Issue
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Promoted build step ignores build parameters.
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Promoted build step does not receive any parameterized build options.
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I am receiving the following error after upgrading Jenkins:
FATAL: Illegal choice for parameter PARAMETER: $PARAMETER java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal choice for parameter PARAMETER: $PARAMETER at hudson.model.ChoiceParameterDefinition.checkValue(ChoiceParameterDefinition.java:79) at hudson.model.ChoiceParameterDefinition.createValue(ChoiceParameterDefinition.java:91) at hudson.model.ChoiceParameterDefinition.createValue(ChoiceParameterDefinition.java:19) at hudson.plugins.parameterizedtrigger.ProjectSpecificParameterValuesActionTransform.convertToDefinedType(ProjectSpecificParameterValuesActionTransform.java:82) at hudson.plugins.parameterizedtrigger.ProjectSpecificParameterValuesActionTransform.transformParametersAction(ProjectSpecificParameterValuesActionTransform.java:33) at hudson.plugins.parameterizedtrigger.ProjectSpecificParametersActionFactory.getProjectSpecificBuildActions(ProjectSpecificParametersActionFactory.java:33) at hudson.plugins.parameterizedtrigger.BuildTriggerConfig.getBuildActions(BuildTriggerConfig.java:351) at hudson.plugins.parameterizedtrigger.BuildTriggerConfig.perform(BuildTriggerConfig.java:372) at hudson.plugins.parameterizedtrigger.BuildTrigger.perform(BuildTrigger.java:83) at hudson.plugins.promoted_builds.Promotion$RunnerImpl.build(Promotion.java:403) at hudson.plugins.promoted_builds.Promotion$RunnerImpl.doRun(Promotion.java:345) at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:534) at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1738) at hudson.model.Run.run(Run.java:1676) at hudson.plugins.promoted_builds.Promotion.run(Promotion.java:284) at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:98) at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:410) Finished: FAILURE
Resolution
Due to the security fix in: Jenkins Security Advisory 2016-05-11 caused a regression in the promoted builds plugin which does ignores parameterized build configuration: JENKINS-34826.
As of writing this article the only known workaround is to add the parameter configuration to the promoted build job.
Workaround Steps
1 . First step is to grab the parameter name (In my example I used REMOTE_SSH)
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1a . Example of my promoted build using the parameter and passing it to another remote job: image::common-kb::Screen_Shot_2016-05-13_at_5.03.17_PM.png[]
2 . On the left side of the job page is a link called "Promotion Status". Click that link:
3 . After clicking on the link then click on the name of the promotion job:
4 . After clicking on the promotion job click on the configure link:
5 . Configure a paramaterized build option and click save (it can be a String parameter): Note: Make sure it contains the same parameterized variable name as the one from the promoted build.
6 . After clicking save you can trigger a new build which will properly pass the parameterized build configuration to the downstream job:
