JENKINS: Is it possible to Stop\Abort other running\pending jobs by running a specific job?

Question

I've got a job that need to stop other running\pending jobs when its being run.

Is it possible to do automatically?

You could execute a shell command which in turn will cancel a certain item like this `curl --data '' 'http://example.com:8080/queue/cancelItem?id='`. I also think you can use the `Groovy` plugin and write a small script to cancel specific builds: `jobName = Thread.currentThread().executable.toString().split()[0]; for (item in hudson.model.Hudson.instance.getQueue().getItems()) { if (jobName.equals(item.task.getName())) { println("Aborting current build due to a more recent build request."); hudson.model.Executor.currentExecutor().interrupt(); break; } }` — Cyclonecode, Jun 28 '15 at 07:43
You can stop running or queued build via Rest API like [this](http://stackoverflow.com/a/21022672/1586762) — Vitalii Elenhaupt, Jun 29 '15 at 08:08

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 19 '16 at 15:31

This is an old question, but I just spent a bunch of time looking for an answer, hopefully this will save someone time:

If you are using matrix permissions, make sure your Anonymous user has Read and Cancel permission on Jobs.

score -2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 04 '15 at 01:09

There is a plugin available to kill another job.

You can use this plugin :

This plugin extends ProcessKiller extension point and sends signal (currentlly SIGKILL) to given job via native GNU C library call.

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