Reported on https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/jenkinsci-users/qQxwsrvKjO4

I'm having an issue regarding Jenkins Pipeline Maven Plugin (https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/Pipeline+Maven+Plugin). It always skips the downstream jobs even if "Build whenever a SNAPSHOT dependency is built" is checked.

Here's the FINER logs showing the problem (enable FINER logs on `org.jenkinsci.plugins.pipeline.maven.listeners.DownstreamPipelineTriggerRunListener`):

upstreamPipeline (<upstream build>, visibleByDownstreamBuildAuth: false),  downstreamPipeline (<downstream pipeline>, visibleByUpstreamBuildAuth: true), upstreamBuildAuth: org.acegisecurity.providers.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken@1f: Username: <user>; Password: [PROTECTED]; 

Skip triggering of <downstream pipeline> by <upstream pipeline> #<build>: downstreamVisibleByUpstreamBuildAuth: true, upstreamVisibleByDownstreamBuildAuth: false

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The value for visibleByDownstreamBuildAuth is always false. Any ideas how to make that value true?

Also Jenkins has this troubleshooting guide but my settings are already correct.
https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/Pipeline+Maven+Plugin#PipelineMavenPlugin-Mydownstreampipelinesdon'tgettriggeredevenifIuse%22BuildwheneveraSNAPSHOTdependencyisbuilt%22