PM39561: steps are skipped upon restart even though build owner has access to all steps

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Upon restart of failed build steps are skipped. The build owner
  who restarts the build is in the access group that owns the
  project. If the Execute Inaccessible Step permission is added
  then the steps are executed as expected on the restart. There
  are no associate Build Forge artifacts that are owned by another
  access group that user is not apart associated to the steps.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  1.The sync commands on restart does not work randomly
  2.If the step access is default and the user has no Execute
  Inaccessible Step permission, after sync commands, the steps
  will be skipped.
  

Problem conclusion

• Issues and causes:
  1. The sync commands on restart does not work randomly
  because the bf_step_id is not correct when getting the new
  command from bf_steps table. It is stripped the numbers and
  one b at the beginning.
  2. If the step access is default and the user has no Execute
  Inaccessible Step permission, after sync commands, the step
  will be skipped. Because when sync commands, if
  bf_steps.bf_level is 0, we still use that value 0 to set
  bf_results.bf_level which leads to no access error and the
  step is skipped.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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Fix information

• Fixed component name

  BUILD FORGE EE

• Fixed component ID

  5724S2701

Applicable component levels

• R701 PSN

     UP