Bamboo remote agent cannot execute GIT repo operations with error RPC failed
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Summary
The build is failing when using a remote agent with the error : "error: RPC failed; result=22, HTTP code = 422", check the below stack trace from <bamboo-agent-home>atlassian-bamboo.log file.
Caused by: com.atlassian.bamboo.repository.RepositoryException: Cannot fetch branch 'refs/heads/master' from '<repo-URL>' to source directory '<Bamboo-agent-home>/xml-data/build-dir/_git-repositories-cache/c164771460882b932d7f304d1811d5673bfc8ee0'. command [/usr/bin/git -c 'credential.helper=store --file=/tmp/gitCredentials5755204464707531159.tmp' fetch <repo-URL> +refs/heads/master:refs/heads/master --update-head-ok] failed with code 128. Working directory was [<Bamboo-agent-home>/xml-data/build-dir/_git-repositories-cache/c164771460882b932d7f304d1811d5673bfc8ee0]., stderr:
error: RPC failed; result=22, HTTP code = 422
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly
at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.git.NativeGitOperationHelper.fetch(NativeGitOperationHelper.java:555)
at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.git.NativeGitOperationHelper.fetch(NativeGitOperationHelper.java:524)
at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.git.v2.AbstractGitExecutor.fetchCacheWithRetry(AbstractGitExecutor.java:238)
at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.git.v2.GitWorkingCopyManager.lambda$checkout$1(GitWorkingCopyManager.java:237)
at io.atlassian.util.concurrent.ManagedLocks$ManagedLockImpl.withLock(ManagedLocks.java:293)
at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.git.GitCacheDirectory$LoggingManagedLock.withLock(GitCacheDirectory.java:44)
at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.git.v2.GitWorkingCopyManager.checkout(GitWorkingCopyManager.java:235)
at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.git.v2.GitWorkingCopyManager.retrieveSourceCode(GitWorkingCopyManager.java:122)
at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.vcs.task.VcsCheckoutTask.fillWorkingDirFromVcs(VcsCheckoutTask.java:206)
at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.vcs.task.VcsCheckoutTask.access$000(VcsCheckoutTask.java:54)
at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.vcs.task.VcsCheckoutTask$1.call(VcsCheckoutTask.java:126)
at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.vcs.task.VcsCheckoutTask$1.call(VcsCheckoutTask.java:123)
at com.atlassian.bamboo.executor.RetryingTaskExecutor.rerun(RetryingTaskExecutor.java:112)
... 20 more
Caused by: com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.git.GitCommandException: command [/usr/bin/git -c 'credential.helper=store --file=/tmp/gitCredentials5755204464707531159.tmp' fetch <repo-URL> +refs/heads/master:refs/heads/master --update-head-ok] failed with code 128. Working directory was [<Bamboo-agent-home>/xml-data/build-dir/_git-repositories-cache/c164771460882b932d7f304d1811d5673bfc8ee0]., stderr: Environment
Bamboo 8.0.9 with remote agent and GIT 1.8 but the solution listed below will be applicable for all supported Bamboo version
Diagnosis
Build execution is successful on the local agent
The repository is accessible and you are able to clone the repository manually on the remote agent
Compared the git version between the local agent and remote agent
Cause
Git version 1.8 is used on the remote agent
Solution
Upgrade git to a supported version on the remote agent, refer supported platform for more details regarding right version to use.
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