Best Way to Clean Up Large Job Folders

current817 · September 20, 2024, 12:28am

Jenkins version: 2.440.1

Hi Jenkins experts,

What is the best way to delete Jenkins job folder through scripts?

I hit errors when clean up Jenkins folders with the following script:

    def folderName = "some_folder_name"
    def jenkins = hudson.model.Hudson.getInstance()
    def allJobs = jenkins.getAllItems(Job.class)
    def allFolders = jenkins.getAllItems(Folder.class)

    def subFolders = allFolders.findAll {it.getParent().getFullName().equals(folderName)}

     subFolders.each{ folder -> folder.delete() }

However, when running the script, I got the following exceptions:

Also:   hudson.remoting.ProxyException: org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.actions.ErrorAction$ErrorId: ac4af5a0-734c-437d-adcd-7ee661ecb218
hudson.remoting.ProxyException: java.nio.channels.ClosedByInterruptException
	at java.base/java.nio.channels.spi.AbstractInterruptibleChannel.end(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/sun.nio.ch.FileChannelImpl.endBlocking(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/sun.nio.ch.FileChannelImpl.write(Unknown Source)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.support.pickles.serialization.RiverWriter.<init>(RiverWriter.java:109)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup.saveProgram(CpsThreadGroup.java:579)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup.saveProgram(CpsThreadGroup.java:557)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup.saveProgramIfPossible(CpsThreadGroup.java:540)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup.run(CpsThreadGroup.java:464)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup$2.call(CpsThreadGroup.java:331)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup$2.call(CpsThreadGroup.java:295)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsVmExecutorService.lambda$wrap$4(CpsVmExecutorService.java:140)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
	at hudson.remoting.SingleLaneExecutorService$1.run(SingleLaneExecutorService.java:139)
	at jenkins.util.ContextResettingExecutorService$1.run(ContextResettingExecutorService.java:28)
	at jenkins.security.ImpersonatingExecutorService$1.run(ImpersonatingExecutorService.java:68)
	at jenkins.util.ErrorLoggingExecutorService.lambda$wrap$0(ErrorLoggingExecutorService.java:51)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsVmExecutorService$1.call(CpsVmExecutorService.java:53)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsVmExecutorService$1.call(CpsVmExecutorService.java:50)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport$ThreadCategoryInfo.use(GroovyCategorySupport.java:136)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport.use(GroovyCategorySupport.java:275)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsVmExecutorService.lambda$categoryThreadFactory$0(CpsVmExecutorService.java:50)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Finished: FAILURE

Does the above exception mean the deletion took too long so it’s interrupted by Jenkins? Any better way to delete a large folder. through script?

poddingue · September 30, 2024, 10:01am

The exception you’re encountering suggests that the deletion process might be taking too long and is being interrupted. To handle the deletion of large folders more gracefully, you can use a more robust approach by leveraging the Folder plugin’s API and ensuring that the deletion process is not interrupted.

Here is a script to delete a Jenkins job folder:

Ensure the Folder plugin is installed.
Use the Folder plugin’s API to delete the folder.

import jenkins.model.Jenkins
import com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.Folder

def folderName = "some_folder_name"
def jenkins = Jenkins.getInstance()
def allFolders = jenkins.getAllItems(Folder.class)

def folderToDelete = allFolders.find { it.getFullName().equals(folderName) }

if (folderToDelete) {
    println "Deleting folder: ${folderToDelete.getFullName()}"
    folderToDelete.delete()
    println "Folder deleted successfully."
} else {
    println "Folder not found: ${folderName}"
}

Explanation

Import the necessary classes from Jenkins and the Folder plugin.
Retrieve the Jenkins instance.
Search for the folder by its full name.
If the folder is found, delete it using the delete() method.

Additional Tips

Execute the script in the Jenkins Script Console (Manage Jenkins → Script Console).
Ensure that the user running the script has the necessary permissions to delete the folder.
Check the Jenkins logs for any additional errors or warnings during the deletion process.

current817 · October 2, 2024, 12:07am

Thank you @poddingue for taking a look! Looks like we’re indeed using the Folders plugin from cloudbees. By recording the logs from the hudson.model, seems the underlying error is the following. We use DSL plugin, seems it failed to delete the seed job?
Do you know what is happening and how to resolve it?

Failed to save /var/jenkins/javaposse.jobdsl.plugin.ExecuteDslScripts.xml
java.nio.channels.ClosedChannelException
	at java.base/sun.nio.ch.FileChannelImpl.ensureOpen(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/sun.nio.ch.FileChannelImpl.write(Unknown Source)
	at hudson.util.FileChannelWriter.write(FileChannelWriter.java:73)
	at hudson.util.AtomicFileWriter.write(AtomicFileWriter.java:179)
	at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.util.QuickWriter.flush(QuickWriter.java:73)
Caused: com.thoughtworks.xstream.io.StreamException: 
	at com.thoughtworks.xstream.core.util.QuickWriter.flush(QuickWriter.java:77)
	at hudson.util.PrettyPrintWriter.flush(PrettyPrintWriter.java:322)
	at com.thoughtworks.xstream.XStream.toXML(XStream.java:1267)
	at hudson.XmlFile.write(XmlFile.java:216)
Caused: java.io.IOException
	at hudson.XmlFile.write(XmlFile.java:223)
	at hudson.model.Descriptor.save(Descriptor.java:913)
	at javaposse.jobdsl.plugin.DescriptorImpl.removeSeedReference(DescriptorImpl.java:140)
	at javaposse.jobdsl.plugin.DescriptorImpl$GeneratedJobMapItemListener.onDeleted(DescriptorImpl.java:148)
	at hudson.model.listeners.ItemListener.lambda$fireOnDeleted$3(ItemListener.java:210)
	at jenkins.util.Listeners.lambda$notify$0(Listeners.java:59)
	at jenkins.util.Listeners.notify(Listeners.java:70)
	at hudson.model.listeners.ItemListener.fireOnDeleted(ItemListener.java:210)
	at com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.AbstractFolder.onDeleted(AbstractFolder.java:1062)
	at com.cloudbees.hudson.plugins.folder.AbstractFolder.onDeleted(AbstractFolder.java:135)
	at hudson.model.AbstractItem.delete(AbstractItem.java:831)
	at hudson.model.AbstractItem.delete(AbstractItem.java:813)
	at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor261317.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:98)
	at groovy.lang.MetaMethod.doMethodInvoke(MetaMethod.java:325)
	at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1225)
	at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1034)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PojoMetaClassSite.call(PojoMetaClassSite.java:46)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:47)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:116)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:120)
	at cleanJenkinsFolder$_call_closure3.doCall(cleanJenkinsFolder.groovy:43)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:98)
	at groovy.lang.MetaMethod.doMethodInvoke(MetaMethod.java:325)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.ClosureMetaClass.invokeMethod(ClosureMetaClass.java:264)
	at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1034)
	at groovy.lang.Closure.call(Closure.java:420)
	at groovy.lang.Closure.call(Closure.java:436)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.DefaultGroovyMethods.each(DefaultGroovyMethods.java:2125)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.DefaultGroovyMethods.each(DefaultGroovyMethods.java:2110)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.DefaultGroovyMethods.each(DefaultGroovyMethods.java:2151)
	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.CpsDefaultGroovyMethods.each(CpsDefaultGroovyMethods.java:915)
	at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor541.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.ReflectionMetaMethod.invoke(ReflectionMetaMethod.java:54)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.metaclass.NewInstanceMetaMethod.invoke(NewInstanceMetaMethod.java:56)
	at groovy.lang.MetaMethod.doMethodInvoke(MetaMethod.java:325)
	at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1225)
	at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1034)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PojoMetaClassSite.call(PojoMetaClassSite.java:46)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:47)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:116)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:128)
	at cleanJenkinsFolder.call(cleanJenkinsFolder.groovy:20)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:98)
	at groovy.lang.MetaMethod.doMethodInvoke(MetaMethod.java:325)
	at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1225)
	at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1034)
	at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:822)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsScript.invokeMethod(CpsScript.java:116)
	at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor1068.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedMethod.invoke(CachedMethod.java:98)
	at groovy.lang.MetaMethod.doMethodInvoke(MetaMethod.java:325)
	at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1225)
	at groovy.lang.MetaClassImpl.invokeMethod(MetaClassImpl.java:1034)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.PogoMetaClassSite.call(PogoMetaClassSite.java:41)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCall(CallSiteArray.java:47)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.call(AbstractCallSite.java:116)
	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker$1.call(Checker.java:180)
	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.GroovyInterceptor.onMethodCall(GroovyInterceptor.java:23)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.groovy.SandboxInterceptor.onMethodCall(SandboxInterceptor.java:163)
	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker$1.call(Checker.java:178)
	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:182)
	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedCall(Checker.java:152)
	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.sandbox.SandboxInvoker.methodCall(SandboxInvoker.java:17)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.LoggingInvoker.methodCall(LoggingInvoker.java:105)
	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ContinuationGroup.methodCall(ContinuationGroup.java:90)
	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.FunctionCallBlock$ContinuationImpl.dispatchOrArg(FunctionCallBlock.java:116)
	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.FunctionCallBlock$ContinuationImpl.fixArg(FunctionCallBlock.java:85)
	at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor368.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ContinuationPtr$ContinuationImpl.receive(ContinuationPtr.java:72)
	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.CollectionLiteralBlock$ContinuationImpl.dispatch(CollectionLiteralBlock.java:55)
	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.CollectionLiteralBlock$ContinuationImpl.item(CollectionLiteralBlock.java:45)
	at jdk.internal.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor376.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ContinuationPtr$ContinuationImpl.receive(ContinuationPtr.java:72)
	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.impl.ConstantBlock.eval(ConstantBlock.java:21)
	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Next.step(Next.java:83)
	at com.cloudbees.groovy.cps.Continuable.run0(Continuable.java:147)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable.access$001(SandboxContinuable.java:17)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.SandboxContinuable.run0(SandboxContinuable.java:49)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThread.runNextChunk(CpsThread.java:180)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup.run(CpsThreadGroup.java:423)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup$2.call(CpsThreadGroup.java:331)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsThreadGroup$2.call(CpsThreadGroup.java:295)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsVmExecutorService.lambda$wrap$4(CpsVmExecutorService.java:140)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
	at hudson.remoting.SingleLaneExecutorService$1.run(SingleLaneExecutorService.java:139)
	at jenkins.util.ContextResettingExecutorService$1.run(ContextResettingExecutorService.java:28)
	at jenkins.security.ImpersonatingExecutorService$1.run(ImpersonatingExecutorService.java:68)
	at jenkins.util.ErrorLoggingExecutorService.lambda$wrap$0(ErrorLoggingExecutorService.java:51)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsVmExecutorService$1.call(CpsVmExecutorService.java:53)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsVmExecutorService$1.call(CpsVmExecutorService.java:50)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport$ThreadCategoryInfo.use(GroovyCategorySupport.java:136)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.GroovyCategorySupport.use(GroovyCategorySupport.java:275)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.cps.CpsVmExecutorService.lambda$categoryThreadFactory$0(CpsVmExecutorService.java:50)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

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