# Kubernetes plugin: retries not working? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask a question\ **Tags:** kubernetes\ **Created:** [March 29, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/kubernetes-plugin-retries-not-working/6549 "2023-03-29T20:03:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rafaelrezend](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.jenkins.io/rafaelrezend/32/1987_2.png) [@rafaelrezend](https://community.jenkins.io/u/rafaelrezend)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/kubernetes-plugin-retries-not-working/6549/1 "2023-03-29T20:03:37Z")
I’m using the Kubernetes plugin in a declarative pipeline. Below is a base snippet removing the (I assume) irrelevant part: ```plaintext stage('Run Simulation') { agent { kubernetes { cloud 'tools-openshift' yaml ''' apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod ... ''' retries 2 } } steps { ... } } ``` Every now and then (~2%) my Pod has issues to connect: ```auto 09:27:26 Created Pod: tools-openshift cluster/platform-446-5ds4s-9wftj-88kxc 09:27:31 cluster/platform-446-5ds4s-9wftj-88kxc Container jnlp was terminated (Exit Code: 1, Reason: Error) 09:27:31 09:27:31 - jnlp -- terminated (1) 09:27:31 -----Logs------------- 09:27:31 Mar 28, 2023 7:27:30 AM hudson.remoting.jnlp.Main$CuiListener error 09:27:31 SEVERE: Failed to connect to https://company.com/jenkins/tcpSlaveAgentListener/: Connection refused (Connection refused) 09:27:31 java.io.IOException: Failed to connect to https://company.com/jenkins/tcpSlaveAgentListener/: Connection refused (Connection refused) 09:27:31 at org.jenkinsci.remoting.engine.JnlpAgentEndpointResolver.resolve(JnlpAgentEndpointResolver.java:216) 09:27:31 at hudson.remoting.Engine.innerRun(Engine.java:755) 09:27:31 at hudson.remoting.Engine.run(Engine.java:543) 09:27:31 Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused (Connection refused) 09:27:31 at java.base/java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method) 09:27:31 at java.base/java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:412) 09:27:31 at java.base/java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:255) 09:27:31 at java.base/java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:237) 09:27:31 at java.base/java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392) 09:27:31 at java.base/java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:609) 09:27:31 at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(SSLSocketImpl.java:305) 09:27:31 at java.base/sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:177) 09:27:31 at java.base/sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:507) 09:27:31 at java.base/sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:602) 09:27:31 at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.(HttpsClient.java:266) 09:27:31 at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.New(HttpsClient.java:373) 09:27:31 at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:207) 09:27:31 at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect0(HttpURLConnection.java:1187) 09:27:31 at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:1081) 09:27:31 at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:193) 09:27:31 at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.connect(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:168) 09:27:31 at org.jenkinsci.remoting.engine.JnlpAgentEndpointResolver.resolve(JnlpAgentEndpointResolver.java:213) 09:27:31 ... 2 more 09:27:31 09:27:31 2023/03/28 07:27:30 [go-init] Main command failed 09:27:31 2023/03/28 07:27:30 [go-init] exit status 255 09:27:31 2023/03/28 07:27:30 [go-init] No post-stop command defined, skip 09:27:31 09:27:31 cluster/platform-446-5ds4s-9wftj-88kxc Pod just failed (Reason: null, Message: null) [Pipeline] // node 09:27:31 09:27:31 - jnlp -- terminated (1) [Pipeline] } 09:27:31 Could not find a node block associated with node (source of error) ``` The exact error is irrelevant, because sometimes I also get other issues due to network fluctuation. The bottomline is that the client fails to connect. I’ve set `retries` in pipeline. Yet, no retries happen after this failure at all. **Doesn’t this type of error trigger the retry?** If not, any recommendation? My last resort would be to use a `script` block with a `podTemplate` instead, and a generic retry around the node (so, no declarative). And try to catch only node-related issues. But I feel it would be too _workaroundish_… Any ideas welcome. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![ymajoros](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.jenkins.io/ymajoros/32/6665_2.png) [@ymajoros](https://community.jenkins.io/u/ymajoros)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/kubernetes-plugin-retries-not-working/6549/2 "2024-01-09T11:52:11Z")
Same for me, retry doesn’t seem to work. jenkins/xx-xx-it-xx-1284-jenkins-retry-1-xftbf-z7w9v-1tlcr Container docker was terminated (Exit Code: 137, Reason: Error) jenkins/xx-xx-it-xx-1284-jenkins-retry-1-xftbf-z7w9v-1tlcr Container docker-daemon was terminated (Exit Code: 0, Reason: Completed) jenkins/xx-xx-it-xx-1284-jenkins-retry-1-xftbf-z7w9v-1tlcr Container jnlp was terminated (Exit Code: 137, Reason: Error) - docker – terminated (137) -----Logs------------- unable to retrieve container logs for containerd://6948e1c2c28178839116ab3a9d5575ce38a8055031105a766d0b977105e50076 - docker-daemon – terminated (0) -----Logs------------- unable to retrieve container logs for containerd://bf49fee66674896780b934576f4b3990e237a73d2cd4233be50a38e668147941 - jnlp – terminated (137) -----Logs------------- unable to retrieve container logs for containerd://aadc9e6dd997f04b7ab9784bc5a13519d9f8b5ed7a72dbbee84ca3c480b0c6a9 jenkins/xx-xx-it-xx-1284-jenkins-retry-1-xftbf-z7w9v-1tlcr Pod just failed (Reason: null, Message: null) - docker – terminated (137) -----Logs------------- unable to retrieve container logs for containerd://6948e1c2c28178839116ab3a9d5575ce38a8055031105a766d0b977105e50076 - docker-daemon – terminated (0) -----Logs------------- unable to retrieve container logs for containerd://bf49fee66674896780b934576f4b3990e237a73d2cd4233be50a38e668147941 - jnlp – terminated (137) -----Logs------------- unable to retrieve container logs for containerd://aadc9e6dd997f04b7ab9784bc5a13519d9f8b5ed7a72dbbee84ca3c480b0c6a9 ERROR: Failed to launch xx-xx-it-xx-1284-jenkins-retry-1-xftbf-z7w9v-jcz8z io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClientTimeoutException: Timed out waiting for [1000000] milliseconds for [Pod] with name:[xx-xx-it-xx-1284-jenkins-retry-1-xftbf-z7w9v-jcz8z] in namespace [jenkins]. at io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.internal.BaseOperation.waitUntilCondition(BaseOperation.java:889) at io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.internal.BaseOperation.waitUntilReady(BaseOperation.java:871) at io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.internal.BaseOperation.waitUntilReady(BaseOperation.java:92) at org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.KubernetesLauncher.launch(KubernetesLauncher.java:170) at hudson.slaves.SlaveComputer.lambda$\_connect$0(SlaveComputer.java:297) at jenkins.util.ContextResettingExecutorService$2.call(ContextResettingExecutorService.java:46) at jenkins.security.ImpersonatingExecutorService$2.call(ImpersonatingExecutorService.java:80) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1136) at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:635) at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:840) Agent xx-xx-it-xx-1284-jenkins-retry-1-xftbf-z7w9v-1tlcr was deleted; cancelling node body [Pipeline] } [Pipeline] // script [Pipeline] } [Pipeline] // stage [Pipeline] } [Pipeline] // withEnv [Pipeline] } [Pipeline] // node [Pipeline] } Ignored termination reason(s) for xx-xx-it-xx-1284-jenkins-retry-1-xftbf-z7w9v-1tlcr for purposes of retry: [Completed, Error] Any idea? ---
**Author:** ![jastabile](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.jenkins.io/jastabile/32/7285_2.png) [@jastabile](https://community.jenkins.io/u/jastabile)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/kubernetes-plugin-retries-not-working/6549/3 "2024-03-05T13:08:15Z")
Did someone do a workaround for this? I have the same issue, there were only some specific jobs where retry worked ---
**Author:** ![slmjy](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.jenkins.io/slmjy/32/7985_2.png) [@slmjy](https://community.jenkins.io/u/slmjy)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/kubernetes-plugin-retries-not-working/6549/4 "2024-04-25T12:10:37Z")
@ymajoros or @jastabile Did you happen to solve the problem or find a workaround? ---
**Author:** ![melvilgit](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.jenkins.io/melvilgit/32/13124_2.png) [@melvilgit](https://community.jenkins.io/u/melvilgit)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.jenkins.io/t/kubernetes-plugin-retries-not-working/6549/5 "2025-02-12T22:21:57Z")
Did some one figure out the solution?