We have this failure that pops randomly: 1. All tests pass *00:13:13.284* ___________________________________ summary ____________________________________*00:13:13.285* tests: commands succeeded*00:13:13.286* storage-py27: commands succeeded*00:13:13.286* storage-py36: commands succeeded*00:13:13.286* lib-py27: commands succeeded*00:13:13.287* lib-py36: commands succeeded*00:13:13.288* network-py27: commands succeeded*00:13:13.290* network-py36: commands succeeded*00:13:13.291* virt-py27: commands succeeded*00:13:13.292* virt-py36: commands succeeded*00:13:13.293* congratulations :) 2. But we fail to collect logs at the end *00:14:35.992* ##########################################################*00:14:35.995* ## Wed Nov 28 17:39:50 UTC 2018 Finished env: fc28:fedora-28-x86_64*00:14:35.996* ## took 764 seconds*00:14:35.997* ## rc = 1*00:14:35.997* ##########################################################*00:14:36.009* ##! ERROR vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv*00:14:36.010* ##! Last 20 log entries: /tmp/mock_logs.Lcop4ZOq/script/stdout_stderr.log*00:14:36.011* ##!*00:14:36.012* journal/b087148aba6d49b9bbef488e52a48752/system.journal*00:14:36.013* tar: journal/b087148aba6d49b9bbef488e52a48752/system.journal: file changed as we read it*00:14:36.014* journal/b087148aba6d49b9bbef488e52a48752/user-1000.journal*00:14:36.015* lastlog*00:14:36.015* libvirt/*00:14:36.015* libvirt/lxc/*00:14:36.015* libvirt/libxl/*00:14:36.016* libvirt/qemu/*00:14:36.016* libvirt/qemu/LiveOS-f920001d-be4e-47ea-ac26-72480fd5be87.log*00:14:36.017* libvirt/uml/*00:14:36.017* ovirt-guest-agent/*00:14:36.017* ovirt-guest-agent/ovirt-guest-agent.log*00:14:36.017* README*00:14:36.018* samba/*00:14:36.018* samba/old/*00:14:36.018* sssd/*00:14:36.018* tallylog*00:14:36.018* wtmp*00:14:36.018* Took 678 seconds*00:14:36.018* ===================================*00:14:36.019* ##!*00:14:36.019* ##! ERROR ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^*00:14:36.019* ##!######################################################## This looks like an issue with vdsm check-patch.sh: function collect_logs { res=$? [ "$res" -ne 0 ] && echo "*** err: $res" cd /var/log tar -cvzf "$EXPORT_DIR/mock_varlogs.tar.gz" * cd /var/host_log tar -cvzf "$EXPORT_DIR/host_varlogs.tar.gz" * } trap collect_logs EXIT Seems that tar fail to collect log if the log is modified while copied, which makes sense. We can ignore errors in tar, since log collection should not fail the build, but I think a better solution is to avoid collecting any logs since vdsm writes its own logs during tests - all the info must be in vdsm log. Here is the list of collected logs: *00:13:47.280* + tar -cvzf /home/jenkins/workspace/vdsm_master_check-patch-fc28-x86_64/vdsm/exported-artifacts/mock_varlogs.tar.gz btmp dnf.librepo.log dnf.log dnf.rpm.log faillog glusterfs hawkey.log journal lastlog libvirt openvswitch README tallylog vdsm_tests.log wtmp yum.log*00:13:47.285* btmp*00:13:47.285* dnf.librepo.log*00:13:47.299* dnf.log*00:13:47.309* dnf.rpm.log*00:13:47.310* faillog*00:13:47.311* glusterfs/*00:13:47.312* hawkey.log*00:13:47.313* journal/*00:13:47.313* lastlog*00:13:47.315* libvirt/*00:13:47.315* libvirt/qemu/*00:13:47.316* openvswitch/*00:13:47.317* openvswitch/ovs-vswitchd.log*00:13:47.318* openvswitch/ovsdb-server.log*00:13:47.319* README*00:13:47.320* tallylog*00:13:47.321* vdsm_tests.log*00:13:47.342* wtmp*00:13:47.343* yum.log*00:13:47.349* + cd /var/host_log*00:13:47.350* + tar -cvzf /home/jenkins/workspace/vdsm_master_check-patch-fc28-x86_64/vdsm/exported-artifacts/host_varlogs.tar.gz anaconda audit boot.log btmp chrony cloud-init.log cloud-init-output.log cron dnf.librepo.log dnf.log dnf.rpm.log firewalld glusterfs hawkey.log journal lastlog libvirt ovirt-guest-agent README samba sssd tallylog wtmp*00:13:47.356* anaconda/*00:13:47.356* anaconda/ifcfg.log*00:13:47.357* anaconda/ks-script-l5qnynnj.log*00:13:47.358* anaconda/storage.log*00:13:47.359* anaconda/program.log*00:13:47.395* anaconda/ks-script-b5_08tmo.log*00:13:47.396* anaconda/ks-script-6uks8bp3.log*00:13:47.397* anaconda/hawkey.log*00:13:47.398* anaconda/syslog*00:13:47.406* anaconda/journal.log*00:13:47.449* anaconda/dnf.librepo.log*00:13:47.458* anaconda/packaging.log*00:13:47.465* anaconda/dbus.log*00:13:47.466* anaconda/anaconda.log*00:13:47.467* anaconda/ks-script-slrcz39_.log*00:13:47.503* audit/*00:13:47.504* audit/audit.log.3*00:13:47.657* audit/audit.log.2*00:13:47.814* audit/audit.log.1*00:13:47.981* audit/audit.log*00:13:48.008* audit/audit.log.4*00:13:48.155* boot.log*00:13:48.156* btmp*00:13:48.157* chrony/*00:13:48.159* cloud-init.log*00:13:48.159* cloud-init-output.log*00:13:48.161* cron*00:13:48.162* dnf.librepo.log*00:13:49.930* dnf.log*00:13:51.335* dnf.rpm.log*00:13:51.421* firewalld*00:13:51.423* glusterfs/*00:13:51.424* hawkey.log*00:13:51.704* journal/*00:13:51.708* journal/b087148aba6d49b9bbef488e52a48752/*00:13:51.709* journal/b087148aba6d49b9bbef488e52a48752/system.journal*00:13:55.817* tar: journal/b087148aba6d49b9bbef488e52a48752/system.journal: file changed as we read it*00:13:55.819* journal/b087148aba6d49b9bbef488e52a48752/user-1000.journal*00:13:55.915* lastlog*00:13:55.923* libvirt/*00:13:55.924* libvirt/lxc/*00:13:55.926* libvirt/libxl/*00:13:55.927* libvirt/qemu/*00:13:55.928* libvirt/qemu/LiveOS-f920001d-be4e-47ea-ac26-72480fd5be87.log*00:13:55.929* libvirt/uml/*00:13:55.930* ovirt-guest-agent/*00:13:55.930* ovirt-guest-agent/ovirt-guest-agent.log*00:13:55.932* README*00:13:55.933* samba/*00:13:55.933* samba/old/*00:13:55.935* sssd/*00:13:55.935* tallylog*00:13:55.935* wtmp Most if not all are lot relevant to vdsm tests, and should not be collected. This was added in: commit 9c9c17297433e5a5a49aa19cde10b206e7db61e9 Author: Edward Haas <edwardh(a)redhat.com&gt; Date: Tue Apr 17 10:53:11 2018 +0300 automation: Collect logs even when check-patch fails Change-Id: Idfe07ce6fc55473b1db1d7f16754f559cc5c345a Signed-off-by: Edward Haas <edwardh(a)redhat.com&gt; Reviewed in: https://gerrit.ovirt.org/c/90370 Edward, can you explain why do we need to collect logs during check-patch, and why do we need to collect all the logs in the system? Nir