How to mark a build unstable in Jenkins when running shell scripts

Question

In a project I\'m working on, we are using shell scripts to execute different tasks. Some are sh/bash scripts that run rsync, and some are PHP scripts. One of the PHP script

Answer 1

you should also be able to use groovy and do what textfinder did

marking a build as un-stable with groovy post-build plugin

if(manager.logContains("Could not login to FTP server")) {
    manager.addWarningBadge("FTP Login Failure")
    manager.createSummary("warning.gif").appendText("<h1>Failed to login to remote FTP Server!</h1>", false, false, false, "red")
    manager.buildUnstable()
}

Also see Groovy Postbuild Plugin

Answer 2

Duplicating my answer from here because I spent some time looking for this:

This is now possible in newer versions of Jenkins, you can do something like this:

#!/usr/bin/env groovy

properties([
  parameters([string(name: 'foo', defaultValue: 'bar', description: 'Fails job if not bar (unstable if bar)')]),
])


stage('Stage 1') {
  node('parent'){
    def ret = sh(
      returnStatus: true, // This is the key bit!
      script: '''if [ "$foo" = bar ]; then exit 2; else exit 1; fi'''
    )
    // ret can be any number/range, does not have to be 2.
    if (ret == 2) {
      currentBuild.result = 'UNSTABLE'
    } else if (ret != 0) {
      currentBuild.result = 'FAILURE'
      // If you do not manually error the status will be set to "failed", but the
      // pipeline will still run the next stage.
      error("Stage 1 failed with exit code ${ret}")
    }
  }
}

The Pipeline Syntax generator shows you this in the advanced tab: