Problem with SVN Checkout
Asked by Maurus Hilber:

Hello

We have many times problems, with the code checkout from SVN. In the Log files of the Process is always displayed this error. What is the reason for this problem?

Have a nice day

Maurus Hilber

```
simple	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13	Existing workspace found at 'D:\bamboo-home\xml-data\build-dir\SOCCTR-BC2-JOB1'. updating...error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13	Error occurred while running Task 'Checkout Default Repository(1)' of type com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.vcs:task.vcs.checkout.error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13	java.lang.RuntimeException: com.atlassian.bamboo.repository.RepositoryException: Unable to retrieve source code for revision '454', plan 'SOCCTR-BC2-JOB1': svn: E155004: There are unfinished work items in 'D:\bamboo-home\xml-data\build-dir\SOCCTR-BC2-JOB1'; run 'svn cleanup' first.error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.executor.RetryingTaskExecutor.rerun(RetryingTaskExecutor.java:141)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.executor.RetryingTaskExecutor.runTask(RetryingTaskExecutor.java:99)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.executor.RetryingTaskExecutor.retry(RetryingTaskExecutor.java:207)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.executor.RetryingTaskExecutor.retry(RetryingTaskExecutor.java:188)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.vcs.task.VcsCheckoutTask.execute(VcsCheckoutTask.java:123)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.task.TaskExecutorImpl.lambda$executeTasks$3(TaskExecutorImpl.java:319)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.task.TaskExecutorImpl.executeTaskWithPrePostActions(TaskExecutorImpl.java:252)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.task.TaskExecutorImpl.executeTasks(TaskExecutorImpl.java:319)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.task.TaskExecutorImpl.execute(TaskExecutorImpl.java:112)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.build.pipeline.tasks.ExecuteBuildTask.call(ExecuteBuildTask.java:73)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.v2.build.agent.DefaultBuildAgent.executeBuildPhase(DefaultBuildAgent.java:204)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.v2.build.agent.DefaultBuildAgent.build(DefaultBuildAgent.java:176)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.v2.build.agent.BuildAgentControllerImpl.lambda$waitAndPerformBuild$0(BuildAgentControllerImpl.java:131)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.variable.CustomVariableContextImpl.withVariableSubstitutor(CustomVariableContextImpl.java:185)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.v2.build.agent.BuildAgentControllerImpl.waitAndPerformBuild(BuildAgentControllerImpl.java:125)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.v2.build.agent.DefaultBuildAgent$1.run(DefaultBuildAgent.java:127)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.utils.BambooRunnables$1.run(BambooRunnables.java:48)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.security.ImpersonationHelper.runWith(ImpersonationHelper.java:26)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.security.ImpersonationHelper.runWithSystemAuthority(ImpersonationHelper.java:17)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.security.ImpersonationHelper$1.run(ImpersonationHelper.java:41)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13	Caused by: com.atlassian.bamboo.repository.RepositoryException: Unable to retrieve source code for revision '454', plan 'SOCCTR-BC2-JOB1': svn: E155004: There are unfinished work items in 'D:\bamboo-home\xml-data\build-dir\SOCCTR-BC2-JOB1'; run 'svn cleanup' first.error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.repository.svn.v2.SvnWorkingCopyManager.retrieveSourceCodeInternal(SvnWorkingCopyManager.java:173)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.repository.svn.v2.SvnWorkingCopyManager.retrieveSourceCode(SvnWorkingCopyManager.java:120)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.vcs.task.VcsCheckoutTask.fillWorkingDirFromVcs(VcsCheckoutTask.java:206)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.vcs.task.VcsCheckoutTask.access$000(VcsCheckoutTask.java:54)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.vcs.task.VcsCheckoutTask$1.call(VcsCheckoutTask.java:126)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.plugins.vcs.task.VcsCheckoutTask$1.call(VcsCheckoutTask.java:123)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.executor.RetryingTaskExecutor.rerun(RetryingTaskExecutor.java:112)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		... 20 moreerror	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13	Caused by: org.tmatesoft.svn.core.SVNException: svn: E155004: There are unfinished work items in 'D:\bamboo-home\xml-data\build-dir\SOCCTR-BC2-JOB1'; run 'svn cleanup' first.error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.SVNErrorManager.error(SVNErrorManager.java:70)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc.SVNErrorManager.error(SVNErrorManager.java:57)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc17.db.SVNWCDb.obtainWCLock(SVNWCDb.java:5862)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc17.SVNWCContext.acquireWriteLock(SVNWCContext.java:1652)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc2.ng.SvnNgAbstractUpdate.update(SvnNgAbstractUpdate.java:110)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc2.ng.SvnNgUpdate.run(SvnNgUpdate.java:40)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc2.ng.SvnNgUpdate.run(SvnNgUpdate.java:18)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc2.ng.SvnNgOperationRunner.run(SvnNgOperationRunner.java:20)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.wc2.SvnOperationRunner.run(SvnOperationRunner.java:21)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.wc2.SvnOperationFactory.run(SvnOperationFactory.java:1239)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.wc2.SvnOperation.run(SvnOperation.java:294)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.wc.SVNUpdateClient.doUpdate(SVNUpdateClient.java:311)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.wc.SVNUpdateClient.doUpdate(SVNUpdateClient.java:291)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.wc.SVNUpdateClient.doUpdate(SVNUpdateClient.java:387)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.repository.svn.v2.SvnWorkingCopyManager.update(SvnWorkingCopyManager.java:421)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.repository.svn.v2.SvnWorkingCopyManager.retrieveSourceCodeWithException(SvnWorkingCopyManager.java:322)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.repository.svn.v2.SvnWorkingCopyManager.retrieveSourceCodeWithCleanup(SvnWorkingCopyManager.java:262)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		at com.atlassian.bamboo.repository.svn.v2.SvnWorkingCopyManager.retrieveSourceCodeInternal(SvnWorkingCopyManager.java:145)error	15-Oct-2020 16:04:13		... 26 more
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Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: This suggests something is already using the area Bamboo is trying to work with. It may be that something went wrong and left an indicator that it's in use lying around.

This is not a Bamboo problem, but a Subversion one.

You'll need to halt the Bamboo attempts to build, then run the following, as the user that Bamboo is running the job as:

svn update

svn cleanup