DEBUG set as a variable in a job definition causes random failures
Overview
Use of the DEBUG environment in the variables section of a GitLab pipeline file results in random failures. Other reports indicate that this may also result in changing the order of job execution.
Example:
build:
variables:
- DEBUG: "axios"
script:
- protractor
Failures reported
-
Artifacts do not upload.
-
Missing gitlab-runner-helper error message
DEBUG
variable the the variable section
Scenarios for use of a - Nodejs: Specify the modules to run in debug mode as this is helpful for running E2E UI tests.
Original issue title:
Artifacts upload is failing with an error - "Missing /usr/bin/gitlab-runner-helper"
Original issue description
After upgrading gitlab-runner v10.4.0
I am experiencing an issue with an artifacts upload step in my CI jobs.
Running with gitlab-runner 10.4.0 (857480b6)
on Docker Machine Runner (b7027357)
Using Docker executor with image docker:1.11.2 ...
Using docker image sha256:9933d94f0bd7a20ccee42f6954ab3cb4bce21986ff5a3c3fe4b1796c2673011e for predefined container...
Pulling docker image docker:1.11.2 ...
Using docker image docker:1.11.2 ID=sha256:759b83b2afbbda3a88bf27a8e2d573bcce4477e62b69ca6f8ea544ba4f3d6070 for build container...
Running on runner-b7027357-project-8-concurrent-0 via runner-b7027357-gitlab-ci-as-1517831171-34cfbf74...
<here I execute build commands inside containers started from my private images>
Missing /usr/bin/gitlab-runner-helper. Extracting cache is disabled.
...
Missing /usr/bin/gitlab-runner-helper. Uploading artifacts is disabled.
I am using "docker+machine" executor on AWS. (Previously, on v9.5
it was completely OK).
I installed the runner using this binary - https://gitlab-runner-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/v10.4.0/binaries/gitlab-runner-linux-amd64
Here is the config:
concurrent = 20
check_interval = 0
[[runners]]
name = "Docker Machine Runner"
url = "https://removed.com/"
token = "removed"
executor = "docker+machine"
limit = 20
[runners.docker]
image = "docker:1.12.6"
volumes = ["/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro"]
disable_cache = true
[runners.machine]
IdleCount = 3
IdleTime = 1800
MaxBuilds = 30
MachineDriver = "amazonec2"
MachineName = "gitlab-ci-as-%s"
OffPeakPeriods = ["* * 0-7,19-23 * * mon-fri *", "* * * * * sat,sun *"]
OffPeakIdleCount = 1
OffPeakIdleTime = 1200
MachineOptions = [
"amazonec2-region=us-west-2",
"amazonec2-vpc-id=vpc-foo",
"amazonec2-subnet-id=subnet-bar",
"amazonec2-instance-type=t2.medium",
"amazonec2-private-address-only",
"amazonec2-root-size=30",
"amazonec2-tags=Name,gitlab-runner-docker-machine-instance",
"amazonec2-security-group=gitlab-ci-runner-GitlabCIRunnerSecurityGroup-foo",
"amazonec2-iam-instance-profile=gitlab-ci-runner-GitlabCIRunnerAgentInstanceProfile-bar",
"amazonec2-ssh-keypath=/etc/gitlab-runner-certs/gitlab-scaler/id_rsa"
]
[runners.cache]
Type = "s3"
AccessKey = "foo"
SecretKey = "bar"
ServerAddress = "s3.amazonaws.com"
BucketName = "baz"
BucketLocation = "us-west-2"
Insecure = false
Edited by Darren Eastman