Is there a way to add errors from build step in TeamCity to the email notification?

Question

I have a Powershell build step, and I'd like to add some messages fromt the script to the resulting email that is sent to people on the notification list. I see this happen for tests where the number of failures and the error is added to the email. But, how can I add my custom messages from the PowerShell build step to the resulting email?

Answer 1

Have you tried using service messages? See here: http://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/TCD7/Build+Script+Interaction+with+TeamCity

You could use

write-host "##teamcity[message text='Its broken again' errorDetails='Your exception message' status='FAILURE']"

Answer 2

In order for the errors to be included in emails, I found I needed to add "compilationStarted" and "compilationFinished" tags, eg:

##teamcity[compilationStarted compiler='Solution.sln']

##teamcity[message text='1>File.cpp(1): error C2065: "stackoverflow" : undeclared identifier' status='ERROR']

##teamcity[compilationFinished compiler='Solution.sln']

I use a Python script to parse the output from devenv, looking for specific strings to add as errors and warnings. The email adds these under a "compilation errors" section.

Answer 3

If you mean to pipe the output of an error that occurred in the Powershell script you are running then try piping the error object to a TeamCity service message after it has been caught

This is untested code but it might work for you:

trap [SystemException]
{
    write-host "##teamcity[message text='An error occurred' errorDetails='$_' status='ERROR']";exit 1
}

OR

try
{
    # Something...
}
catch
{
    write-host "##teamcity[message text='An error occurred' errorDetails='$_' status='ERROR']";exit 1
}