, and in the case of JDKs we should only ship OpenJDK binaries (at least pending changes to the legal restrictions for Oracle JDKs).
  

IMO all Jenkins downloadables should actually be hosted on servers controlled by Jenkins, and in the case of JDKs we should only ship OpenJDK binaries (at least pending changes to the legal restrictions for Oracle JDKs).

[jenkins-infra-bot]

danielbeck:

• Original comment link
• Raw content of original comment:

  Infra changes will need rtyler's involvement, and I'm not sure that's a viable short-term measure here.
  

Infra changes will need rtyler's involvement, and I'm not sure that's a viable short-term measure here.

[jenkins-infra-bot]

oleg_nenashev:

• Original comment link
• Raw content of original comment:

  Notes:
  
  	
  Downloads of older JDK versions are impacted (where we get redirected to login.oracle.com).
  	
  JDKInstaller in the core is impacted. We consider updating the code in the core and probably backporting to 2.73.3
  	
  Other impacted logic: SSH Slaves Plugin and Windows Slaves Plugin. For SSH Slaves the proposal is to bump default JDK version to 141, for Windows Slaves it seems to be totally broken even prior to the change (Java 6 is downloaded)
  
  
  
  
  

Notes:

• Downloads of older JDK versions are impacted (where we get redirected to login.oracle.com).
• JDKInstaller in the core is impacted. We consider updating the code in the core and probably backporting to 2.73.3
• Other impacted logic: SSH Slaves Plugin and Windows Slaves Plugin. For SSH Slaves the proposal is to bump default JDK version to 141, for Windows Slaves it seems to be totally broken even prior to the change (Java 6 is downloaded)

[jenkins-infra-bot]

oleg_nenashev:

• Original comment link
• Raw content of original comment:

  Created PR for SSH Slaves: [JENKINS-47448] - Update the default Java version to 8u144 ssh-agents-plugin#72 
  

Created PR for SSH Slaves: jenkinsci/ssh-agents-plugin#72

[jenkins-infra-bot]

dnusbaum:

• Original comment link
• Raw content of original comment:

  Created PR for core: [JENKINS-47448] Fix JDKInstaller for downloads requiring an Oracle login #3093
  

Created PR for core: #3093

[jenkins-infra-bot]

scm_issue_link:

• Original comment link
• Raw content of original comment:

  Code changed in jenkins
  User: Oleg Nenashev
  Path:
   src/main/java/hudson/plugins/sshslaves/SSHLauncher.java
   src/test/java/hudson/plugins/sshslaves/SSHLauncherWithJDKInstallerTest.java
  http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/ssh-slaves-plugin/fbaa8301460b6e51901920c0257c56cc689e0c1d
  Log:
    JENKINS-47448 - Update the default Java version to 8u144 (#72)
  
  
  	
  JENKINS-47448 - Update the default Java version to 8u144
  
  
  
  It works-around the issue with authentication for old JDK versions on the Oracle website.
  
  
  	
  JENKINS-47448 - Create direct unit test for the issue (disabled by default)
  
  
  
  
  	
  JENKINS-47448 - Add License header to the test
  
  
  
  
  

Code changed in jenkins
User: Oleg Nenashev
Path:
src/main/java/hudson/plugins/sshslaves/SSHLauncher.java
src/test/java/hudson/plugins/sshslaves/SSHLauncherWithJDKInstallerTest.java
http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/ssh-slaves-plugin/fbaa8301460b6e51901920c0257c56cc689e0c1d
Log:
JENKINS-47448 - Update the default Java version to 8u144 (#72)

• JENKINS-47448 - Update the default Java version to 8u144

It works-around the issue with authentication for old JDK versions on the Oracle website.

• JENKINS-47448 - Create direct unit test for the issue (disabled by default)

• JENKINS-47448 - Add License header to the test

[jenkins-infra-bot]

dnusbaum:

• Original comment link
• Raw content of original comment:

  Created PR for Windows Slaves: [JENKINS-47448] Update auto-installed jdk version to jdk-8u144 windows-slaves-plugin#11
  

Created PR for Windows Slaves: jenkinsci/windows-slaves-plugin#11

[jenkins-infra-bot]

aheritier:

• Original comment link
• Raw content of original comment:

  PRs using 144 are already deprecated/broken, Oracle just released versions 151 and 152 thus the 144 is now in archives 
  http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html
  
  cc oleg_nenashev dnusbaum
  

PRs using 144 are already deprecated/broken, Oracle just released versions 151 and 152 thus the 144 is now in archives
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html

cc oleg_nenashev dnusbaum

[jenkins-infra-bot]

oleg_nenashev:

• Original comment link
• Raw content of original comment:

  Is there a way to automatically determine the latest available version? If yes let's just implement the logic which just picks the most recent version. It will cause some inconsistency on instances, but I feel it's fine for such non-production default mode anyway
  

Is there a way to automatically determine the latest available version? If yes let's just implement the logic which just picks the most recent version. It will cause some inconsistency on instances, but I feel it's fine for such non-production default mode anyway

[jenkins-infra-bot]

scm_issue_link:

• Original comment link
• Raw content of original comment:

  Code changed in jenkins
  User: Oliver Gondža
  Path:
   src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/test/acceptance/po/JdkInstallation.java
   src/test/java/core/JdkTest.java
  http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/acceptance-test-harness/232f7884ba7c1e2080c33a4dcee3b8ea8ba7760b
  Log:
    Merge pull request #371 from dwnusbaum/JENKINS-47448
  
  JENKINS-47448 Fix JdkTest#autoinstallJDK
  
  
  Compare: jenkinsci/acceptance-test-harness@9c9686c...232f788
  
  

Code changed in jenkins
User: Oliver Gondža
Path:
src/main/java/org/jenkinsci/test/acceptance/po/JdkInstallation.java
src/test/java/core/JdkTest.java
http://jenkins-ci.org/commit/acceptance-test-harness/232f7884ba7c1e2080c33a4dcee3b8ea8ba7760b
Log:
Merge pull request #371 from dwnusbaum/JENKINS-47448

JENKINS-47448 Fix JdkTest#autoinstallJDK

Compare: jenkinsci/acceptance-test-harness@9c9686c...232f788

[jenkins-infra-bot]

aheritier:

• Original comment link
• Raw content of original comment:

  In the list of available installers we always have the latest one as first entry.
  
  Thus we need to ask to it what is the current latest
  

In the list of available installers we always have the latest one as first entry.

Thus we need to ask to it what is the current latest