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  2. JENKINS-26023

Too many levels of symbolic links exception during the initial sync

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    • Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
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      After the installation of the GIT plugin and the restart of Jenkins following the instructions provided here. I added the repository that I want the configurations to be saved and saved the System configuration. After some time I get the following error

      Stack trace
      
      javax.servlet.ServletException: Caught error while checking for symbolic links
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:778)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:858)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:631)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.service(Stapler.java:225)
      	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:848)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:686)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1494)
      	at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:96)
      	at hudson.plugins.scm_sync_configuration.extensions.ScmSyncConfigurationFilter$1.call(ScmSyncConfigurationFilter.java:46)
      	at hudson.plugins.scm_sync_configuration.ScmSyncConfigurationDataProvider.provideRequestDuring(ScmSyncConfigurationDataProvider.java:103)
      	at hudson.plugins.scm_sync_configuration.extensions.ScmSyncConfigurationFilter.doFilter(ScmSyncConfigurationFilter.java:42)
      	at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:99)
      	at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:88)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1482)
      	at hudson.security.csrf.CrumbFilter.doFilter(CrumbFilter.java:48)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1482)
      	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:84)
      	at hudson.security.UnwrapSecurityExceptionFilter.doFilter(UnwrapSecurityExceptionFilter.java:51)
      	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
      	at jenkins.security.ExceptionTranslationFilter.doFilter(ExceptionTranslationFilter.java:117)
      	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
      	at org.acegisecurity.providers.anonymous.AnonymousProcessingFilter.doFilter(AnonymousProcessingFilter.java:125)
      	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
      	at org.acegisecurity.ui.rememberme.RememberMeProcessingFilter.doFilter(RememberMeProcessingFilter.java:142)
      	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
      	at org.acegisecurity.ui.AbstractProcessingFilter.doFilter(AbstractProcessingFilter.java:271)
      	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
      	at org.acegisecurity.ui.basicauth.BasicProcessingFilter.doFilter(BasicProcessingFilter.java:174)
      	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
      	at jenkins.security.ApiTokenFilter.doFilter(ApiTokenFilter.java:79)
      	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
      	at org.acegisecurity.context.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter.java:249)
      	at hudson.security.HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.doFilter(HttpSessionContextIntegrationFilter2.java:67)
      	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:87)
      	at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:76)
      	at hudson.security.HudsonFilter.doFilter(HudsonFilter.java:164)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1482)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.compression.CompressionFilter.doFilter(CompressionFilter.java:46)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1482)
      	at hudson.util.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:81)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1474)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doHandle(ServletHandler.java:499)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:137)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:533)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doHandle(SessionHandler.java:231)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doHandle(ContextHandler.java:1086)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.doScope(ServletHandler.java:428)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.SessionHandler.doScope(SessionHandler.java:193)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doScope(ContextHandler.java:1020)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ScopedHandler.handle(ScopedHandler.java:135)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:116)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.handle(Server.java:370)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection.handleRequest(AbstractHttpConnection.java:489)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection.content(AbstractHttpConnection.java:960)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractHttpConnection$RequestHandler.content(AbstractHttpConnection.java:1021)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:865)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.http.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:235)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AsyncHttpConnection.handle(AsyncHttpConnection.java:82)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.handle(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:668)
      	at org.eclipse.jetty.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint$1.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:52)
      	at winstone.BoundedExecutorService$1.run(BoundedExecutorService.java:77)
      	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
      	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
      	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
      Caused by: Caught error while checking for symbolic links
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.causesIllegalSymlinkLoop(DirectoryScanner.java:1887)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1267)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1287)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1211)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scandir(DirectoryScanner.java:1173)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.checkIncludePatterns(DirectoryScanner.java:955)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.scan(DirectoryScanner.java:909)
      	at hudson.plugins.scm_sync_configuration.strategies.model.PatternsEntityMatcher.matchingFilesFrom(PatternsEntityMatcher.java:43)
      	at hudson.plugins.scm_sync_configuration.strategies.AbstractScmSyncStrategy.createInitializationSynchronizedFileset(AbstractScmSyncStrategy.java:74)
      	at hudson.plugins.scm_sync_configuration.ScmSyncConfigurationBusiness.synchronizeAllConfigs(ScmSyncConfigurationBusiness.java:285)
      	at hudson.plugins.scm_sync_configuration.ScmSyncConfigurationPlugin.configure(ScmSyncConfigurationPlugin.java:210)
      	at jenkins.model.GlobalPluginConfiguration.configure(GlobalPluginConfiguration.java:26)
      	at jenkins.model.Jenkins.configureDescriptor(Jenkins.java:2876)
      	at jenkins.model.Jenkins.doConfigSubmit(Jenkins.java:2839)
      	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
      	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
      	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
      	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function$InstanceFunction.invoke(Function.java:298)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvoke(Function.java:161)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvokeAndServeResponse(Function.java:96)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$1.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:120)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:53)
      	at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:728)
      	... 63 more
      Caused by: java.io.IOException: Too many levels of symbolic links
      	at java.io.UnixFileSystem.canonicalize0(Native Method)
      	at java.io.UnixFileSystem.canonicalize(UnixFileSystem.java:172)
      	at java.io.File.getCanonicalPath(File.java:589)
      	at org.apache.tools.ant.DirectoryScanner.causesIllegalSymlinkLoop(DirectoryScanner.java:1865)
      	... 138 more
      

      I just noticed this message in the Plugin manager

      Warning: This plugin requires dependent plugins that are built for Jenkins 1.577 or newer. The dependent plugins may or may not work in your Jenkins and consequently this plugin may or may not work in your Jenkins.
      

      Which are the dependent plugins? Is this causing the aformentioned exception?

      There are some jobs that the project name has spaces. I am not sure if this is a problem, I am just adding that here as well.

            fcamblor Frédéric Camblor
            stavrosv Stavros Vagionitis
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