Artifact Download task in Bamboo 5.12.x does not handle absolute path

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Problem

When running an Artifact download task, the path to the added under Destination pathIS relative to the Working directory and does not accept absolute path by placing a forward slash at the begin of the path.

Destination path

Location that artifacts will be downloaded to, relative to the working directory

Please, refer to Sharing Artifacts documentation for further information.

Diagnosis

Run Deployment that uses Artifact download task against a Bamboo remote agent, as a result you have:

Destination Path

Resulting on

/opt/temp

files are downloaded to the directory /opt/temp

opt/temp

files are downloaded to the directory <bamboo-home>/xml-data/build-dir/819201-950273/opt/temp

Workaround

Update Destination path by replacing forward slash

Go though all the Artifact download task that are misconfigured and provide them with the correct location, relative to the working directory.

Wait for Improvement Request to be addressed

There is an improvement request BAM-16970 - Fix absolute paths for artifacts being changed to relative paths filed addressing the issue in question. This has now been implemented in Bamboo version 5.12.4, 5.13.0.1 and later

Updated on April 8, 2025

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