Options directive (timeout, retry) in Jenkins - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to set a timeout of 10 minutes for the Jenkins pipeline stage.

Jenkins

options {
  timeout(time: [1], unit: 'MINUTES')
}

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A10

B5

C15

D20

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using seconds instead of minutes

Forgetting to specify the unit

The timeout option sets the maximum time the pipeline stage can run. Here, 10 minutes is set.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to retry the pipeline 3 times on failure.

Jenkins

options {
  retry(count: [1])
}

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A3

B1

C5

D0

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Setting retry to 0 which disables retries

Using too high retry count causing long waits

The retry option tells Jenkins how many times to retry the pipeline if it fails. Here, it retries 3 times.

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hard

Fix the error in the options directive to set a timeout of 15 minutes.

Jenkins

options {
  timeout(time: [1], unit: 'minutes')
}

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A15m

B15

C'15'

Dfifteen

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using string instead of number

Using words or suffixes like 'm'

The time value must be a number without quotes. The unit is case-sensitive and should be 'MINUTES'.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to set a retry count of 4 and a timeout of 20 minutes.

Jenkins

options {
  retry(count: [1])
  timeout(time: [2], unit: 'MINUTES')
}

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A4

B20

C10

D3

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Mixing retry and timeout values

Using wrong units or types

The retry count is set to 4 and the timeout time is set to 20 minutes.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to set a retry count of 2, a timeout of 5 minutes, and use the correct unit.

Jenkins

options {
  retry(count: [1])
  timeout(time: [2], unit: '[3]')
}

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A2

B5

CMINUTES

DSECONDS

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using lowercase unit

Using wrong retry count or timeout values

The retry count is 2, timeout is 5, and the unit must be 'MINUTES' in uppercase.