I have a job that starts a ssh-agent:
[ssh-agent] Looking for ssh-agent implementation...
[ssh-agent] Exec ssh-agent (binary ssh-agent on a remote machine)
$ ssh-agent
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-iJL2AkutZ8Xm/agent.27447
SSH_AGENT_PID=27449
[ssh-agent] Started.
Sometimes, the process of the ssh-agent dies during the job execution (the job runs during a couple of hours).
When terminating the job, Jenkins tries to kill the ssh-agent, but this fails
$ ssh-agent -k
kill: No such process
ERROR: Failed to run ssh-agent -k
This makes the job fail.
Originally reported by 
terrapin, imported from: Job fails because the ssh agent cannot be killed
- status: Open
- priority: Major
- component(s): ssh-agent-plugin
- resolution: Unresolved
- votes: 1
- watchers: 4
- imported: 20260604-211335
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I have a job that starts a ssh-agent:
[ssh-agent] Looking for ssh-agent implementation...
[ssh-agent] Exec ssh-agent (binary ssh-agent on a remote machine)
$ ssh-agent
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-iJL2AkutZ8Xm/agent.27447
SSH_AGENT_PID=27449
[ssh-agent] Started.
Sometimes, the process of the ssh-agent dies during the job execution (the job runs during a couple of hours).
When terminating the job, Jenkins tries to kill the ssh-agent, but this fails
$ ssh-agent -k
kill: No such process
ERROR: Failed to run ssh-agent -k
This makes the job fail.
environment
Jenkins 1.651.1 <br/>
Node = Fedora 20<br/>
SSH-agent plugin: 1.14
I have a job that starts a ssh-agent:
[ssh-agent] Looking for ssh-agent implementation...
[ssh-agent] Exec ssh-agent (binary ssh-agent on a remote machine)
$ ssh-agent
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-iJL2AkutZ8Xm/agent.27447
SSH_AGENT_PID=27449
[ssh-agent] Started.
Sometimes, the process of the ssh-agent dies during the job execution (the job runs during a couple of hours).
When terminating the job, Jenkins tries to kill the ssh-agent, but this fails
$ ssh-agent -k
kill: No such process
ERROR: Failed to run ssh-agent -k
This makes the job fail.
Originally reported by
terrapin, imported from: Job fails because the ssh agent cannot be killed
Raw content of original issue
environment