Sample of Jenkinsfile for retry block.

ExecutionLog

Started by user daipresents
[Pipeline] node
Running on test-instance-1 in /var/jenkins/workspace/retry-sample
[Pipeline] {
[Pipeline] stage
[Pipeline] { (job 1)
[Pipeline] echo
job 1
[Pipeline] echo
default: currentBuild.result: null
[Pipeline] retry
[Pipeline] {
[Pipeline] echo
execute job 1
[Pipeline] }
ERROR: Execution failed
org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.RejectedAccessException: Scripts not permitted to use new java.lang.Exception
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.whitelists.StaticWhitelist.rejectNew(StaticWhitelist.java:187)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.groovy.SandboxInterceptor.onNewInstance(SandboxInterceptor.java:130)
	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker$3.call(Checker.java:191)
	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedConstructor(Checker.java:188)
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Retrying
[Pipeline] {
[Pipeline] echo
execute job 1
[Pipeline] }
ERROR: Execution failed
org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.RejectedAccessException: Scripts not permitted to use new java.lang.Exception
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.whitelists.StaticWhitelist.rejectNew(StaticWhitelist.java:187)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.groovy.SandboxInterceptor.onNewInstance(SandboxInterceptor.java:130)
	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker$3.call(Checker.java:191)
	at org.kohsuke.groovy.sandbox.impl.Checker.checkedConstructor(Checker.java:188)
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Retrying
[Pipeline] {
[Pipeline] echo
execute job 1
[Pipeline] }
[Pipeline] // retry
[Pipeline] echo
catch exeption. currentBuild.result: FAILURE
[Pipeline] echo
result: currentBuild.result: FAILURE
[Pipeline] }
[Pipeline] // stage
[Pipeline] stage
[Pipeline] { (job 2)
[Pipeline] echo
job 2
[Pipeline] echo
default: currentBuild.result: FAILURE
[Pipeline] retry
[Pipeline] {
[Pipeline] echo
execute job 2
[Pipeline] echo
Job was successful. currentBuild.result: FAILURE
[Pipeline] }
[Pipeline] // retry
[Pipeline] echo
result: currentBuild.result: FAILURE
[Pipeline] }
[Pipeline] // stage
[Pipeline] }
[Pipeline] // node
[Pipeline] End of Pipeline
Finished: FAILURE

Jenkinsfile

node{
    def job_list = ['job 1', 'job 2']

    for (job in job_list) {
        stage(job){
            println ("${job}")
            println("default: currentBuild.result: ${currentBuild.result}")
            try{
                retry(3) {
                    println("execute ${job}")
                    if (job == 'job 1') {
                        throw new Exception()
                    }
                    currentBuild.result = "SUCCESS"
                    println("Job was successful. currentBuild.result: ${currentBuild.result}")
                }
            } catch (e) {
                currentBuild.result = "FAILURE"
                println("catch exeption. currentBuild.result: ${currentBuild.result}")
            }
            println("result: currentBuild.result: ${currentBuild.result}")
        }
    }
}

please use error keyword to define a custom exception, see how-to-throw-exception-in-jenkins-pipeline

otherwise we will get RejectedAccessException:

"org.jenkinsci.plugins.scriptsecurity.sandbox.RejectedAccessException: Scripts not permitted to use new java.lang.Exception"