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Error fetching remote repo on node-test-commit-v8-linux #4507
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https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit-v8-linux/7423/console
> git fetch --no-tags --force --progress --depth=100 -- git@github.com:nodejs/node.git +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* +refs/pull/66089/head:refs/remotes/origin/_jenkins_local_branch # timeout=20
ERROR: Error fetching remote repo 'origin'
hudson.plugins.git.GitException: Failed to fetch from git@github.com:nodejs/node.git
at PluginClassLoader for git//hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.fetchFrom(GitSCM.java:998)
at PluginClassLoader for git//hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.retrieveChanges(GitSCM.java:1239)
at PluginClassLoader for git//hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM._checkout(GitSCM.java:1310)
at PluginClassLoader for git//hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.checkout(GitSCM.java:1277)
at hudson.scm.SCM.checkout(SCM.java:540)
at hudson.model.AbstractProject.checkout(AbstractProject.java:1254)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.defaultCheckout(AbstractBuild.java:648)
at jenkins.scm.SCMCheckoutStrategy.checkout(SCMCheckoutStrategy.java:84)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:521)
at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1849)
at PluginClassLoader for matrix-project//hudson.matrix.MatrixBuild.run(MatrixBuild.java:331)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:97)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:456)
Caused by: hudson.plugins.git.GitException: Command "git fetch --no-tags --force --progress --depth=100 -- git@github.com:nodejs/node.git +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* +refs/pull/66089/head:refs/remotes/origin/_jenkins_local_branch" returned status code 1:
stdout:
stderr: remote: Enumerating objects: 327, done.
…
From github.com:nodejs/node
6d5e3098711..f9defa61fa9 main -> origin/main
error: cannot lock ref 'refs/remotes/origin/revert/doc-kit-redesign': 'refs/remotes/origin/revert' exists; cannot create 'refs/remotes/origin/revert/doc-kit-redesign'
! [new branch] revert/doc-kit-redesign -> origin/revert/doc-kit-redesign (unable to update local ref)
+ 6d5e3098711...7511323e386 refs/pull/66089/head -> origin/_jenkins_local_branch (forced update)
error: some local refs could not be updated; try running
'git remote prune git@github.com:nodejs/node.git' to remove any old, conflicting branches
at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.launchCommandIn(CliGitAPIImpl.java:2852)
at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl.launchCommandWithCredentials(CliGitAPIImpl.java:2193)
at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.CliGitAPIImpl$1.execute(CliGitAPIImpl.java:638)
at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.RemoteGitImpl$CommandInvocationHandler$GitCommandMasterToSlaveCallable.call(RemoteGitImpl.java:173)
at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.RemoteGitImpl$CommandInvocationHandler$GitCommandMasterToSlaveCallable.call(RemoteGitImpl.java:164)
at hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform(UserRequest.java:225)
at hudson.remoting.UserRequest.perform(UserRequest.java:50)
at hudson.remoting.Request$2.run(Request.java:391)
at hudson.remoting.InterceptingExecutorService.lambda$wrap$0(InterceptingExecutorService.java:81)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:328)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1090)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:614)
at hudson.remoting.Engine$1.lambda$newThread$0(Engine.java:312)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1474)
Suppressed: hudson.remoting.Channel$CallSiteStackTrace: Remote call to JNLP4-connect connection from 8.225.232.44/8.225.232.44:43584
at hudson.remoting.Channel.attachCallSiteStackTrace(Channel.java:1916)
at hudson.remoting.UserRequest$ExceptionResponse.retrieve(UserRequest.java:384)
at hudson.remoting.Channel.call(Channel.java:1108)
at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.RemoteGitImpl$CommandInvocationHandler.execute(RemoteGitImpl.java:155)
at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580)
at PluginClassLoader for git-client//org.jenkinsci.plugins.gitclient.RemoteGitImpl$CommandInvocationHandler.invoke(RemoteGitImpl.java:140)
at PluginClassLoader for git-client/jdk.proxy72/jdk.proxy72.$Proxy156.execute(Unknown Source)
at PluginClassLoader for git//hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.fetchFrom(GitSCM.java:996)
at PluginClassLoader for git//hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.retrieveChanges(GitSCM.java:1239)
at PluginClassLoader for git//hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM._checkout(GitSCM.java:1310)
at PluginClassLoader for git//hudson.plugins.git.GitSCM.checkout(GitSCM.java:1277)
at hudson.scm.SCM.checkout(SCM.java:540)
at hudson.model.AbstractProject.checkout(AbstractProject.java:1254)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.defaultCheckout(AbstractBuild.java:648)
at jenkins.scm.SCMCheckoutStrategy.checkout(SCMCheckoutStrategy.java:84)
at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:521)
at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1849)
at PluginClassLoader for matrix-project//hudson.matrix.MatrixBuild.run(MatrixBuild.java:331)
at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:97)
at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:456)
ERROR: Error fetching remote repo 'origin'
Collecting metadata...
Metadata collection done.
[Checks API] No suitable checks publisher found.
Notifying upstream projects of job completion
Notifying upstream of completion: node-test-commit-v8-linux #7414
[Join] Pending does not contain node-test-commit-v8-linux
Finished: FAILURE
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richardlau commentedon Oct 8, 2026
It's not just node-test-commit-v8-linux. Several jobs are affected, including the more commonly run ones under node-test-commit.
The relevant part of the log is
and I don't know yet if that is a local workspace issue on something that's going to reoccur due to the upstream references from the nodejs/node repository.
richardlau commentedon Oct 8, 2026
refs/remotes/origin/revert/doc-kit-redesignis from nodejs/node#66572, which is closed. I'll delete the branch from https://github.com/nodejs/node.richardlau commentedon Oct 8, 2026
I'm not sure where
refs/remotes/origin/revertis from. It's not a current branch on https://github.com/nodejs/node and is probably historical (but no idea how far back). Unfortunately since the git credentials are passed through Jenkins I can't easily check directly on the machine. Worst case is we'd need to wipe out the workspaces on all affected machines. I'll start a few test jobs now that the other branch has been deleted and see if that's enough to fix the issue or if we'll need to wipe out each workspace (including the@numbersuffixed ones).In practice, this should only be an issue with branches created directly on https://github.com/nodejs/node, which isn't supposed to be common as we encourage contributions from forks.
richardlau commentedon Oct 8, 2026
https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit-v8-linux/7424/ got past the git issue, but has hit a different problem (I'll open another issue to track).
aduh95 commentedon Oct 8, 2026
I wonder how this happened, https://github.com/nodejs/node/settings/rules/714753 is supposed to block creation of branches on nodejs/node. @avivkeller did you do something special to create that branch?
avivkeller commentedon Oct 8, 2026
Nope! I was a bit rushed to make the revert, and accidentally pushed to
origininto instead ofavivkeller