Gradle update fails with no output

[pedromfmachado]

How are you running Renovate?

A Mend.io-hosted app

If you're self-hosting Renovate, tell us which platform (GitHub, GitLab, etc) and which version of Renovate.

No response

Please tell us more about your question or problem

We're using Renovate in the scope of an Android project, in which it is trying to update the Gradle version from 8.12 to 8.12.1. Whenever it tries to update it, the gradle task invariably fails without any relevant output, making the whole job and any subsequent update fail (e.g., it doesn't update Renovate's dashboard in our repo).

I've been trying to increase the verbosity of the Gradle task by adding the GRADLE_OPTS env variable, but it didn't work because: 1. we are using the free tier, so only MEND_* env vars can be configured through the UI and 2. when defining it through our config file, I get an error saying GRADLE_OPTS is not part of allowedEnv. I was also not able to reproduce this locally or in a different project.

Any idea on how to fix this or increase the verbosity would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Logs (if relevant)

Logs

DEBUG: Updating gradle wrapper: "./gradlew :wrapper --gradle-distribution-url https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.12.1-bin.zip" (branch="renovate/gradle-8.x")
DEBUG: Setting CONTAINERBASE_CACHE_DIR to /tmp/renovate/cache/containerbase (branch="renovate/gradle-8.x")
DEBUG: Using containerbase dynamic installs (branch="renovate/gradle-8.x")
DEBUG: Resolved stable matching version (branch="renovate/gradle-8.x")
{
  "toolName": "java"
  "constraint": "^21.0.0"
  "resolvedVersion": "21.0.6+7.0.LTS"
}

DEBUG: Executing command (branch="renovate/gradle-8.x")
{
  "command": "install-tool java 21.0.6+7.0.LTS"
}

DEBUG: exec completed (branch="renovate/gradle-8.x")
{
  "durationMs": 6459
  "stdout": "[16:37:14.275] INFO (929): Installing tool java@21.0.6+7.0.LTS...\nopenjdk version \"21.0.6\" 2025-01-21 LTS\nOpenJDK Runtime Environment Temurin-21.0.6+7 (build 21.0.6+7-LTS)\nOpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Temurin-21.0.6+7 (build 21.0.6+7-LTS, mixed mode, sharing)\n[16:37:19.562] INFO (929): Install tool java succeeded in 5.3s.\n"
  "stderr": ""
}

DEBUG: Executing command (branch="renovate/gradle-8.x")
{
  "command": "./gradlew :wrapper --gradle-distribution-url https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.12.1-bin.zip"
}

[pedromfmachado]

An interesting side note:
When Github failed yesterday, the gradle task referenced in the logs failed with explicit output (it couldn't reach Github) and this allowed the job to go on and succeed. Not sure if this could be relevant though.

[github-actions[bot]]

Hi there,

Get your discussion fixed faster by creating a minimal reproduction. This means a repository dedicated to reproducing this issue with the minimal dependencies and config possible.

Before we start working on your issue we need to know exactly what's causing the current behavior. A minimal reproduction helps us with this. Discussions without reproductions are less likely to be converted to Issues.

Please follow these steps:

1. Read our guide on creating a minimal reproduction.
2. Go to our minimal reproduction template repository.
3. Select the Use this template button to create a new repository based on the template.
4. Work on the minimal reproduction in your own repository.
5. Fill out the information in your repository's README.md.
6. Add the link to your reproduction to the first post of your Discussion. If you are not the original author, you can post a new comment with the link.

If you need help with running renovate on your minimal reproduction repository, please refer to our Running Renovate guide.
Good luck,

The Renovate team

[rarkins]

Contributions to

renovate/lib/config/presets/internal/global.ts

Line 7 in 1b240a8

allowedEnv: ['GO*', 'RUSTC_BOOTSTRAP'],

are welcome/permitted. This is what's used in the hosted app

[pedromfmachado]

Thanks for the hint. I've actually added the contribution that was released with version 39.152.0, however, the hosted app seems to still be using 39.145.0, which means I can't still use the added envvar. I know the hosted app can lag behind OS for a week or so, but do you know if there are any plans to update it soon?

[rarkins]

Most likely Sunday