Before completion, Graph View has leftovers from a previous run

[efip-ns]

Jenkins and plugins versions report

Environment

Jenkins: 2.528.1
OS: Linux - 5.10.0-36-amd64
Java: 21.0.8 - Eclipse Adoptium (OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM)
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What Operating System are you using (both controller, and any agents involved in the problem)?

Linux

Reproduction steps

1. My pipeline has a parameter that allows me to select one or several OS flavours.
2. I select "Debian + Rocky" and trigger my pipeline.
3. My pipeline builds these two in parallel.
4. I then trigger it again, but this time select only "Rocky".

Expected Results

I would expect the Graph View to only present me with what is currently running.

Actual Results

Graph view shows me the "Rocky" stage that is currently running but also has a "phantom leg" in a way of a "Debian" stage that is presented as well. This stage is greyed out. It has the names and the times from the previous run, even though I am in a different run that does not have this "leg."

Graph View

Anything else?

StageView and BlueOcean (for scale)

Are you interested in contributing a fix?

No response

[timja]

This is a feature of Pipeline Graph view to give you an estimate of what is remaining.
It will disappear either when something invalidates it or when the build is finished

[lemeurherve]

Could the line of those previous steps be dashed, and the previous times prefixed with "previously took" (or somethin like that) so it's more evident they're not concerning the current build?

[efip-ns]

@timja I understand the reasoning behind this feature, however in my opinion this creates more misunderstanding than the benefit it brings - even when there is no change in the list of steps or in each step's respective duration.

In my experience, however, my pipelines seldomly contain the same steps, as these are driven by configuration. Even the constant steps (e.g. "build") are skippable, and the test stages we run are highly variable from one run to the next. Whatever run there previously has no relation to whatever is running currently. (One of the reasons why I love the Stages view is that it can show me pipelines with completely different stages!)

If I could have a configuration option to turn the "predictions" off I wouldn't hesitate to use it. With that, I understand that every installation is unique and different people have different needs.

[efip-ns]

I've added some annotations regarding the times being presented.
(The actual running time of this pipeline as of the screenshot time is 18 min.)

Lies in red, truths in green

The mouse-over prompt for the graph view also says "4m 31s" for this stage.

To conclude: as long as I look at the running pipeline, the information presented is incorrect, but once it finishes and I lose my interest in this pipeline, it then presents me with the updated (correct) information.

[timja]

I'm not sure thats related to this issue unless you can't reproduce that when there's only 1 build of the job.

[efip-ns]

Not sure what to make of your reply. This should demonstrate how "Graph View has leftovers from a previous run"?.. If there's no "previous run," there are, naturally, no leftovers from something that does not exist.

[timja]

If its actively running that stage it shouldn't be showing a previous value.

[efip-ns]

I can't attest to what it should or shouldn't do, however it's an actively running stage, for 18 min (as of the screenshot time), and it's showing "4m 31s" in three places - as a tooltip in the stage view, next to the stage name in the left column, and on the top of the right pane. The whole "4m 31s" measurement is taken from this stage duration in the previous run.

As a side note, the "9m 8s" next to the "boom" stage -- that this stage is a part of -- is also from the previous run, and it's somewhat clear that it's already incorrect as well.

[stuartrowe]

The stage timing issue is the same as #965 which was resolved by #1033 and released in 698.vc482c2a_50a_30.

Are you able to upgrade from 661.v6003f4542123 to confirm?

[efip-ns]

Thanks! I'm on LTS which is currently 2.528 and I don't get this version offered to me.

[stuartrowe]

I'm in the same situation - patiently waiting for the next LTS in mid-late January 🤞