How can I use Groovy Postbuild to force a job to success?

Question

I am trying to force a unit test job to success if the main build returned a failed exit code. Here is how I configured it and it is not working (see screenshot). Does anyone know any reason why this shouldn't work? In this example I just want to show that a failing job can be changed to a passing job by a groovy postbuild step. The plugin doc implies that this should work.

1. The main build runs a batch script with "EXIT 1" to fail the build.
2. A Groovy Postbuild step runs manager.buildSuccess() in an attempt to force the build to success (but it fails to do so with no error).

Answer 1

I found a discussion about that problem on jenkins-JIRA .

As a workaround it is proposed to use reflection to make the build successful:

manager.build.@result = hudson.model.Result.SUCCESS

This workaround doesn't work for me, but perhaps it can help you

Answer 2

Install Groovy Post Build Plug in. Then add the below Groovy Script.

manager.build.@result = hudson.model.Result.SUCCESS

Uncheck the Use Groovy Sandbox. This worked for me.