[JENKINS-53294] Pipeline build fails with GHFileNotFoundException not a user

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Pipeline build fails during permissions check (with trust level set to "From users with Admin or Write permission"). Seems to be caused by the git commit user.name not being a GitHub username.

Expected results of a user not being a GitHub user is to fail the trust check, but not the build.

 

Failed build URL: https://singleb.cse.ucdavis.edu/blue/organizations/jenkins/aspect/detail/PR-2533/13/pipeline

Build log:

Started by user tjesser
Connecting to https://api.github.com using ******/****** (******)
Connecting to https://api.github.com to check permissions of obtain list of hfmarkp for geodynamics/aspect

GitHub has been notified of this commit's build result

java.io.FileNotFoundException: https://api.github.com/repos/geodynamics/aspect/collaborators/hfmarkp/permission
	at com.squareup.okhttp.internal.huc.HttpURLConnectionImpl.getInputStream(HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:243)
	at com.squareup.okhttp.internal.huc.DelegatingHttpsURLConnection.getInputStream(DelegatingHttpsURLConnection.java:210)
	at com.squareup.okhttp.internal.huc.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getInputStream(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:25)
	at org.kohsuke.github.Requester.parse(Requester.java:617)
	at org.kohsuke.github.Requester.parse(Requester.java:599)
	at org.kohsuke.github.Requester._to(Requester.java:277)
Caused: org.kohsuke.github.GHFileNotFoundException: {"message":"hfmarkp is not a user","documentation_url":"https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/collaborators/#review-a-users-permission-level"}
	at org.kohsuke.github.Requester.handleApiError(Requester.java:691)
	at org.kohsuke.github.Requester._to(Requester.java:298)
	at org.kohsuke.github.Requester.to(Requester.java:239)
	at org.kohsuke.github.GHRepository.getPermission(GHRepository.java:510)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.github_branch_source.GitHubSCMSource$DeferredPermissionsSource.fetch(GitHubSCMSource.java:2393)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.github_branch_source.GitHubSCMSourceRequest.getPermissions(GitHubSCMSourceRequest.java:474)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.github_branch_source.ForkPullRequestDiscoveryTrait$TrustPermission.checkTrusted(ForkPullRequestDiscoveryTrait.java:340)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.github_branch_source.ForkPullRequestDiscoveryTrait$TrustPermission.checkTrusted(ForkPullRequestDiscoveryTrait.java:323)
	at jenkins.scm.api.trait.SCMHeadAuthority.isTrusted(SCMHeadAuthority.java:101)
	at jenkins.scm.api.trait.SCMSourceRequest.isTrusted(SCMSourceRequest.java:215)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.github_branch_source.GitHubSCMSource.getTrustedRevision(GitHubSCMSource.java:1540)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.multibranch.SCMBinder.create(SCMBinder.java:99)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowRun.run(WorkflowRun.java:303)
	at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:97)
	at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:429)
Finished: FAILURE

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Originally reported by tjesser, imported from: Pipeline build fails with GHFileNotFoundException not a user

• assignee: lanwen
• status: Open
• priority: Minor
• component(s): github-plugin
• resolution: Unresolved
• votes: 0
• watchers: 1
• imported: 2025-12-08

Raw content of original issue

Pipeline build fails during permissions check (with trust level set to "From users with Admin or Write permission"). Seems to be caused by the git commit user.name not being a GitHub username.

Expected results of a user not being a GitHub user is to fail the trust check, but not the build.

 

Failed build URL: https://singleb.cse.ucdavis.edu/blue/organizations/jenkins/aspect/detail/PR-2533/13/pipeline

Build log:

Started by user tjesser
Connecting to https://api.github.com using ******/****** (******)
Connecting to https://api.github.com to check permissions of obtain list of hfmarkp for geodynamics/aspect

GitHub has been notified of this commit's build result

java.io.FileNotFoundException: https://api.github.com/repos/geodynamics/aspect/collaborators/hfmarkp/permission
	at com.squareup.okhttp.internal.huc.HttpURLConnectionImpl.getInputStream(HttpURLConnectionImpl.java:243)
	at com.squareup.okhttp.internal.huc.DelegatingHttpsURLConnection.getInputStream(DelegatingHttpsURLConnection.java:210)
	at com.squareup.okhttp.internal.huc.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getInputStream(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:25)
	at org.kohsuke.github.Requester.parse(Requester.java:617)
	at org.kohsuke.github.Requester.parse(Requester.java:599)
	at org.kohsuke.github.Requester._to(Requester.java:277)
Caused: org.kohsuke.github.GHFileNotFoundException: {"message":"hfmarkp is not a user","documentation_url":"https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/collaborators/#review-a-users-permission-level"}
	at org.kohsuke.github.Requester.handleApiError(Requester.java:691)
	at org.kohsuke.github.Requester._to(Requester.java:298)
	at org.kohsuke.github.Requester.to(Requester.java:239)
	at org.kohsuke.github.GHRepository.getPermission(GHRepository.java:510)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.github_branch_source.GitHubSCMSource$DeferredPermissionsSource.fetch(GitHubSCMSource.java:2393)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.github_branch_source.GitHubSCMSourceRequest.getPermissions(GitHubSCMSourceRequest.java:474)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.github_branch_source.ForkPullRequestDiscoveryTrait$TrustPermission.checkTrusted(ForkPullRequestDiscoveryTrait.java:340)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.github_branch_source.ForkPullRequestDiscoveryTrait$TrustPermission.checkTrusted(ForkPullRequestDiscoveryTrait.java:323)
	at jenkins.scm.api.trait.SCMHeadAuthority.isTrusted(SCMHeadAuthority.java:101)
	at jenkins.scm.api.trait.SCMSourceRequest.isTrusted(SCMSourceRequest.java:215)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.github_branch_source.GitHubSCMSource.getTrustedRevision(GitHubSCMSource.java:1540)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.multibranch.SCMBinder.create(SCMBinder.java:99)
	at org.jenkinsci.plugins.workflow.job.WorkflowRun.run(WorkflowRun.java:303)
	at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:97)
	at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:429)
Finished: FAILURE

environment

Kubernetes cluster - Helm install : stable/jenkins<br/>
- jenkins/jenkins:2.138<br/>
- jenkins/jnlp-slave:3.23-1<br/>
- blueocean:1.8.2<br/>
- kubernetes:1.12.3<br/>
- workflow-aggregator:2.5<br/>
- xunit:2.2.3