Backup job fails: User is missing the Overall/Administer permission

Issue

I have upgraded my instance, and since then, my backup jobs fail throwing the following error in the logs even if the user is an administrator:

hudson.security.AccessDeniedException3: anonymous is missing the Overall/Administer permission
	at hudson.security.ACL.checkPermission(ACL.java:80)
	at hudson.security.AccessControlled.checkPermission(AccessControlled.java:52)
    [...]▼

Environment

Resolution

This issue will be fixed in a future CloudBees CI release, and this article will be updated with the specific version number with the fix.

Workaround

To work around this issue, save the backup job configuration (without changing anything) using a user with the Overall/Administer permission.

Tested product/plugin versions

CloudBees CI on modern cloud platforms - operations center - 2.516.1.28665
CloudBees CI on modern cloud platforms - managed controller - 2.516.1.28665
CloudBees CI on traditional platforms - operations center - 2.516.1.28665
CloudBees CI on traditional platforms - client controller - 2.516.1.28665

This article is part of our Knowledge Base and is provided for guidance-based purposes only. The solutions or workarounds described here are not officially supported by CloudBees and may not be applicable in all environments. Use at your own discretion, and test changes in a safe environment before applying them to production systems.