Hi all,
We are deploying Hudson job definitions (config.xml files) via http get/post onto our Hudson instances. While executing those deployments we are facing a bug in Hudson which hinders us to update existing jobs reliably.
This bug seems to occur only on Hudson server which are running on Tomcat under Windows XP. Additionally this bug rises not every at time but in 80%

The test environment:

• Windows XP
• Hudson: 1.384 (no additional plugins installed)
• Tomcat: 6.029 (installed from scratch)

Here the step by step procedure to reproduce the problem:

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First we deploy a new simple job definition to Hudson:
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Post to URL: http://10.18.111.127:8080/hudson/createItem?name=ldi.validation.failGroupId

PostData:
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<project>
<actions/>
<description></description>
<keepDependencies>false</keepDependencies>
<properties/>
<scm class="hudson.scm.NullSCM"/>
<canRoam>true</canRoam>
<disabled>false</disabled>
<blockBuildWhenUpstreamBuilding>false</blockBuildWhenUpstreamBuilding>
<triggers class="vector"/>
<concurrentBuild>false</concurrentBuild>
<builders/>
<publishers/>
<buildWrappers/>
</project>

RESULT:
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+ Post succeeds
+ No problem reported in any Tomcat log
+ For a TCP Dump se the attached success.log

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Secondary lets update that Job afterwards on Hudson:
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Post to URL: http://10.18.111.127:8080/hudson/job/ldi.validation.failGroupId/config.xml

PostData:
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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<project>
<actions/>
<description></description>
<keepDependencies>false</keepDependencies>
<properties/>
<scm class="hudson.scm.NullSCM"/>
<canRoam>true</canRoam>
<disabled>false</disabled>
<blockBuildWhenUpstreamBuilding>false</blockBuildWhenUpstreamBuilding>
<triggers class="vector"/>
<concurrentBuild>false</concurrentBuild>
<builders/>
<publishers/>
<buildWrappers/>
</project>

RESULT (In 80% of all updates):
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• the post fails with: HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error (text/html)
• The Tomcatlog contains the folloging dump:

SCHWERWIEGEND: Error while serving http://10.18.111.127:8080/hudson/job/ldi.validation.failGroupId/config.xml
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function$InstanceFunction.invoke(Function.java:282)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvoke(Function.java:149)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvokeAndServeResponse(Function.java:88)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$1.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:102)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:53)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:562)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:640)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$7.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:242)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:53)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:562)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:640)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:478)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.service(Stapler.java:160)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:94)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:86)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at hudson.security.csrf.CrumbFilter.doFilter(CrumbFilter.java:47)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:84)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:76)
at hudson.security.HudsonFilter.doFilter(HudsonFilter.java:164)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:470)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProcessor.process(Http11AprProcessor.java:861)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11AprProtocol.java:579)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Worker.run(AprEndpoint.java:1584)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Unable to delete C:\Documents and Settings\D044133\.hudson\jobs\ldi.validation.failGroupId\config.xml
at hudson.util.AtomicFileWriter.commit(AtomicFileWriter.java:109)
at hudson.model.Job.doConfigDotXml(Job.java:1033)
... 43 more
09.11.2010 10:55:50 org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve invoke
SCHWERWIEGEND: Servlet.service() for servlet Stapler threw exception
java.io.IOException: Unable to delete C:\Documents and Settings\D044133\.hudson\jobs\ldi.validation.failGroupId\config.xml
at hudson.util.AtomicFileWriter.commit(AtomicFileWriter.java:109)
at hudson.model.Job.doConfigDotXml(Job.java:1033)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function$InstanceFunction.invoke(Function.java:282)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvoke(Function.java:149)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Function.bindAndInvokeAndServeResponse(Function.java:88)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$1.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:102)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:53)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:562)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:640)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.MetaClass$7.doDispatch(MetaClass.java:242)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.NameBasedDispatcher.dispatch(NameBasedDispatcher.java:53)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.tryInvoke(Stapler.java:562)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:640)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.invoke(Stapler.java:478)
at org.kohsuke.stapler.Stapler.service(Stapler.java:160)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:290)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter$1.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:94)
at hudson.util.PluginServletFilter.doFilter(PluginServletFilter.java:86)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at hudson.security.csrf.CrumbFilter.doFilter(CrumbFilter.java:47)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter$1.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:84)
at hudson.security.ChainedServletFilter.doFilter(ChainedServletFilter.java:76)
at hudson.security.HudsonFilter.doFilter(HudsonFilter.java:164)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:233)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:470)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:298)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProcessor.process(Http11AprProcessor.java:861)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11AprProtocol.java:579)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Worker.run(AprEndpoint.java:1584)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)