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[JENKINS-47455] NullPointerException from AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.decideWorkspace #22370
Description
A user of the vSphere plugin reports this exception:
java.lang.NullPointerException at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.decideWorkspace(AbstractBuild.java:440) at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:480) at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1737) at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:43) at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:97) at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:419)
The code in question is apparently vulnerable to a null return value from getRootPath, perhaps due to race conditions involving an agent going offline right as a build is starting.
Originally reported by 
jglick, imported from: NullPointerException from AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.decideWorkspace
- assignee: jglick
- status: Resolved
- priority: Minor
- component(s): core
- label(s): diagnostics, slave
- resolution: Fixed
- resolved: 2017-10-23T12:58:01+00:00
- votes: 0
- watchers: 1
- imported: 2025-11-24
Raw content of original issue
A user of the vSphere plugin reports this exception:
java.lang.NullPointerException at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.decideWorkspace(AbstractBuild.java:440) at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:480) 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:419)The code in question is apparently vulnerable to a null return value from getRootPath, perhaps due to race conditions involving an agent going offline right as a build is starting.
- environment:
2.73.1
Activity
jenkins-infra-bot commentedon Oct 16, 2017
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jenkins-infra-bot commentedon Oct 16, 2017
Raw content of original comment:
Seems to coincide with
JENKINS-38527.jenkins-infra-bot commentedon Oct 17, 2017
Raw content of original comment:
Dealing with JENKINS-36716 would have caught this sooner.
jenkins-infra-bot commentedon Nov 24, 2025
[Original
depends_onfrom Jira: JENKINS-36716]